Why gun control won't lower overall suicide rates.

Just like in the mid-1970s Canadian Study, [Decedents] appear to have fully substituted suicide by leaping. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-01-11/new-yorks-other-epidemic --

She's got something here.

From UofWisc law professor Ann Althouse's award winning Blog. It occurred to me, after the Sandy Hook murders, that blaming guns is a secular substitute for blaming the devil. People find it too challenging to figure out why a human being would do this terrible thing and they latch on to the idea

Re: Doctors asking patients about guns

letting the physicians speak for themselves about this internecine warfare. http://www.drgo.us/?tag=dr-tim-wheeler http://www.haciendapub.com/medicalsentinel/boundary-violations-gun-politics-doctors-office http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1071519/ This is a page that illustrates

new article

-- U.S. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: RIGHTS LIBERTIES eJOURNAL The Scope of Regulatory Authority Under the Second Amendmenthttp://hq.ssrn.com/Journals/RedirectClick.cfm?url=http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2205520partid=47512did=159849eid=178320299 [image:

Fwd: NIJ Is Accepting Proposals for Research on Firearms and Violence

-- Forwarded message -- From: Lewis, Donald M. dlewi...@hamline.edu Date: Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 10:49 AM Subject: Fwd: NIJ Is Accepting Proposals for Research on Firearms and Violence To: Joseph E. Olson jol...@hamline.edu FYI -- Forwarded message -- From:

Fwd: FROM DON KATES: AMERICAN REVOLUTION - POPULARITY???

From Don B. Kates -- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 8:02 AM Subject: FROM DON KATES: AMERICAN REVOLUTION - POPULARITY??? In the moments of nonsense in which he was often found, John Adams popped off that the American Revolution was something one third of

The Magic King leads us to Nirvana.

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2013/02/08/Eric-Holder-Obama-Just-Wants-To-Decide-If-You-Are-Entitled-to-Your-Second-Amendment-Rights -- Professor Joseph Olson, J.D., LL.M.

Fwd: Bloomberg's high-capacity soda magazine law struck down

FYI. -- Forwarded message -- From: clay...@claytoncramer.com Date: Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 3:01 PM http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323826704578354543929974394.html The same reasoning seems to me to be applicable to gun magazines. In both cases, the justification is

Forbes attacks DHS' 1.6 billion round ammo purchase order

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ralphbenko/2013/03/11/1-6-billion-rounds-of-ammo-for-homeland-security-its-time-for-a-national-conversation/ -- Professor Joseph Olson, J.D.(*Hon*. Duke),

Article: Gun prohibition for mental defectives

'Mentally Defective' Language in the Gun Control Acthttp://hq.ssrn.com/Journals/RedirectClick.cfm?url=http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2225942partid=47512did=164935eid=182703108 [image: Free Download] Connecticut Law Review, Vol. 45, No. 3, February

Public Health anti-gunners go wild

A Systematic Plan for Firearms Law Reformhttp://hq.ssrn.com/Journals/RedirectClick.cfm?url=http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2224156partid=47512did=165413eid=183079977 [image: Free Download] JAMA Online, 2013 Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No.

Fwd: New Orleans judge rules statute forbidding felons from having firearms unconstitutional after 'fundamental right' amendment | NOLA.com

New Orleans judge rules statute forbidding felons from having firearms unconstitutional after 'fundamental right' amendment to state constitution. http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/03/new_orleans_judge_rules_statut.html --

Bloomberg tries to BUY OUT the right to keep and bear arms.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/24/bloomberg-mayor-group-tout-big-gun-control-push/ It's hard for ordinary people to battle the economic power of the Elite. Maybe I should join the Democrats in calling for a 100% tax on all forms of income over 10 Million a year ($20 million for married

High, very high, rates of homicide and suicide in Black communities.

I believe this is true. Anyone have the cites to the data? The homicide rate among whites in the US is roughly the same as the homicide rate in Belgium (1.5-1.7/100,000). Among Blacks, the rare is 21/100,000. That's more than double the hispanic rate of 8/100,000. Of those three groups, blacks

Re: High, very high, rates of homicide and suicide in Black communities.

, not among the whole population of the foreign country.* ** ** Eugene ** ** *From:* firearmsregprof-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto: firearmsregprof-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] *On Behalf Of *Olson, Joseph E. *Sent:* Sunday, March 24, 2013 12:37 PM *To:* Firearms Reg, List

Re: High, very high, rates of homicide and suicide in Black communities.

iPhone On Mar 24, 2013, at 7:00 PM, Olson, Joseph E. jol...@hamline.edu wrote: Yes. You are correct. But this is politics not academia. Which is why the anti's use whatever numbers that support the narrative (learned in J School?). I didn't write the original piece and Belgium is a bad

Re: High, very high, rates of homicide and suicide in Black communities.

be a useful shield against a bigotry claim. While this claim is an article of faith among some, I've never seen a study on the subject. Phil -- *From:* GunCite gunc...@yahoo.com *To:* Phil Lee maryland_al...@yahoo.com; Olson, Joseph E. jol...@hamline.edu *Cc

Fwd: High, very high, rates of homicide and suicide in Black communities.

That's exactly the point Professor Roger D. McGrath makes in his book about the mining camps of California, Gunfighters, Highwaymen, and Vigilantes: Violence on the

Sound points from an odd source.

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-08-07/semi-automatic-thinking-on-gun-control#r=lr-fst -- ** Professor Joseph Olson, J.D.(*Hon*. Duke), LL.M.(*Tax*. Florida) o

It's not Dr. Kellerman this time ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-3190 Wasn't their article PEER reviewed? Not just fly-spected by law students? None of those Ph.D. reviewers even bothered to get their assistants to run the numbers? Oh, the horror. Academic writing, at least in scientific)?) journals, is questionable.

Fwd: Serves 'em right

Dis' gun owners and watch sales drop. Dick's Sporting Goods has BAD first quarter sales. Stock price down 10%. http://rare.us/story/dicks-sporting-goods-sales-plunge-after-adopting-politically-correct-anti-gun-policy/ --

Re: Interstate transactions and the Big Lies

That's correct. The intermediate FFL Dealer is often referred to as the Transfer Dealer. 18 USC 922 is focused on transfer of possession, not the location of legal title or money. So if Bob sees a gun on the Internet that he knows Tom wants, Bob can call or e-mail the seller, Bob can send his

Re: The life of a Form 4473

...@lists.ucla.edu] *On Behalf Of *Olson, Joseph E. *Sent:* Tuesday, May 07, 2013 12:39 PM *To:* Greg Jacobs *Cc:* Firearms Reg,List *Subject:* Re: The life of a Form 4473 ** ** After the dealer goes out of business the forms go to BAFT. Forms over 20 years old should have been previously

Re: Legal straw man

*What you describe is NOT a strawman purchase at all as top anyone.* The strawman refers to using another person to *deceive* the dealer and THE GOVERNMENT by making the fake appear as the transferee to the dealer and to the government so that the NICS check is run on the fakeer and the paperwork

New approach

The Value of Life: Constitutional Limits on Citizens’ Use of Deadly Forcehttp://hq.ssrn.com/Journals/RedirectClick.cfm?url=http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2256035partid=47512did=171898eid=188278554 [image: Free Download] George Mason Law Review, Vol. 21,

Re: New approach

a fundamental constitutional right to life. Is this what they're teaching in law school these days? I don't know anything about USC, but I'm surprised to see sophistry of this caliber being published by George Mason. On May 8, 2013, at 1:42 PM, Olson, Joseph E. jol...@hamline.edu wrote

Re: New approach

in the text I may find a fundamental constitutional right to life. Is this what they're teaching in law school these days? I don't know anything about USC, but I'm surprised to see sophistry of this caliber being published by George Mason. On May 8, 2013, at 1:42 PM, Olson, Joseph

Re: New approach

. ** ** Eugene** ** ** *From:* Olson, Joseph E. [mailto:jol...@hamline.edu] *Sent:* Wednesday, May 08, 2013 8:06 PM *To:* Volokh, Eugene *Cc:* C D Tavares; Firearms Reg, List *Subject:* Re: New approach ** ** But, IIRC, in every state some act reasonably perceived

Re: Legal straw man (Lott, Edward))

In the example we have been using, the financier is *NEVER* the actual transferee/buyer because HE never takes possession of the gun or fills out a Form 4473. Only the intended transferee does that. The gun goes from selling transferor's/owner (to seller's FFL, if one is used) to transferee's

Re: Firearmsregprof Digest, Vol 109, Issue 6

...@lists.ucla.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Firearmsregprof digest... Today's Topics: 1. Not good (Olson, Joseph E.) 2. Re: Not good (Joe Waldron

New article

2nd Amendment: The Right to Keep Bear Arms -- Teaching D.C. v. Hellerhttp://hq.ssrn.com/Journals/RedirectClick.cfm?url=http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2270397partid=47512did=174950eid=190988314 [image: Free Download] COREY

Fwd: Lazy prosecutors lay the groundwork for Navy Yard murders.

We don't need gun control, we need awake and active prosecutors. http://www.theblaze.com/the-wire/22007129/navy-yard-suspect-arrested-in-04-seattle-shooting/ -- ** Professor Joseph Olson,

Bad guys are everywhere.

*A **Cause **Célèbre **Builds in France:* Outrage is growing in France over the decision to bring manslaughter charges against a jeweller who shot and killed an escaping robber but the country's top security official urged fearful storekeepers to let justice take its course. Stephan Turk, 67, has

Fwd: Fw: Statistics do not lie

According to the CDC, the 2010 overall US gun homicide rate is about 3.7 per 100,000 [in 1990, it was about 7.5]. The rate for the largest 50 cities is 4.3. Does anyone know what it is after taking out Chicago, Detroit, Washington, DC, and New Orleans? After taking out the 10 largest cities?

Guns don't kill, bad companions do.

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/11/14/gun-violence-significantly-increased-by-social-interactions -- ** Professor Joseph Olson, J.D.(*Hon*. Duke), LL.M.(*Tax*. Florida)

Re: Whoops, found it -- the estimate is 235,000 DGUs

Strong reluctance to talk to a government agent about a brandishing incident (which 98% are) which has not been reported to the police (in most instances) and the victim almost certainly doesn't know is 100% legal. If the President will lie so will his lowest level hirelings. Remember they call

I was teaching the events of 1774-5 in my Con Law Seminar on Sunday.

I wish I'd had this to spark discussion. Maybe next week. http://www.ammoland.com/2014/02/an-open-letter-to-the-men-and-women-of-the-connecticut-state-police/#axzz2tgynNKj2 -- **

Food for thought

http://zbroya.info/en/blog/2650_ukrainian-gun-owners-associations-official-statement/ -- ** Professor Joseph Olson, J.D.(*Hon*. Duke), LL.M.(*Tax*. Florida) o

Whooo.

http://www.examiner.com/article/sheriff-warns-of-second-american-revolution-if-gun-confiscation-laws-pass -- ** Professor Joseph Olson, J.D.(*Hon*. Duke), LL.M.(*Tax*. Florida)

Today is April 19 -- a big day for Liberty

1775 -- Non-governmental militias on their own stop the British at Lexington Bridge and harry them with withering fire all the way back to Boston starting the American Revolutionary War. The Americans with the battle and the war. They could do it because every other American colonist had a

The 3rd Amendment lives.

As American police become more like Thugs in Blue, opportunity opens to fully develop the 3rd Amendment (and recover some dollars). http://www.mrconservative.com/2013/07/20669-family-sues-police-for-seizing-home-violating-third-amendment/ --

Why UBC won't make us safer -- John David LaDue

http://www.startribune.com/local/257505631.html?page=1c=y Luck is more likely to succeed than an billion dollar UBC program. NOTE: in all but a few instances the mass murderers of the last 20 years acquired their guns after passing a background check or they could have done so. --

Re: Mosul Militia?

Right. The Iranian Army is inept and the police are scared (and both are probably in favor of the Taliban). Government there is totally corrupt. On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Guy Smith g...@gunfacts.info wrote: Of interest to many vis-à-vis government supported militia, the Iraqi

New ABA attack

New ABA attack on the Right to Keep and Bear Arms http://legalinsurrection.com/2014/08/american-bar-assoc-ups-ante-on-preventing-gun-violence/?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+LegalInsurrection+%28Le%C2%B7gal+In%C2%B7sur%C2%B7rec%C2%B7tion%29 --

From Russia with Love?

*Meanwhile, in Russia:* Russia has updated its legislation to allow civilians to carry firearms for self-defense, according to an amended decree on lethal weapons that appeared Tuesday on the official database of Russian laws and legal documents. The previous edition only allowed using licensed

The S. Ct's assumption is wrong: police work not among the top 10 dangerous jobs.

*Low-end estimate of traffic stops (sixty million)* Based on the low-end estimate of traffic encounters, the risk of homicide during a traffic stop ranged from a low of one in ten million in 1988 and 1990 to a high of one in 4.6 million in 1991. On average, over a ten-year period, the risk of

Re: Mandatory minimums for gun crimes by state

Minnesota has such a statute, Minn. Stat. sec 609.11, but a major investigation by Minneapolis Channel 11 determined that Hennepin County District Court judges evaded the law in almost all cases. When I get back to the States, I'll send you the URL. On Wednesday, December 17, 2014, Guy Smith

Do you teach a seminar on RKBA?

For those of you who teach Second Amendment or Firearms Reg Seminars. I need to see what the younger teachers are suggesting. If you have a suggested topics list would you share it with me.. jol...@hamline.edu

AJPH issue headlining "Academic Public Health and the Firearm Crisis"

king absence of real fathers for black males? > Ray > > From: firearmsregprof-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [firearmsregprof-bounces@ > lists.ucla.edu] on behalf of Olson, Joseph E. [jol...@hamline.edu] > Sent: Friday, February 17, 2017 7:58 PM > To:

Re: AJPH issue headlining "Academic Public Health and the Firearm Crisis"

Any other pandemic, errr epidemic, that resulted in only 3000 deaths of innocent persons annually would be declared a victory and the Champaign would flow. After all both gsng members and suicides choose to take thr risk of death. But, of course, nothing about these deaths, but the funding

Re: https://pjmedia.com/trending/2017/02/16/senate-blocks-obama-rule-denying-gun-rights-to-mental-defective-social-security-recipients/

Well the '68 GCA was copied in large part from the German Act of 1934[/] promulgated by whom ... . There is a comparison at the JPFO website, IIRC. Professor Joseph Olson,

Re: https://pjmedia.com/trending/2017/02/16/senate-blocks-obama-rule-denying-gun-rights-to-mental-defective-social-security-recipients/

Congress in its great ignorance used that term in the '68 GCA. ATF has s-t-r-e-c-h-e-d it to the breaking point in its regulation "interpretating" 18 USC 922(g)(4). Professor

Re: AJPH issue headlining "Academic Public Health and the Firearm Crisis"

Nothing new. Socio-economically deprived people, primarily inner city Blacks, shoot each other a lot. No "research" into the effects of illegal conduct, such as gang violence and drug market violence. Our agenda, as always, is to disarm affluent suburbanites whose contribution to the inner city

Re: Kick it while it's down

And ... the law, adopted by Initiative, cannot be changed by the Legislature for THREE years. Professor Joseph Olson, J.D.(*Honors,* Duke), Ll.M (Florida) Office

Re: Kick it while it's down

torney General keep a law from going > into effect just because he doesn't like the impact of the law? > > --henry schaffer > > On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 3:53 PM, Olson, Joseph E. <jol...@hamline.edu> > wrote: &g

Re: expanding the definition of "mentally defective"

They did do this. Merry Christmas from your Government. NRA put out a release. Professor Joseph Olson, J.D.(*Honors,* Duke), Ll.M (Florida) Office 651-695-7674|

Guns in Intimate Partner Violence: Comparing Incidents by Type of Weapon

"some states engage law enforcement officers to". This is written by a PhD and published in a "peer" reviewed Journal? Does she mean enable, encourage, or what? On Wednesday, March 22, 2017, g...@gunfacts.info

Re: FYI: Reorganization of US Code has the definition of Militia of the United States moved to new section.

The phrase "except as provided in section 313 of title 32" makes it clear that the National Guard is NOT the militia". Professor Joseph Olson, J.D.(*Honors,* Duke), Ll.M (Florida)

Re: Survey on public carry

I have asked the Mitchell-Hamline library staff to get it. I am sure the UofM med school library has it. Probably have it on Monday. On Friday, April 21, 2017, g...@gunfacts.info wrote: > If anyone has access to this, I’d love to review the methodology of their > survey