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Gun-free zones provide false sense of security

Killers aren’t stopped by these policies

“After a shooting spree,” author William Burroughs once said, “they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn’t do it.”

There are a lot of problems with this approach, but one of the most significant is this one:  It doesn’t work.  One of the interesting characteristics of mass shootings is that they generally occur in places where firearms are banned: malls, schools, etc.  That was the finding of a famous 1999 study by John Lott of the University of Maryland and William Landes of the University of Chicago, and it appears to have been borne out by experience since then as well.

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Attorney General Secretly Grants Government Ability to Develop and Store Dossiers on Innocent Americans

Click Link: Attorney General Secretly Granted Gov. Ability to Develop and Store Dossiers on Innocent Americans

Attorney General Eric Holder
Attorney General Eric Holder
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Burlington Iowa Obituaries West Burlington

Obituaries

Roger Kenneth Erickson, 80, Burlington, died Sunday, December 16

Edward Lewis “Grandpa” Tharp, 71, Burlington, died Saturday, December 15

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Armed Man Stopped Oregon Mall Shooting

Man, armed, confronts mall shooter

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As Shooting Story Unfolds, Media Struggle With Facts

TV, and other media, fell prey to reporting “facts” that were often wrong.

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Central Lee downs W.B., 49-34

Photo by Dan HockettCentral Lee’s Reed Shockley (left) and West Burlington’s Keven Ching (right) fight for ball control Friday night in West Burlington. Central Lee defeated West Burlington, 49-34.
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Central Lee’s Reed Shockley (left) and West Burlington’s Keven Ching (right) fight for ball control Friday night in West Burlington. Central Lee defeated West Burlington, 49-34.
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Lady Hawks Soar Over Falcons, 69-26

Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington’s Aubrey Schmitt looks to the basket against Central Lee Friday night in West Burlington.  Central Lee defeated West Burlington, 69-26.
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West Burlington’s Aubrey Schmitt looks to the basket against Central Lee Friday night in West Burlington. Central Lee defeated West Burlington, 69-26.
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Burlington Iowa Letters to Falcon Political West Burlington

Iowa Government Worker Pay Too High

Falcon:

Readers should go to the below site to find a table explaining State of Iowa Base Pay Compared to Market Base Pay Details.  In other words what the over paid state workers get while preforming the same jobs private sector workers do.

There’s a workforce advisor position which the state pays 50% more than does the private sector while most of the 47 jobs the state workers are grossly overpaid compared to the private sector person doing the same job.  There’s also one job getting 55% and another 46%; so readers should basically read the entire article by the Public Interest Institute.

http://www.iowatransparency.org/nov12newsletter.html

No wonder our taxes are grossly high and totally unnecessary just so state employees can live good life off the backs of Iowa’s private employees.

OD

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Four people set on fire during robbery in Denver

Click Here: Four people set on fire during assault in North Denver

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NASA is so sure the world won’t come to an end on Dec. 21, 2012, they released a video early.