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MIDDLETOWN — «Up In Arms,» a multi-media group exhibition that explores the historic and social issues surrounding the divisive nature of gun ownership in the United States, will be on view in the South Gallery at Wesleyan University's Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, located at 283 Washington Terrace on the Wesleyan campus in Middletown, through Sunday, Dec. 10.

Using a credit card is the financial equivalent of gun ownership in that if it used correctly with maturity it can be a valuable resource that provides security and stability but if used incorrectly will wind up shooting you in the foot.

Well, obviously restricting gun ownership in any way is not going to bring violence down; I mean, every time the subject comes up, certain groups tend to get quite violent.

We have very high rates of gun ownership in the North Country, and very low rates of homicide.

New York becomes the first U.S. state to impose new restrictions on gun ownership in the wake the Connecticut massacre.

The US has the highest rate of gun ownership in the world with 88 guns for every 100 people.

Modern Conservatives are very supportive of the Second Amendment and the US has the highest gun ownership in the world both in numbers and per capita (350 million guns compared to a population of 330 million citizens).

Others blame the high rate of gun ownership in the United States, or violent video games, or social media.

Tom, I think you have missed the fact that there are 2 strains of opposition to the effort to curtail gun ownership in America, the «pro-gun» folks (whom you have identified) and the «pro-liberty» folx (whom you seem to have missed altogether).

Florida's embrace of gun restrictions came as Congress remains mired in partisan divisions on the issue and as other states, from Illinois to Vermont, consider whether they ought to tighten the rules on gun ownership in the wake of the Parkland attack.

Despite Congress's dawdling, there is little question that America's abundance of guns — the country has by far the highest rate of civilian gun ownership in the world — is driving its unique gun violence problem.

The announcement came on the same day two television journalists were shot and killed in Virginia in an incident that is likely to stoke the debate about gun ownership in the United States.

The ban is just one of many restrictive laws on gun ownership in the U.K., but it's an important one.

Guns ownership in America is about being pro liberty!

Not exact matches

In fact, Farage went to great paints to distance himself from an American style of gun ownership.

Within a year - and - a-half of the killings, private ownership of hand guns was completely banned in mainland Britain.

A roundup of gun control and violence studies by writer German Lopez at Vox shows Americans represent less than 5 % of the world population but possess nearly 50 % of the world's civilian - owned guns, police are about three times more likely to be killed in states with high gun ownership, countries with more guns see more gun deaths, and states with tighter gun control laws see fewer gun - related deaths, among other sobering statistics.

In a post on Twitter on Tuesday, David Hogg remarked on the firms» ownership of gun maker stocks, adding «if you use them, feel free to let them know.»

Around when Australia adopted its gun regulations, Parliament passed legislation banning private ownership of handguns in Britain and banned semiautomatic and pump - action firearms throughout the UK.

Australia's success in tightly restricting gun ownership after its worst mass shooting, and the concomitant reduction in gun crimes and mass shootings, is likely to be held up by proponents of gun control as an example for what the U.S. should do after its latest mass shooting on Sunday.

In her community, where gun ownership is considered a fact of life and a point of pride, she's bravely taking a stand as one of the few voices advocating for change in her areIn her community, where gun ownership is considered a fact of life and a point of pride, she's bravely taking a stand as one of the few voices advocating for change in her arein her area.

If you, the investor or concerned citizen, really want to send a message to the big players in gun sales, including companies like Wal - Mart, you're more likely to have an impact organizing a campaign to not buy stuff there, rather than abstaining from stock ownership.

This sentiment has been fueled by a decades - long public campaign by the NRA to convince the US public and politicians that, in fact, the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms, and that more guns will actually make people safer (by letting them protect themselves), despite research that shows higher levels of gun ownership actually lead to more gun violence.

A day after the Parkland shooting, the Oregon state legislature closed what was called the «Boyfriend Loophole» in its laws about gun ownership among those convicted of domestic violence.

His conclusions didn't fit the anti-gun narrative that guns are used in crimes far more than in self - defense and therefore private ownership must be abolished.

Well, Cornell, the R.N.A., I think their great strength here has been how they've re-messaged gun ownership and they've wrapped it in the flag.

«We recognise the traditions of gun ownership that passed on from generation to generation, that hunting and shooting are part of a cherished national heritage,» said Obama during remarks made at a National Urban League Conference in New Orleans.

He argues that «gun ownership was exceptional in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and early nineteenth centuries, even on the frontier, and that guns became a common commodity only with the industrialization of the mid-nineteenth century» and the militarization of America during the Civil War.

Furthermore, the law restricted ownership of firearms to»... persons whose trustworthiness is not in question and who can show a need for a (gun) permit.»

We will see it again when responsible gun owners choose not to report their ownership of their assault weapons (in Feinstein's proposal).

There are a couple things to note about this instruction from Jesus which shows us that the instructions of Jesus to His disciples to buy a sword can not in any way be viewed as an endorsement from Jesus of gun ownership.

Far too many Christian see Jesus» instructions to His disciples to go buy a sword as an endorsement by Jesus of gun ownership, and in some cases, an endorsement of violence.

In Brazil, all firearms are required to be registered with the minimum age for gun ownership being 25.

In this framework, issues like covenant marriage vows, home ownership, gun ownership, home birth, homeschooling, family business, family farming, hospitality, home - based healthcare and yes, even the debate over raw milk, can all be decided in the light of God's Word under the Lordship of Jesus ChrisIn this framework, issues like covenant marriage vows, home ownership, gun ownership, home birth, homeschooling, family business, family farming, hospitality, home - based healthcare and yes, even the debate over raw milk, can all be decided in the light of God's Word under the Lordship of Jesus Chrisin the light of God's Word under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.

Fewer people are hunting, younger people are less interested in gun ownership and the gun industry has had little success in its attempts to appeal to women and minorities.

The impact of the shootings rippled through the winter meeting of the National Governors Association in Washington this weekend, as state leaders expressed willingness to consider new limits on gun ownership and stepped up efforts to address mental - health factors.

If all countries are included in the plot, there is a negative correlation between gun ownership and rate of homicide.

So, long story short - local governments can restrict gun ownership and carry laws in the interest of national safety.

In yet another scatterplot analysis of correlation between gun ownership and murder rate by country (again, using Wikipedia as the source), the author find a negative correlation between gun ownership and rate of homicide.

But even though the 5 - 4 majority ruling makes an intellectual end run around the language of the Second Amendment to get to their ruling, they very clearly state that society (government, convened to collectively protect us from what we can't protect ourselves from as individuals) has the right to, and legitimate interest in controlling gun ownership, in several specific ways.

Applying this precedent going forward is squarely a job for the Supreme Court because even though some limitations on gun ownership might seem directly in line with the Court's thinking in Heller those specific provisions will still need to undergo at least a rational basis test on its own merits.

Since we are strictly talking about limits for gun ownership, this would only be those people with mental illness who are interested in getting guns, and who would prioritize gun ownership over their treatment.

If the rate of gun ownership is a determinant of the gun murder rate, how does one explain the gun ownership rates in Mexico (15 guns / 100 and 9.97 murders / 100k) and Jamaica (8.1 guns / 100 and 39.4 murders / 100K) and the very high gun murder rates?

Heller dealt with a strict District of Columbia law that banned ownership of any handgun in the district and also required that any gun (even rifles and shotguns) should be kept unloaded and under the control of a trigger lock at all times when not in use.

Consistent with this is a later European study of data from 21 nations in which «no significant correlations [of gun ownership levels] with total suicide or homicide rates were found.»

Indeed, «data on firearms ownership by constabulary area in England,» like data from the United States, show «a negative correlation,» that is, «where firearms are most dense violent crime rates are lowest, and where guns are least dense violent crime rates are highest.»

Even with the second amendment and widespread gun ownership, elimination of the exclusionary rule in the United States would allow police a much greater ability to control crime.

The authors in this article found that there is no correlation between gun ownership and murder.

Basing gun ownership rights on mental health state is controversial because mental illness is still a stigma in our society and as most are illnesses are on a spectrum, often subjective as to severity.

In a 5 to 4 decision those justices ruled that the Second Amendment gives Americans the right to own guns for personal self - defense, despite the amendment's opening language - «A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state,» - which pretty clearly says that gun ownership was specifically preserved by the founding fathers in the interest of the common defense against a tyrannical government (remember, this was the issue on their minds back thenIn a 5 to 4 decision those justices ruled that the Second Amendment gives Americans the right to own guns for personal self - defense, despite the amendment's opening language - «A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state,» - which pretty clearly says that gun ownership was specifically preserved by the founding fathers in the interest of the common defense against a tyrannical government (remember, this was the issue on their minds back thenin the interest of the common defense against a tyrannical government (remember, this was the issue on their minds back then).