Ammo tax

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Saturday May 16, 2009 · 6:18 PM PDT

2009/05/16 · 18:18

So: today I heard a report from a BBC podcast (around 18:12 into the podcast) that ammunition is in short supply in the US, because manufacturers can't keep up with demand from people stocking up now, before big bad Obama, Pelosi, and Feinstein take away the guns.

Today I also read Katha Pollitt's column in The Nation, "Unnatural Born Killer," wherein she cites 2006 statistics that "30,896 people died from gun violence . . . and 14,678 were injured," numbers that stunned me.

But firearm bans have proven to be a lightning rod. Perhaps we can come up with new ways to get a handle on the issue? Open up new fronts? The ammo shortage might be just the sort of entry we need.

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Saturday April 25, 2009 · 5:51 PM PDT

2009/04/25 · 17:51

Something from a footnote in an article by Jeff Sharlet about the Christian fundamentalist movement in the Armed Forces in the most recent Harper's Magazine (May 2009) caught my eye, and I think it needs more exploration. Specifically, it's a troubling connection between Christian fundamentalism and torture, a connection embodied in General William "Jerry" Boykin.

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Ammo tax

The American Inquisition? Gen. Boykin, Christian Fundamentalism, and Torture