To establish a monopoly on the use of force, a government must either convince its citizens not to rebel, or remove their capacity to do so. Existing literature has left this choice €" between punishment and disarmament €" virtually unexplai...
Or how guns don’t massacre anybody in heavily armed countries like Switzerland, India, or Germany? There’s clearly more to this than guns and mental illness. Other countries have plenty of mental illnesses in their population, but none of the violence America does. Nearly every other country...
a few brushes with light violence. Unlike America, guns aren’t so much an issue outside of mobs, so I felt quite safe traveling alone. Free things to do:Continue reading→ Uncategorized Sample Itineraries – Mainland China September 6, 2015Leave a comment...
During the night, the MRTA rebels burst into each of the rooms, turned on the overhead lights and brandished guns and hand grenades. “If Fujimori attacks us, you’ll all get it!” one of them yelled. “Victory or death!” Then the lights went out, and the prisoners produced their ...
So, instead of asking after a mass shooting, “What’s with all the guns in America?” maybe the question should be “What’s with all the prescribed psych meds in America?” We should be digging deeper. Americans havealwayshad guns. Shootings only started in the 90s…approximately the sa...
miles from Amiens. Now it was time to push them back. Later, after the Armistice had been signed on Nov. 11, 1918, it was generally acknowledged that this was where the tide had turned. In two weeks, 46 German divisions were defeated — 34,250 prisoners and 270 heavy guns were ...
“laws of nature” bringing society away from reform, but these were not his only quarrels with Darwin's ideas. Along with his opposition to social Darwinism, Bryan expressed his distaste and made his stand clear on Darwinian theories of biological evolution. He focused intently on the “theory...
The bill also banned guns with no sporting purpose; mandated an age restriction of 21 and older for the purchase of handguns; imposed restrictions on gun purchases from felons, the mentally ill, and others; and required all manufactured or imported guns have a serial number. [Pictured: ...
Price and Kirby also pointed out that the United States has provided the Afghan military with modern weaponry that includes an air force. But the Taliban has been seen in recent days using an array of weapons and equipment that it seized from the Afghan government, including vehicles that still...
The study helped Gunstad to find out whether losing weight had any effect on mental function. Now that he’s seen the positive effect that weight loss can have on memory and attention, he says he will next study those who choose to lose weight by the traditional way—eating healthier and...