The empire in accelerating decline

A campaign by gun rights advocates to make it easier to use deadly force in self-defense is rapidly winning support across the country, as state after state makes it legal for people who feel their lives are in danger to shoot down an attacker whether in a car-jacking or just on the street.

The law has spurred debate about whether it protects against lawlessness or spurs more crime. Supporters say it's an unambiguous answer to random violence, while critics including police chiefs and prosecutors warn that criminals are more likely to benefit than innocent victims.
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The wild, wild west is back, nationally this time, ushered in by the Bush administration.

Of course the Hollywood gunslinger Cowboy Motif little George likes in his bed room is unadulterated nonsense. The real colonization of the west involved plenty of land grabbing and genocide, not to mention murder in general.

How richly ironic to witness the so called values voters and their so called values candidates vote to legalize murder. Bleech.