Going by statistics reported by the Associated Press, the number of denials on background checks between private buyers was less than two percent of private background checks, and less than eight ten thousandths (.0008) of all background checks in the preceding year.
At the moment the political controversy in Colorado surrounds the economic efficiency between the number of expected background checks for private purchases for the year, which was projected to be 210,000 or half the total projected for two years, and that actual number of background checks, which was 13,600. Apparently the Colorado legislature, currently owned by the leftist democratic party has asked for money to allocated based on the 210,000 statistics.
The money allocated, about $3 million, was based on an estimate provided by Colorado Legislative Council review. According to the Associated press report, the money was allocated so that the agency supervising the private check, the Colorado state police could hire 13 more employees to assist in the anticipated deluge. The report also said that it was unclear to the press just how much of the $3 million has been spent so far.
The news report misses the main point: Colorado leftists finally got their scalp in the background checks between private buyers.
Going by numbers extrapolated in the Colorado listings at Armslist.com, a total of 3,737 total firearms were available for sale from both dealers, who must provide background checks for firearms transfers even in state and private sellers, who up until the draconian law was passed has no such legal requirement.
That total breaks down into: 1,573 rifles of all types, 1,437 pistols of all types, 412 shotguns of all types and 315 revolvers available for sale in Colorado as of Saturday morning.
The totals for firearms dealers breaks down into: 503 rifles of all types, 593 pistols of all types, 158 shotguns of all types and 193 revolvers available for sale as of Saturday morning.
The totals for private individuals breaks down into: 1,070 rifles of all types, 844 pistols of all types, 254 shotguns of all types and 192 revolvers available for sale as of Saturday morning.
When gun for sale statistics are broken down further, the differences become stark:
For ARs, that is .223/5,56x45MM semiautomatics, the totals for those rifles for sale are: 147 for dealers versus 274 for private individuals.
For AR10s and similar semiautomatics that fire the 7.62x51mm round, totals of firearms of that type for sale are: 40 for dealers and 62 for private individuals.
For AKs the totals of firearms available for sale are: 16 for dealers versus 76 for private sales.
The same sharp differential exists for .45 ACP semiautomatics: 67 for dealers versus 119 available from private buyers.
The total of all firearms in the four major groups as listed is 3,737. Assuming that number remains constant month to month and further assuming that only a third of those firearms are actually sold, it appears the new law requiring background checks is running at close to 90 percent compliance.
The assumption should not be surprising. Gun owners are amazingly risk adverse as to gun laws, and if the assumptions are close, the law is very bad news for gun rights people. It shows that universal background checks will enforce widespread compliance despite what the major gun right organizations say.
Which is another way of saying the universal background check laws will be bad news for the gun grabbers, because now it boils down to individual rights. It appears gun owners themselves can't be counted on to enforce the constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
The 2nd Amendment will have to stand on its own without all the statistics and statist rules that gun owners have allowed to overtake their rights.
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Not in the calculation are the arms that flow among the felons, gangs, et al, which is where the linkage is between arms and crime. It's all about show, shadows on the wall.
The United States is pulling embassy staff out of Tripoli, and has issued a travel advisory that nicely outlines what a nightmare Libya has become. If Obama were a Republican, the press coverage of this stinking corpse of a policy flub would be quite different...
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As smart as he is, he doesn't vote based upon the conclusions of his intellect
Mr. Meade is the last of the old school liberals. He and his ilk will vote for Clinton or Warren; whoever rises to the top of the Democratic tank.
That said, he also suffers from "pointy-headed academic syndrome." All is primarily theoretical. There are expectations that the media will perform its supposed duties, that US foreign policy teams have a semblance of competency, and the Oval Office has a resident that gives a fig about their legacy.
[The Nation (Pak)] The PML-N captured power at the 2013 polls. It won a large majority in the National Assembly. As a seasoned third-time Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... was expected to perform well.
Yes, he had to face formidable problems. The economy was on the verge of collapse, and law and order deteriorating by the day. Unchecked violence and disorder in Bloody Karachi
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[The Nation (Pak)] Pakistain has retained its spot at number 146 in the Human Development Index (HDI) of 2014, which is not surprising in the least, considering the overall lack of development in the country during the past year. The HDI is calculated on the basis of three factors; the average life expectancy, the Gross National Income (GNI) and the education index. All of these combine to account for the overall standard of living in a country. Out of our neighboring countries, only Afghanistan is ranked below us at 169, while India (135), China (91), Iran (75) and even Bangladesh (142) are ranked higher.
The GNI can only increase if the economy expands enough to provide new jobs for the surplus of labour that is unemployed. The life expectancy index is the average age an individual reaches before dying in a country. The infant mortality rate is included in this estimate, but a plethora of other factors are also at work. The condition of healthcare facilities, access to medicines, the availability of doctors and the government's efforts (or lack of) to counter serious health threats such as the rise of polio ...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set... and the dengue outbreak are all accounted for. Pakistain has an estimated life expectancy of 67, while citizens of developed countries such as Japan live up to age of 84 on average. Our infant mortality rate stands at 8.6 %, which means that out of a 1000 children, 86 die at birth.
The decrepit state of our education system is clear from the numerous ghost schools, the meagerly equipped and under-staffed public schools and the high cost of private education. More than half of Pakistain's population lives in poverty, and for them basic needs such as food and shelter are a novelty, which makes literacy the least of their problems. Additionally, Pakistain lost four spots on the gender inequality index and has slipped from 123 to 127. The high frequency of rape, female infanticide, honour killings, acid attacks and other numerous crimes against women have continued as before, and the state has done nothing to bring the criminals to justice, which is just as bad as an endorsement for their actions. The HDI is by no means completely accurate about the amount of human development in a country, a term which is subjective in any case, but it does paint a general picture of the standard of living. If nothing else, it provides a comparison with other countries, and can be used to set benchmarks to achieve in the future. Pakistain has no excuses for its poor showing on a yearly basis. The HDI, while dealing in statistics, gives us a look into the life of the average person in each country, and number 146 out of a total of 187 countries tells us that it really cannot be much worse.
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[The Nation (Pak)] In one of the most open criticisms of Operation Zarb-e-Azb ..the Pak offensive against Qaeda in Pakistain and the Pak Taliban in North Wazoo. The name refers to the sword of the Prophet (PTUI!)... since its commencement in June, Afghanistan has accused Pakistan's military and Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) of aiding Haqqani militants to flee the border into Afghanistan.
Furthermore, the Afghans unfalteringly believe that the Pakistani military has made no successful attempt to significantly go after any international terrorist organization in North Waziristan.
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But what of the "Palestinian homeland," you ask. Well, there is no such thing. There never has been. Palestine is a city, not a nation. There is no such thing as a "Palestinian." Not historically and not contemporarily. There has never been any such people, no such "homeland," and no such nationality.
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None. However, the question arises as to why the left in the U.S. and in other places across the world view the Palestinians as the "oppressed" and "victims?"
I'm aware of a local community organizer who has been doing this sort of thing for 40 years or more. Although white she is like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson in many ways. Anything that is controversial regarding race that occurs draws them to the flame like moths. This women also is drawn by the latest "so-called victims" like a moth to the flames. It is what these leftists do, it is their avocation, their job. This lady has protested the coal miner cause of black lung disease in the 70s and 80s, union causes, racial issues, nuclear arms, and now the Palestinian issue. It reminds me of that old question: What are you protesting?" The protester replies, "What have you got?" This got me to thinking "Why does the left support all these causes and seldom support Israel?" They view Israel as the aggressor not the attacked or the recipient of terrorism. How does such a distorted view develop? Why does the left typically end up on the wrong side of so many issues. Why are they such monomaniacs and myopic about these causes? They tend to simplify things into sound bites and slogans--never really considering the ramifications of what they do in any depth?
Dennis Praeger addressed this question back in 2002. Left support of Palestinians rather than Israel. There are no easy answers but the question needs to be asked. One would think the West would be thanking Israel for cleaning out a bunch of terrorists who undermine a democracy and our only ally in the M.E.
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I've often wondered myself ... and in the last ten years or so, I've concluded that Saudi money likely has had a lot to do with it, in openly or surreptitiously funding anti-Zionist "scholarship", publications and activities.
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That's the reason a thermonuclear weapon on Riyadh wouldn't bother me one bit, Sgt. Mom. Saudi Arabia is behind a LOT of the misery in the Muddled East. Iran is behind 2/3 of the rest.
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[IsraelTimes] Other terror groups, with still greater capacity to do harm, will also emulate the Gazoo Islamists' use of rockets, tunnels, underground command centers, propaganda and martyrdom
The current confrontation between Israel and Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, could look at first glance like merely another military round between the two sides. However, Caliphornia hasn't yet slid into the ocean, no matter how hard it's tried... a number of major differences, especially regarding Hamas's regional isolation, its decade-long force buildup, and its development of military strategy and tactics, distinguish Israel's Operation Protective Edge from past operations.
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Shorter version: Hamas prepared for a long time for their assault, so more of hamas needs to be killed, and more destruction of their infrastructure (tunnels etc) and command structure, in order to degrade their capabilities. So Irael, needs to keep operating. Perhaps clearing a 1 Km zone along the border, a "dead zone" and barrier system might become necessary.
[AmericanThinker] Many wars are fought over accidents and misunderstandings. This is not one of those times. With key interests at stake, the conflict in Gaza is likely to continue.
As the politicians, pundits, and foreign policy panjandrums of the world Western world wring their hands over the chaos and carnage in Gaza, it's worth noting that there are solid reasons why peace is proving so elusive. Both sides have reason to think they can pull off a significant victory in the current round of fighting, and neither side thinks it can live with the consequences of a defeat. Until something happens to change the thinking on one or both sides, a cease fire will be hard to achieve.
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[The Nation (Pak)] Pakistain has retained its spot at number 146 in the Human Development Index (HDI) of 2014, which is not surprising in the least, considering the overall lack of development in the country during the past year. The HDI is calculated on the basis of three factors; the average life expectancy, the Gross National Income (GNI) and the education index. All of these combine to account for the overall standard of living in a country. Out of our neighboring countries, only Afghanistan is ranked below us at 169, while India (135), China (91), Iran (75) and even Bangladesh (142) are ranked higher.
[The Nation (Pak)] In one of the most open criticisms of Operation 
