Blast Furnace Canada Blog: If you can’t track the guns, you can’t track the criminals

The Brady Law in the States, which is supposed to ensure felons don’t have access to guns (they are supposed to be flagged by a background check), has proven to be a joke, the NYT reports today.   In just one state — the State of Washington — nearly 3300 convicts have had their "right to bear arms" that they forfeited, restored.   In one case, a man out of jail for just two months shot dead his

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Blast Furnace Canada Blog: Dems kick back at Tea Party

The Tea Party in the States got a huge slap in the face in yesterday’s off-year elections in the States.    Among the biggest ones:

Voters in Ohio rejected by a huge margin a law that effectively placed public servants in a "right to work state" situation.

Maine voters approved same day voting registration, making it a "normal" democracy like Canada (this principle is opposed by Tea Partiers

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