-Caveat Lector- This is the national picture - not true for Connecticut and a few other states. http://www.cato.org/dispatch/03-27-01d.html#three A MILLION MOMS AND A FRACTURED MOVEMENT The Dallas Morning News reports today that less than a year since the Million Mom March, the national gun-control movement finds itself in some disarray and facing a harsher political landscape than anticipated. http://www.dallasnews.com/national/322293_guncontrol_27n.html Factions in the often-fractured movement are pressing competing ideological priorities. And a fight is brewing on Capitol Hill that may pit gun-control groups against each other rather than against the gun lobby. "Is this a time of soul searching?" asks Josh Sugarmann, executive director of the Violence Policy Center. "It will be a battle for the soul of the gun-control movement." In "Trust the People: The Case Against Gun Control," - http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa109.html - David Kopel writes that the gun control debate comes down to the basic question: "Who is more trustworthy, the government or the people?" In "Gun Policy in the Aftermath of Littleton," http://www.cato.org/dailys/05-26-99.html Cato Fellow Doug Bandow writes that gun control is misguided and that studies show that guns are used five times as often to prevent as to commit crimes. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om