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US to Seize Mosques Linked to Iran

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ANN COULTER: HATES POT and DIVERSITY

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Hateful and Stupid

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Armor-Piercing 5.7mm Pistol Used at Fort Hood Originally Designed for Military Only

How the FN Herstal Five-seveN pistol used in the Fort Hood shooting--originally designed as a military-only handgun/ammo combination capable of piercing the body armor worn by soldiers on the battlefield--came to be sold on the U.S. civilian market is a stark example of the increasing militarization of the U.S. civilian gun market and the enabling role played by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)--even in the age of Obama.

As detailed in Big Boomers--Rifle Power Designed Into Handguns, a study released last December by my organization, the Violence Policy Center:

"FN Herstal originally created its novel 5.7X28mm cartridge as the ammunition for a submachine gun, the P-90, designed at the invitation of NATO and in response to military needs for a weapon to be used by 'troops who needed both hands for other tasks, such as officers, NCOs and technical troops,' and that would be effective against the body armor that has become a standard accoutrement on the battlefield."

Eventually, as one gun writer noted, "it became clear that a pistol was needed as an adjunct to the P90 SMG, so in the mid-1990s FNH set out to design a handgun to accompany the 'high-tech' P90 SMG."

Originally, FN Herstal stated that the pistol would not be sold on the civilian market. In 1996, a spokesman for the company described the pistol as designed for anti-terrorist and hostage rescue operations and "too potent" for normal police duties. In 1999, the National Rifle Association's American Rifleman magazine stated, "Law enforcement and military markets are the target groups of FN's new FiveseveN pistol," adding, "Don't expect to see this cartridge sold over the counter in the United States. In this incarnation, it is strictly a law enforcement or military round." In 2000, American Handgunner magazine assured the public, "For reasons that will become obvious, neither the gun nor the ammunition will ever be sold to civilians or even to individual officers."

To address rising concerns about the ability of specific types of ammunition available with the pistol to penetrate the body armor worn by law enforcement (and in effect acknowledging the severe limitations of the federal ban on armor-piercing ammunition which uses a content, as opposed to a penetration, standard to determine whether a round is "armor-piercing" or not) in January 2005 ATF announced that it had reached a voluntary agreement with FN to stop the civilian sale in the U.S. of specific types of ammunition available for the gun--including one type labeled SS192 ammunition. The effect of this gentleman's agreement between ATF (which, in an all-too-revealing choice of words, often refers to the gun industry as its "customer") and FN has been less than impressive. In writing this blog, yesterday I went on the Internet and within minutes found two sites offering "banned" ammunition for sale:

Ammunition to Go : "This is 5.7X28 FN SS192 Hollow Point Ammo. This ammo has been banned from importation because of its penetrating abilities. This ammo has been almost impossible to find for the last few years. This ammo is packed in 50rd. boxes, 2000rds. per ammo can." Fifty rounds can be purchased for $29.95, marked down from 39.95.

Gilbert's Guns: Now In Stock!. FN 5.7 x 28 SS192 Hollow Point Ammunition. This ammo has been banned from importation and we have a small qty of SS192 AVAILABLE...We do have multiple lots available. Please call to reserve this ammunition--these lots will go quickly."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-sugarmann/armor-piercing-57mm-pisto_b_357098.htmlHow the FN Herstal Five-seveN pistol used in the Fort Hood shooting--originally... more

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Renouncing Islamism: To the brink and back again

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GOP Congressman: Islam Is a ‘Savage Religion’

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Persepective on Islamic Fanaticism

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G. Gordon Liddy "Convinced" Obama is a Muslim | Media and Technology | AlterNet

That should be obvious to anyone watching his speeches.

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Muslim Revolution: Christopher Caldwell On Colbert With New Book (VIDEO)

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Why I Murdered 13 American Soldiers at Fort Hood: Nidal Hassan Explains It All

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The Islamopandering, Obama-esque “2012″

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Educating Afghan Mullahs On Birth Control

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan — The mullahs stared silently at the screen. They shifted in their chairs and fiddled with pencils. Koranic verses flashed above them, but the topic was something that made everybody a little uncomfortable.

“A baby should be breast-fed for at least 21 months,” said the instructor. “Milk is safe inside the breast. Dust and germs can’t get inside.”

It was a seminar on birth control, a likely subject for a nation whose fertility rate of 6 children per woman is the highest in Asia. But the audience was unusual: 10 Islamic religious leaders from this city and its suburbs, wearing turbans and sipping tea.

The message was simple. Babies are good, but not too many; wait two years before having another to give your wife’s body a chance to recover. Nothing in Islam expressly forbids birth control. But it does emphasize procreation, and mullahs, like leaders of other faiths, consider children to be blessings from God, and are usually the most determined opponents of having fewer of them.

It is an attitude that Afghanistan can no longer afford, in the view of the employees of the nonprofit group that runs the seminars, Marie Stopes International. The high birthrate places a heavy weight on a society where average per capita earnings are about $700 a year. It is also a risk to mothers. Afghanistan is second only to Sierra Leone in maternal mortality rates, which run as high as 8 percent in some areas.

“If we work hard on this issue, we can rescue our country from misery,” said Rahmatuddin Bashardost, a doctor who helps lead the mullahs’ classes.

The mullahs were reluctant participants. Truth be told, they were paid to show up. But surprisingly, they seemed to emerge from the session invigorated. “This was a useful and friendly discussion,” said Mullah Amruddin, a tall man in a dramatic turban. “If you have too many children and you can’t control them, that’s bad for Islam.”

Maybe they were so receptive because a mullah led the class, using their own language — scripture from the Koran. Or maybe it was because some attitudes are starting to change.

Syed Wasem Massoom, 29, a mullah and one of the trainers, said urban Afghans were looking for ways to have fewer children. Afghanistan was changing, he said, especially its cities, and mullahs had better be thinking about these issues.

“People kept asking us how to have less children,” he said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/world/asia/15mazar.html

Good. now only if the US could teach its teens sex ed.MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan — The mullahs stared silently at the screen. They... more