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"In 1995 the District already had one of the nation's toughest gun control laws, forbidding handgun possession in the home. This is the provision the appeals court recently overturned. But handguns still flowed easily into the District from neighboring states, fueling black-market sales and hampering the effectiveness of the city's in-home ban. In 1995 and 1997 laws enacted in, respectively, Virginia and Maryland prohibited citizens from purchasing more than one gun per month, dramatically reducing illegal gun sales as supply was choked off. The number of handguns coming into the District from those states fell immediately after the laws were passed. Before Virginia passed its law, it was the No. 1 supplier of guns seized in crimes in the District. Once Virginia's law took effect, Maryland became the largest source of guns seized in D.C. crimes. In the year after Maryland passed its one-gun-a-month law, the number of Maryland guns seized in the District dropped from 20 to zero. These bans on multiple gun sales in neighboring states choked off black-market sales, while the D.C. ban on guns in the home reduced the ability of youths to borrow guns from family and friends. The result? The number of juveniles charged with homicide in the District fell 86 percent from 1995 to 2006. In 1995, 14 of the 227 people charged with a homicide in the District, or 6 percent, were juveniles. Last year, only two out of 106 people (fewer than 2 percent) charged with homicides in the District were juveniles. Because easy access to cheap handguns disproportionately jeopardizes D.C. youths, laws that restrict such access disproportionately benefit youths. No single factor can account for this substantial decline in homicides by D.C. juveniles. But to deny the impact of serious gun control laws and put guns back into children's homes would be misguided and dangerous. We hope the courts give us back an important tool to protect the safety of our youths and the residents of the District of Columbia."

I don't think any gun control measures are going to come from the VT shooting. The kid bought the gun legally, and then broke laws that were already on the books. That being said, I don't understand why guns aren't registered just like cars. The paranoid excuse that the big bad government is going to come and take them away is a ridiculous argument.

Bingo. There are already problems with some of the sub-prime lenders.

How about the first round of the WCHA tourney in 2003? Back-to-back nights of OT goals to beat DU.

I was there, on the glass just inside the blue line on the side where the Sioux shot at twice. I could see the Blake goal unfolding. As our D-man (Murphy?) took the puck, a bunch of us starting yelling because Blake had leaked over to the boards right in front of us. Sure enough, the pass came and Blake make that wicked move on MN's defense. After the wrister got by Debus to tie the game, that was the loudest that I had ever heard a stadium.

Ha! You have to be kidding me. Maybe if "all over the USA" means Fargo/West Fargo/Moorhead. I'm in DC and there was no coverage of it at all. The only way I knew was ESPN.com had it as their lead story for a couple of hours until Duke (?) fell that evening.

Cool stuff. I love census-type maps. I lied and said I still lived in GF so we can change that map a little bit.

It will be the "storm of the century" for parts of southern MN (a young century at that ). I bet the "winner" ends up with somewhere in the 18" range. So I don't want to hear any crap about weathermen

Do you have the latest RealPlayer version? The GVSU webcast is working perfectly for me. Glad the Sioux could put up a TD. There's still a lot of time left, but I'm sure not confident if this game comes down to a tying FG attempt by Glas.

Very interesting. I had a friend who was a "ticket nazi". He prided himself on how many tickets he could write. I'm sure he never made up any tickets like alleged in the article though. To those frequent violators who don't want to be on a list, suck it up and PARK LEGALLY.

It could happen twice this year if BC wins tonight.

I love PA and Dubay. They are homers, but they are homers for the teams I love (minus the Gophers, of course)

Thursday night 7pm: UAA vs CC Friday afternoon 2pm: UND vs (UAA/CC winner) Friday night 7pm: UM vs UMD Saturday afternoon 2pm: Consolation game Saturday night 7pm: Championship game

What a shootout in Duluth. 6-4

Michigan/UNO tied at 2. Badgers need to score NOW.

stinkin' Badgers

Hmmm, I don't like it. If Mankato and Alaska win, then MN avoids the play-in game and the Sioux will play in the afternoon on Friday

Ah, it wouldn't be a Tech-Sioux game without a 4 goal lead

Also an assist to Parise. Porter takes a penalty. MTU to the PP.

Duluth/Mankato tied at 1.

I'm in C14, the club level right above 109. Unfortunately I'll be sitting with my two Gopher friends

SIEVE!

Duluth-UW. WOW Vanek 7-4

Guyer 6-4 Gophs

4-0. Just start passing the Cup through the stands