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Gun Battle at the White House? Robert Novak has this column in the WashPost on the remarkable event of the Solicitor General filing a brief for the United States in the D.C. gun case and then the Vice President joining another brief taking a different view. Marty Lederman has these comments at SCOTUSblog. Leniency in youth gun crime. As reported by Lorne Gunter from the Edmonton Journal, Statistic Canada produced a study on guns and crime from 1996-2006. They found gun crime among youth to stand out the most, specifically with the use of handguns. Canada has a gun registry. However, Gunter points out its ineffective due to the Young Offenders Act and Youth Criminal Justice Act, which directs prosecutors to take 'extrajudicial measures' when possible...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on March 12, 2008 (boomark / email).