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07/03/2014

The Six O’Clock News: Examining the Bigger Picture of the Oscar Pistorius Trial (Mostly Unscientifically) So that You Don’t Have To!

I haven’t been sure what to talk about today because the week’s big news, Ukraine, is changing so fast that a blog would be redundant in about twenty minutes. In a lot of ways so would the Oscar Pistorius trial but Ruby and I were talking earlier about aspects of it, so let’s have a… Continue reading

March 2014, Newspapers, The Six O’Clock News, THE WORLD *head in hands*

ABC, accidental shootings, CBS, crime, crime rates, firearms, gun ownership, gun ownership debate, Indifferent Ignorance, Oscar Pistorius, self-preservation, society, South Africa, the right to bear arms, The Six O’Clock News, USA, WPXI

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accidental shootings

The Six O’Clock News: Examining the Bigger Picture of the Oscar Pistorius Trial (Mostly Unscientifically) So that You Don’t Have To!