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Over the past few years, however, as the public backlash against guns has grown louder and louder, police, federal agents and social scientists have together waged a quiet war against gun crime that has been dramatically successful, albeit in ways that tend to be obscured by such atrocities as last week's shootings in Atlanta. It has been a subtle, deeply nuanced campaign involving tactics as simple as knocking down walls--literally--in field offices of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Nonetheless, it has caused a tectonic change in how police around the country view gun crime...
Those who claim otherwise tend to cite America's enduring love affair with guns, but there never was one. The image of shoot-'em-up America was mainly the invention of gunmaker Samuel Colt, who managed to convince a malleable 19th century public that no household was complete without a firearm--"an armed society is a peaceful society." This ludicrous aphorism, says historian Michael Bellesiles of Emory University, turned 200 years of Western tradition on its ear. Until 1850, fewer than 10% of U.S. citizens had guns. Only 15% of violent deaths between 1800 and 1845 were caused by guns...
Hint #2: Everyday I encounter hordes of families in identical T-shirts and the unending flow of boy scouts in identical badges and uniforms. These are the obvious examples, but demonstrate another key tourist watching principle. Tourists tend to dress similarly to the people they are with. Matching clothing is always a dead giveaway...
...decided to separate the two because the two have different criteria. They tend to cater to different populations," she said. "For private schools, things like endowment are more important...It didn't make sense to mix the data...
...decided to separate the two because the two have different criteria. They tend to cater to different populations," she said. "For private schools, things like endowment are more important...It didn't make sense to mix the data...