If I Had A Hammer: FBI Reports That More People Are Killed Each Year With Hammers, Clubs Than Rifles

FoxNews.com reports that according to the FBI more people have been killed with hammers and clubs than rifles.

According to the FBI annual crime statistics, the number of murders committed annually with hammers and clubs far outnumbers the number of murders committed with a rifle.

This is an interesting fact, particularly amid the Democrats' feverish push to ban many different rifles, ostensibly to keep us safe of course.

However, it appears the zeal of Sens. like Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) is misdirected. For in looking at the FBI numbers from 2005 to 2011, the number of murders by hammers and clubs consistently exceeds the number of murders committed with a rifle.

http://nation.foxnews.com/gun-rights/2013/01/03/fbi-more-people-killed-hammers-clubs-each-year-rifles 

The Facts About Gun Bans

John Lott Jr, the author of More Guns Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws, wrote an interesting piece for the Philadelphia Inquirer.

With horrible tragedies fresh in everyone's mind, including Newtown, people are understandably wondering what can be done to prevent yet another tragedy. Alas, the mainstream media have already concluded that more gun control must be the answer.

Passions run high on both sides. As of Thursday morning, more than 80,000 Americans had signed a White House petition asking that CNN anchor Piers Morgan, a vocal proponent of banning guns, be deported. Another petition urging the White House to "Keep Piers Morgan in the USA" had generated 4,500 signatures. Meanwhile, the Brits have launched their own petition demanding that Morgan not come back to England. The petitions are pretty silly, but they are a reflection of the divide over the gun issue.

Unfortunately, the beliefs are just so strongly held that some prominent hosts of news programs, such as Morgan, refuse to accept facts, and go so far as to conjure up their own numbers when reality isn't to their liking. All this makes for a pretty confusing show, with viewers hearing one side say murders rose and another saying that they fell.

You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:

http://articles.philly.com/2013-01-02/news/36113486_1_murder-rate-handgun-ban-homicide-rate

Give Oscar To James Bond Film 'Skyfall,' Says Former James Bond Actor Timothy Dalton

Henry Fitzherbert at the British newspaper the Daily Express offers a piece on former James Bond actor Timothy Dalton, who believes the new James Bond film deserves an Oscar.

AND the Oscar goes to…James Bond. Well, if former 007 Timothy Dalton has his way then the world’s most famous secret agent will finally receive awards recognition at next year’s Academy Awards.

 

“It is absolutely time for Bond to get proper attention at the Oscars,” says Dalton, 68, who was hugely impressed with Skyfall. “On almost every level this Bond movie is right at the forefront of what cinema is capable of. It is an absolutely modern James Bond, a movie truly of its time. Daniel Craig is fantastic and it feels very real. It has also got a great story about M with a nice streak of cynicism. I thought the film was fabulous.”

 

In 50 years of Bond movies the series has received only a handful of nominations and then in only the technical and music categories, winning best sound effects for Goldfinger in 1964 and best visual effects for Thunderball in 1965.

 

No Bond movie has received any acting nominations but that could change with recognition for Dame Judi Dench, Javier Bardem who plays the villain or possibly Craig himself.  

 

You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:

 

http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/view/367782/Give-OO7-Oscar-says-licence-to-bleed-James-Bond

 

Timothy Dalton, who in my view, ranks only behind the great Sean Connery in his portrayal as Ian Fleming's iconic character James Bond, is generous and modest. He is a gentleman.

 

You can read an earlier post on Dalton as Bond via the below link:

  

http://www.pauldavisoncrime.com/2012/12/a-q-with-john-glen-director-of-licence.html  

Dictators Support Gun Control

FBI 2012 Year In Review, Part 2

The FBI offers their 2012 Year in Review, Part 2:

With our partners in the law enforcement and intelligence communities, the FBI worked thousands of investigations during 2012, from cyber crimes to economic espionage and multi-million-dollar fraud schemes. As the year draws to a close, we take a look back at some of 2012’s most significant cases.

Part 1 focused on terrorism. This segment highlights some of the year’s top cases from the FBI’s other investigative priorities.

You can read the FBI report via the below link:

http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2012/december/the-year-in-review-part-2/the-year-in-review-part-2 

FBI's 2012 Year In Review, Part 1

The FBI released their 2012 Year in Review, Part 1:

The FBI worked thousands of investigations during 2012, involving everything from extremists bent on terror to cyber thieves, financial fraudsters, and child predators. As the year comes to a close, we take our annual look back at some of the Bureau’s most significant cases.

Part 1 focuses on our top investigative priority—protecting the nation from terrorist attack. Working with local, state, federal, and international partners, we thwarted a number of potential attacks on U.S. citizens at home and abroad.

You can read about the FBI's top 2012 terror cases via the below link:

http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2012/december/the-year-in-review-part-1  

Happy New Year From South Philly

Happy New Year.

My wife and I attended a New Year's Eve celebration at Galdo's in South Philadelphia last night.

We enjoyed the good food, drink and entertainment with good friends.

Let's hope 2013 will be a good year for all.