UN Taking Guns?

American Voices

June 27, 2006 | ISSUE 42•25

The NRA is telling its members that the United Nations wants to take guns from American citizens on July 4th. What do you think?

Has the NRA been paying attention at all? The UN can't make anybody do anything.

Ben Billings
Cable Installer
The NRA is just trying to rile up its members—you know, inject a little enthusiasm into an otherwise placid and contemplative group of people.

Catherine Weygandt
Lifeguard
If the UN has a better way to keep my neighbor's dog off my lawn, I'd love to hear it.

Tim Benson
Cake Decorator

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02.07.12 | ISSUE 48•06

Nine whooping cranes that had been following an ultralight aircraft as it guided them on their migratory route stopped when they reached Alabama, 500 miles short of the intended destination.
Florida Millionaire Adopts 42-Year-Old Girlfriend

02.06.12 | ISSUE 48•06

A 48-year-old West Palm Beach millionaire and polo club founder has adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend in an apparent bid to avoid paying out a wrongful death lawsuit.
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02.03.12 | ISSUE 48•05

In a recent editorial in the journal Nature, researchers from the University of California–San Francisco suggested that as a toxic substance, sugar should be taxed and regulated like alcohol or tobacco.
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02.02.12 | ISSUE 48•05

A study in the journal Proceedings Of The National Academy of Sciences links a drastic decline in raccoons and other mammals in the Florida everglades to the introduction of Burmese pythons.
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02.01.12 | ISSUE 48•05

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