... tragic events, which are "not news." Even though a survey conducted during the fall of 2002 indicates that simply brandishing a gun stops crimes 95 percent of the time, and other surveys have also found high rates, it is very rare to see such a story. No conspiracy is really needed to explain why an editor finds a dead body on the ground very newsworthy ( ... constitutionally, legally and practically reprehensible. Approximately 75% of BATF gun prosecutions were aimed at ordinary citizens who had neither criminal intent nor knowledge? But were enticed by agents into unknowing technical v...

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