Time for a Real Response
Now that the gun-control circus is over, we can actually address mass violence.

By Dave Kopel

National Review Online. April 19, 2013.

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." So said Winston Churchill after the Second Battle of El Alamein, the turning point of World War II in the Africa theater. Churchill predicted that the British victory in Egypt, coupled with American victories in northwest Africa, provided "a new hope for the whole world."

Yesterday, the Bloomberg-Obama anti-gun agenda was routed like the Axis troops in 1942. The last time the U.S. Senate voted on an "assault weapons" ban, in 2004, the measure received 52 votes. This time, the proposed banThe first official refugee camp in the history of Paris today opened its doors for the first time – prompting fears that it will become a magnet for thousands of UK-bound migrants.

A trickle of young men was let inside the £6 million facility, which is in a former bus shelter in the north of the French capital, close to the Gare du Nord Eurostar hub.

While there are only 400 places, demand will be extremely high for the beds, showers, kitchens and even a football pitch that it will provide.

The new camp, close to the Gare du North Eurostar hub, will have spaces for 400 refugees

Residents will be allowed to stay for a few weeks at a time, meaning they can plan their journeys to Britain before moving on.

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