More Americans say it’s important
to protect gun rights than to restrict gun ownership in a new
poll from Pew Research Center. And nearly 60 percent of respondents
said gun ownership helps protect people from crime more than puts
them in danger.- Texas craft brewers, represented by the
Institute for Justice, are challenging a state law that prohibits
brewers from accepting compensation for their distribution
rights. - Least surprising headline ever: “Cheney
defends CIA interrogation techniques“. The former vice
president
called the CIA torture report “full of crap”. - America isn’t
the only country to report on its torture tactics this
week. - Google won’t suffer Spain’s absurd new copyright law, which
imposes fees for even small snippets of aggregated text. The
company announced yesterday that it’s shutting
down Google News in Spain. - Outrage over American criminal justice has
spread to England, where hundreds gathered—and 76 were
arrested—in a die-in demonstration in West London yesterday. - An Alabama man who posted a photo of his
license plate to social media is now having it revoked
after the state Department of Revenue was alerted to it. Officials
say the “NOHOMO” tag was approved in error.
Follow Reason on
Twitter, and like us on Facebook. You
can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up
here.
from Hit & Run http://ift.tt/1GoqX2C
via IFTTT