I'd be very interested in any citation you have to back this up, as despite my somewhat extensive familiarity with the literature, I'm not aware of anything to back up the claim that there is an abnormally high instance of mental health problems among the Apollo astronaut corps.

Thank you for the background on this issue!

I don't think Holmes is a bad actress per se, though not the caliber of, nor as invested as, Gyllenhaal. I thought her performance was fine, but her performance was nearly irrelevant once the Tom Cruise relationship sucked all the publicity out of the room.

As much as anything I think it's a comment on the idea we expect our TSA screeners to be savvy, disciplined, and professional, but we pay them so poorly that someone with those attributes would take their skills to a job that pays better (extenuating circumstances notwithstanding).

Ha ha, we all know Zune was just a Microsoft prank, you can give it up now.

Any reason not to use rubbing alcohol, followed by hot water rinse? Why settle for 40-50% when you can go whole hog and not pay booze tax for the privilege? I can't imagine the denaturing will hang around once you rinse it out.

I'm not at all comfortable with the implications for my high likelihood for prostate cancer.

irradiating all the dust and detritus in a hurricane with neutrons == phenomenal idea.

If this was purely a mental health issue then other nations would have the same rates of homicide per person.

Arms are a broader classification than firearms.

Ineed, the reliability of home made ammo is a function of the experience, while factory ammo reliability is a function of the factory quality control, which I have read is rather good. However, even factory ammo will jam in an automatic clip if the shape of the lead isn't right.

I'm not to exercised about home made rounds, as:

Yes, but modern cartridge ammo is a different proposition than the Civil war ammo.

OK, that was referred to committee, but did it pass? Did it have any impact on gun violence in the state?

First, carrying guns wasn't all that common, despite what Movies suggest. Even hunting wasn't all that prevalent, as most pioneers preferred trapping as it was cheaper and required less effort, or buying game from professional hunters.

Come now, we recognize that right, but we put reasonable limitations on it. You do not have a right to RPG's or a stinger missile or a pretty wide variety of explosives or an AC-130.

I'm legitimately curious, can you point to a case where control of ammo was tried as a way of limiting gun violence?