| Why gun experts don’t support banning – or buying – ‘bump stocks’ Posted: 04 Oct 2017 01:07 PM PDT ![Why gun experts don't support banning – or buying – 'bump stocks']( "Why gun experts don't support banning – or buying – 'bump stocks'") As Andrew "Mr. Wick" Wickerham helps his customers at the 2nd Amendment Gun Shop in Las Vegas on Tuesday, he mentions how he's getting a little annoyed at this "new buzzword" circulating among gun owners. "All of the sudden we're getting all these calls about these bump-fire stocks," says Mr. Wickerham, a combat veteran who served 10 years with the Marines. Also called a slide-fire stock, the add-on can make a legal semi-automatic assault-style rifle mimic a machine gun, experts say.
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| Take the gun debate to a shared level Posted: 04 Oct 2017 12:27 PM PDT ![Take the gun debate to a shared level]( "Take the gun debate to a shared level") The mass shooting in Las Vegas, like similar ones before it, has led to an inevitable rise in calls for more restrictive gun laws. The politics over guns does indeed reflect a divide over other issues, such as personal rights, rural versus urban, and the relationship between individuals and their government. Gun control advocates often cite mass shootings, including those by gang members, as the main reason for new laws.
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| Can Christians rebuild their own homeland in Iraqi Kurdistan? Posted: 04 Oct 2017 11:23 AM PDT ![Can Christians rebuild their own homeland in Iraqi Kurdistan?]( "Can Christians rebuild their own homeland in Iraqi Kurdistan?") Armed with a tiny bit of capital and lots of courage, businessmen are slowly returning to the decimated town of Qaraqosh, home to Iraq's largest Christian community before it was taken over by the Islamic State group in 2014. The risk of doing business in Qaraqosh, also known as Al-Hamdaniya or Bakhdida, remains high even now that the jihadists have been driven out of the area.
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| Facing an even hotter, drier climate, Jordan testing desert agriculture Posted: 04 Oct 2017 11:20 AM PDT ![Facing an even hotter, drier climate, Jordan testing desert agriculture]( "Facing an even hotter, drier climate, Jordan testing desert agriculture") Hope in Jordan is taking the form of a cucumber in the desert. In the arid southern desert of Wadi Araba, where scorching temperatures and dust devils leave scant signs of life, a team of environmental engineers is working on a solution for countries on the front lines of climate change, facing drought and rising temperatures. The engineers say they are designing a sustainable farm that uses solar power to desalinate seawater to grow crops in regions that have been arid for centuries, then uses the irrigation runoff to afforest barren lands and fend off desertification.
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