Several organizations now offer insurance policies to gun owners who may fire in self-defense, to help with legal decisions and fees. But how does this affect the gun control debate?

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Several organizations now offer insurance policies to gun owners who may fire in self-defense, to help with legal decisions and fees. But how does this affect the gun control debate?

What Does Self-Defense Insurance Protect Gun Owners Against?

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Some idioms have a fairly clear origin, but others have been lost to time and legend. Learn about the game that inspired calling dibs, the media that created calling shotgun, and why the 'real' McCoy was probably a number of people -- all in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on these articles: https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/famous-inventors/why-do-people-call-things-the-real-mccoy.htm; https://people.howstuffworks.com/what-are-dibs-and-why-do-call-them.htm; https://people.howstuffworks.com/riding-shotgun-phrase.htm

Some idioms have a fairly clear origin, but others have been lost to time and legend. Learn about the game that inspired calling dibs, the media that created calling shotgun, and why the 'real' McCoy was probably a number of people -- all in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on these articles: <a href="https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/famous-inventors/why-do-people-call-things-the-real-mccoy.htm">https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/famous-inventors/why-do-people-call-things-the-real-mccoy.htm</a>; <a href="https://people.howstuffworks.com/what-are-dibs-and-why-do-call-them.htm">https://people.howstuffworks.com/what-are-dibs-and-why-do-call-them.htm</a>; <a href="https://people.howstuffworks.com/riding-shotgun-phrase.htm">https://people.howstuffworks.com/riding-shotgun-phrase.htm</a>

Why Do We Call Dibs and Shotgun, and Who Was the Real McCoy?

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The Batagaika crater (or, technically, megaslump) is a massive pit caused by thawing permafrost -- and it's only getting bigger. Learn what paleontologists have found there (and why geoscientists are worried about it) in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on these articles: https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geology/batagaika-crater.htm; https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geology/permafrost.htm

The Batagaika crater (or, technically, megaslump) is a massive pit caused by thawing permafrost -- and it's only getting bigger. Learn what paleontologists have found there (and why geoscientists are worried about it) in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on these articles: <a href="https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geology/batagaika-crater.htm">https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geology/batagaika-crater.htm</a>; <a href="https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geology/permafrost.htm">https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geology/permafrost.htm</a>

Why Is Siberia's Batagaika Crater Known as the Doorway to Hell?

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Investigating murders right here on planet Earth can be tricky -- how would it be handled in space? Who would even be in charge? Learn what current and future laws may apply in this classic episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://people.howstuffworks.com/murdered-in-space.htm

Investigating murders right here on planet Earth can be tricky -- how would it be handled in space? Who would even be in charge? Learn what current and future laws may apply in this classic episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://people.howstuffworks.com/murdered-in-space.htm

BrainStuff Classics: How Would Authorities Handle a Murder in Space?

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What Does Self-Defense Insurance Protect Gun Owners Against?

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