@tuco. Let's keep this sudoku-related only please.

LOL Tuco. That old article was soundly rebuked. Additionally, it stated that gun homicides where declining and that it was suicides that were accounting for the rise. However, grasp at any straw you wish as it humors me. Post about the massive knife attack in China a week or so ago, or perhaps the London weekend complete with gun, knife and acid attacks. Sure they are straw man arguments, but so is the lefts endless attempt to blame all lawful gun owners for the actions of an a few, none of which

i got bored typing :)
Also, there are only 2 genders.

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kaosangel, could you provide legitimate sources about the so-called debunking? And can you explain why suicides are okay? Yes, people are killed with other weapons - but how do you explain the extraordinarily higher rate of gun violence in the US compared to every other first-world country? Every one. https://goo.gl/UXLLfW.

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Too tired to talk about the gun violence in the US. Refer to the short rap clip doing the rounds, excellent work of short film directing. Sums up so much of what America has sadly become. Yet so many Americans will probably not get it.

Trump talks "bo….ks" through his tweets about London hospitals, yet idiots believe him. I think he even believes himself.

Oh well, it was nice while it lasted...

Actually, it was a bit boring!

That was a tough puzzle

Agreed Angie, I may need a second pot of coffee.

ng,ng not very easy. Solve the 1 in the first box and the remainder fall into place. Guns don't kill, people taught to resolve difficult social problems as an acceptable solution do. If you really want to affect change first look at the mainstream media and the entertainment industry. When did shooting someone become both a solution and entertainment? I grew up with a closet full of guns and so did my neighbors. The only person in my neighborhood killed was a kid in Vietnam shot in the back by one of his own soldiers. The irony was this young man never should have been put in that situation. He was incapable of fighting and was a sweet kid who never had a harsh word for anyone in his short life. Guns don't kill, words do.

yeah, that was a bit of a grind. No advanced techniques, just slow.

doing the one from may 2nd. restarted 3 times. its an easy :(

jackt it is great that you grew up that way. It is a much different world now.

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This was pretty slow for me. Ng/1 intuitive entry/guess and done. Nice puzzle.

Busy puzzle for an easy. And I knew it was too good to be true.

:)

What defines a technique as advanced? what's an example?

Done.

Just started May 6 2017

go harp go!

After two slow spots early on, it went like a breeze. 14.

finished May 6 2017. had to start over

@THE.MRS, drwho developed a nice page explaining Sudoku solving techniques that might be of interest http://sudoku.pauls-pc-repair.com/index.php?p\nage=Techniques

or using TinyURL, the link to drwho's techniques page can be simplified as https://tinyurl.com/ybb46m94