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15 years ago @ NewsReal Blog - Ms. Magazine Declares ... · 0 replies · +2 points

Hear hear!

15 years ago @ NewsReal Blog - Bill Maher Rewrites an... · 1 reply · +7 points

Bill Maher has long been recognized as an individual who could be outwitted by the average salad bar.

I no longer pay any attention to his joke.

15 years ago @ NewsReal Blog - Paging Dr. Krauthammer... · 0 replies · +1 points

The good Doctor is invariably worth reading and always concise and eloquent.

15 years ago @ NewsReal Blog - What Happens If... (A ... · 0 replies · +4 points

Yup, it is a religion of peace. And you challenge that assertion at your peril.

15 years ago @ NewsReal Blog - How ObamaCare and Its ... · 0 replies · +1 points

Excellent essay, and dead on. There is another Thomas Jefferson quote that's very much to the point:

"Our peculiar security is in possession of a written constitution. Let us not make it a blank paper by construction."
Thomas Jefferson, 1803

15 years ago @ NewsReal Blog - Sarah Palin Snuffs Out... · 0 replies · +2 points

The prior comments are all no less than excellent.

I would feel sorry for Sorkin, except he puts himself in rare territory: he is beneath contempt.

15 years ago @ Austin News, Weather, ... - Lawsuit filed to chang... · 0 replies · +1 points

Alex - unfortunately, that pesky Second Amendment prevents people who despise the gun culture from seizing all the weapons in private hands. Liberal progressives find gun owners' devotion to independence, personal liberty and personal responsibility abhorrent, preferring instead the tyranny of group think and government regulation of every possible human activity.

Guns in the hands of responsible citizens are no threat to anyone except miscreants of one stripe or another. Gun control efforts, by their very nature, have little or no influence on those who are inclined to misuse weapons.

At 18, our sons and daughters can and do enter the military, where many of them bear arms with distinction. It is foolish to imagine they return home on leave and turn into irresponsible and dangerous parties when they don civilian clothing. I raised my children to be adults at 18, trustworthy to vote and handle guns. I can't speak to the children of others, but a blanket condemnation of people based on age is at least as ignorant as racism.
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15 years ago @ KIMA - Yakima, WA - Gun Control Debate Gri... · 0 replies · +1 points

I agree with you 98% - the 2% is in terms of carrying openly. I prefer to make my possession of a deadly weapon come as a complete surprise to whoever might confront me.

15 years ago @ KIMA - Yakima, WA - Gun Control Debate Gri... · 2 replies · +14 points

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There is no gun show loophole. Licensed sellers have to check backgrounds no matter where they sell. Private parties do not.

Prior to 1968, no background checks were needed for any purchaser under any circumstances. At that time, we were reasonable enough to believe that, if felons were violating the law by obtaining firearms, it was the felons we should hold responsible. We now are plagued with fools who believe the reverse is the case: that honest sellers must be responsible to prevent felons from purchasing weapons.

I hate to break it to naive people reading this, but felons can generally be relied on to violate laws.

Let's start throwing away the key for felons found with a firearm, whether they use to it commit a crime or merely own it.

Of course, we might go the opposite direction and, since our liberal/progressive faction generally argues for restoring the voting rights of felons, just insist that felons regain their right to arms at the same time. At least it would have the virtue of consistency. But liberal/progressive types aren't big on consistency either.

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15 years ago @ NewsReal Blog - If Juan Williams Gets ... · 0 replies · +6 points

As the left sees defeat looming in the immediate future, they react like rabid wolverines and begin to devour their own. They weren't thinking very clearly.

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