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What’s wrong with this picture?
How ridiculous are Florida’s gun laws? An editorial in the April 5 New York Times provides a great example. The city of Tampa will host the Republican National Convention in August and is hard at work preparing for the event. Security is a top concern. But there’s a hitch, brought about by a new state … Continue reading
Florida revisiting ‘stand your ground’ law
(Updated April 6 at 7:50 am MT) Belatedly, the state of Florida, in the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting, is starting to question its “Stand Your Ground” law and lawmakers today convened a task force to re-examine it. Task force members include prosecutors, law enforcement officials, public defenders, judges, law professors, and state tourism … Continue reading
Yet another reason to tighten gun laws
This is a good example of why I advocate much stricter gun laws in this country. A reporter is pursuing a story. A man suddenly confronts her and whether to threaten her or bolster his own courage, gets a gun from his car and approaches her. As far as I’m concerned, incidents like this negate … Continue reading
Kids will be kids
There are guns in approximately 40% of U.S. homes. Approximately 34% of American children live in homes with at least one gun. But this week in Colorado, those numbers sound way too low. Two 5-year-olds have died here this week in gun accidents. In one case, a 3-year-old shot an older brother. In the other, a little … Continue reading
Possible terrorist foiled by citizen, not feds
Another would-be terrorist in America has been stopped in his tracks. And again, it was an alert citizen and the local police who stopped him. Not the FBI or CIA, and certainly not the TSA. This time the suspect was an AWOL American soldier, Pfc. Naser Abdo, whose arrival in a taxi and purchase of … Continue reading
In the soup: Starbucks, Bing, Congress, et al
Education funding cuts Cutting funding to education? No wonder students are protesting today. The resulting tuition hikes in many cases will be so large that students already on tight budgets won’t be able to stay in school. Teachers will be fired, some classes will be eliminated, others will get much larger. I don’t agree with … Continue reading
The right to be a fool
Loaded guns at Presidential appearances? Pistols, even an assault rifle. Enough already! Look, I realize there’s a constitutional right to bear arms. And I realize some states have open carry laws. So, Mr. Doe in Phoenix, with the loaded assault rifle outside the President’s rally — I understand you had a legal right to be … Continue reading
Chalk talk
One of the things kids get to play with these days is sidewalk chalk. It’s a big improvement over the skinny little sticks of white chalk I once used to scrawl hopscotch grids on the driveway. I don’t know how easily sidewalk chalk washes off, or how many of today’s artists (or taggers) might have … Continue reading
You can observe a lot just by watching
Yogi Berra said, “You can observe a lot just by watching.” What a philosopher. You can hear a lot just by listening, too. And understand a lot just by thinking? That I’m not so sure about. Anyway, tapping into my current random-access memory, I find the following: When reporters cover hurricanes, they talk a lot … Continue reading
There is no constitutional right to bear arms
The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. As an editor, I can interpret this only one way: the framers of the Constitution meant to ensure that the … Continue reading
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