From what I read, most guns used in criminal homicides (already illegal) were stolen (already illegal) from law abiding Americans. Without banning all guns in America and confiscating guns from all Americans this fact will not change. Yet the gun-ophobes keep proposing laws that will not impact the very statistics they are citing.
Where can you legally carry a pistol/handgun, loaded or unloaded, concealed or not while in Washington State? Even though the title of the following RCW (Revised Code of Washington) is “Carrying Firearms”, it only deals with handguns not all firearms and primarily with respect to conceal carry on the person and handguns in vehicles. RCW [...]
I thought Bush was a bad president but Obama’s desire to rule by Executive Order is scary. Glad the House of Representatives is held by the opposing party. I hope they have the cojones to stand up to the President. I would never have voted for Newt Gingrich for President, but as the voice of [...]
In my previous discussions I have attributed motives to the Brady Campaign that they do not admit. They are smart. They hope to dupe us. Feinstein admitted to wanting to ban all guns back in 1994 in the video I posted earlier. The democrats and Handgun Inc (now Brady) learned their lesson. Now all they [...]
just like a drivers license, a conceal carry license should be recognized in any of the 50 states .
As I was looking at the online voters guide for Washington State, I came across a link to My Vote. This is a great link because it will show what political races will show up on my ballot instead of the hundereds of races the primary Voter Guide link shows. Not only can I see [...]
Initiative Measure No. 1029 concerns long-term care services for the elderly and persons with disabilities. This measure would require long-term care workers to be certified as home care aides based on an examination, with exceptions; increase training and criminal background check requirements; and establish disciplinary standards and procedures. Should this measure be enacted into law? [...]
Initiative Measure No. 1000 concerns allowing certain terminally ill competent adults to obtain lethal prescriptions. This measure would permit terminally ill, competent, adult Washington residents, who are medically predicted to have six months or less to live, to request and self-administer lethal medication prescribed by a physician. Should this measure be enacted into law? Yes [...]
Initiative Measure No. 985 concerns transportation This measure would open high-occupancy vehicle lanes to all traffic during specified hours, require traffic light synchronization, increase roadside assistance funding, and dedicate certain taxes, fines, tolls and other revenues to traffic-flow purposes. Should this measure be enacted into law? Yes [ ] No [ ] I thought that [...]
After watching much of the recent news interviews of ‘undecided voters’, I must admit that I am baffled at the undecided voters. Is it lack of information? Ask them if they have gone to each of the candidates websites to find out where they stand on issues. If they are waiting to learn where a [...]
I just finished listening to the C-Span recording of former White House Deputy Chief of Staff, Karl Rove, as he addressed members of the Young America’s Foundation at George Washington University. I was impressed with much of what he said and even enjoyed the responses to a couple of the hecklers. He made a number [...]
I just finished listening to the March 13, 2008 Book Forum from the Cato Institute that featured Mickey Edwards* discussing his book, Reclaiming Conservatism: How a Great American Political Movement Got Lost — And How It Can Find Its Way Back (Oxford University Press, 2008). Listening to the forum I realized Edwards was voicing many [...]
An email from LearnOutLoud.com today linked to a Cato Book Forum from last year featuring John Stossel talking about his book Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity: Get Out the Shovel—Why Everything You Know is Wrong. (More about the actual broadcast after I have a chance to listen to it.) I noticed that besides being able [...]
All Things Considered the other day had a story about the biblical allusions that Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee sprinkles in his speeches. NPR played excerpts containing the biblical references to folks who were raised in Christian households and had attended Sunday school. Most of those interviewed had no clue to Huckabee’s meaning. How about [...]
“I want to make sure the record reflects that Virginia Tech was a gun free zone, and the result was painfully predictable, only the victims were gun free…” Brian Judy, NRA. Which side makes more sense? Do gun bans obviously do not keep criminals from shooting innocent people but do the bans keep innocent people [...]
As I was forwarding Doug Wilson’s post about Ron Paul to someone I made the comment that “Doug Wilson is the Ron Paul of the Reformed World” and immediately thought that that statement is more than just a laugh line. What do you think? (If you are not up on the Federal Vision controversy in [...]
I wrote last year about local prosecutors putting DUI Dismissals up for Sale. The Tri-City Herald reported today that Governor Christine Gregoire signed Washington State Senate Bill 6100 legislation prohibiting these out-of-court deals. A city attorney, county prosecutor, or other prosecuting authority may not dismiss, amend, or agree not to file a [...]
Washington State Insurance Commissioner, Mike Kreidler, testified before the U.S. House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming earlier this month. According to the press release, last winter’s windstorms in Washington are a result of global warming. I understand that global warming will cause changes in the weather, but to blame global warming for [...]
I just finished watching the 80 minute documentary The Great Global Warming Swindle. This show examines the claims made by the international left’s newest article of blind faith, Global Warming, or rather the Human Cause of Global Warming. The documentary does not deny that the climate is getting warmer, but they contend it’s not your [...]
I was reading a reprint of a Spokesman-Review editorial in the Tri-City Herald this morning arguing that public libraries shouldn’t block adults’ internet use. They say that it is a ‘free speech’ issue, that computer filters should be disabled for adults so that they can access “constitutionally protected speech.” I guess I always thought that [...]
I was one of 65 Tri-City business folk and city officials who visited Olympia for a 2 day junket to impress on our legislators and the Governor the need to spend some (more) of our tax money on the dry of the state. It is impressive that 65 people can make room in their schedule [...]
I just picked up a sample ballot for the September 19th primary and the first group of candiates are those running for Democratic position in the US Senate race. Everyone knows maria Cantwell. Of course the Republicans are against her but they don’t really get to vote the Democratic side. Cantwell’s position on the war [...]
The Opinion Journal.com has an interesting article on the fact that liberals are having fewer babies than conservatives and will, if the trend continues, give the conservatives the edge. Whether this is just a natural bi-product of natural selection, a consequence of wanting to save the planet, or just plain selfishness is hard to determine. [...]
I posted earlier about Al Gore’s new move An Inconvenient Truth. John Stossel has an article up about A Convenient Lie where he says that Gore’s doomsday prophecies should be treated just like we treat the guy wearing a sandwich board claiming “The End Is Near”. The fundamentalist [...]
Pat mentioned he was looking for someone to go see “An Inconvenient Truth” with him at the theatre. I am not going to spend $7+ to watch some docu-propoganda, but I will see it when it makes it to DVD and can pick it up for free at the library. I did just listen to [...]