Common Folk Using Common Sense

Guns are dangerous. They are supposed to be. They can kill. The Constitution of the United States protects American citizens’ right to keep and bear arms. Personal behavior earns citizens the privilege to exercise those rights. Personal behavior can also cause the government to step in and curtail the privilege to exercise those same rights. [...]

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In the jurisprudence and the law, a right is the legal or moral entitlement to do or refrain from doing something, or to obtain or refrain from obtaining an action, thing or recognition in civil society. Rights serve as rules of interaction between people, and, as such, they place constraints and obligations upon the actions [...]

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By Michael Bane: A gun isn’t a magic wand that repels bad guys. Think of it, instead, as a fire extinguisher. If you’re looking to prevent fires in your home, a fire extinguisher isn’t your first purchase. Instead, you analyze your home with an eye toward minimizing fire risks. Is the wiring old and sparking [...]

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The High Holy Barack Obama in wrapping up his world-wide campaign tour – a tour orchestrated for the media. Obama met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. He talked with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. He talked with King Abdullah of Jordan. He talked with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. He talked with Israeli President Shimon Peres. He [...]

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From 970 WFLA: It seems the lousy economy is keeping guys away from strip clubs. In Tampa – a city known for its adult entertainment businesses – attendance has dropped at usually thriving strip clubs. Joe Redner, the owner of the well-known Mons Venus club, says his business is down 25%. Angelina Spencer is national [...]

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From the Old Country Doctor via kmacginn at blonde sagacity: While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old Texas rancher, whose hand was caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually, the topic got around to Obama and his bid to [...]

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By Ralph Peters at the New York Post: Am I the only one who’s noticed the silence? Mere months ago, left-wing bloggers and demonstrators were wailing Support our troops, bring them home! seven days a week. Now their presidential candidate has announced that he won’t bring all those troops home, but will simply transfer combat [...]

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From Jennifer Freeman at Liberty Belles (emphasis mine): There is no such thing as gun control. There are laws that prevent or make it more difficult for people to obtain guns, but those laws only apply to those who choose to obey them. Criminals, who by their very nature do not obey the law, are [...]

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Lots of smart people are already covering this (on-the-rocks, Dr. Rusty Shackleford) but I’ll put in my two cents worth. Says Rusty: Associated Press photographer Rahmatullah Naikzad was a witness to a Taliban murder. The two women were alleged to have been prostitutes who served Western clientèle. A quick Yahoo News photo search of Rahmatullah [...]

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Senator Barack Obama stirred his legions of supporters, and raised their hopes, promising to change the old order of things. He spoke with passion about breaking out of the partisan mold of bickering and catering to special pleaders, promised to end abuses of power and subverting of the Constitution and disowned the big-money power brokers [...]

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Says Syd: I don’t carry a gun to scare people. I carry a gun because sometimes this world can be a scary place. Spread The Word:

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From the Salt Lake Tribune comes this from Rebecca Walsh: Time to grow up and put your guns away. My 20-month-old nephew loves Elmo and Dora. He also has started making explosion and gunfire noises. I get the inevitability of little boys’ fascination with guns. What I can’t figure out are the men and sometimes [...]

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From the Washington Times: Sen. Barack Obama is the son of a black man from Kenya and a white woman from Kansas. So why is he “black”? He is, to be accurate, biracial, equally black and white. Mr. Obama could choose to identify himself in a way similar to golfer Tiger Woods, who describes himself [...]

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