Comments on: An Individual Right

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:43:20 +0000

The main reason for bringing Ringo inside was that she had absolutely no respect for cars, including the car of some visiting relatives, and I had to bring her in to keep the relatives from freaking out about the possibility of running over her.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:20:20 +0000

the bad part is that he was so successful at it, that he began to take on the neighborhood cars next. even worse, the cars stopped for him too.

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Story of the Day — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:10:56 +0000

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By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:59:42 +0000

Cats do tend to overestimate their capabilities.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:43:13 +0000

curmudgeon cat got waaaaay to good at hunting the neighborhood rottweilers. i was afraid that one of them would eventually try to defend itself.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:36:21 +0000

Since being outside Ringo has picked up hunting and she’s getting good at it. She doesn’t catch anything, but she has the look and moves down. Her problem is that she overestimates her speed and rushes from too far away.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:14:00 +0000

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:48:53 +0000

Fully automatic weapons are still illegal and this has no effect on “carry” laws. This was a very narrow decision. All they said is that you can have a weapon in your house, which is all the plaintiff was asking for in the case. The Supremes rarely answer questions that aren’t asked.

The small states won’t go along, but it is past time to dump the concept. It hasn’t been what the framers specified, an independent group of informed citizens making their own decision for a century and a half, so the electoral college is well past its “use by” date.

By: distributorcap

distributorcap — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:42:03 +0000

i still have a problem with the potential of people carrying uzis around manhattan — as i am sure the people who ride the Long Island Railroad will tell you about Colin Ferguson

somehow i think the bans and regulations will start getting stripped away. i am no a second amendment expert — but i dont like the smell of this

as for getting the consititution amended — can we toss out the electoral college first

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:50:36 +0000

The thing is, the right is really for an individual on their property. As soon as you leave your property, competing rights are involved. That’s what the states should be regulating, the area of the competing rights.

For example, I don’t think the Second Amendment supports the recent Florida law that allows people to take weapons to work. It isn’t their property, so the people who own it should be able to say no.

Now if you are part of a posse, which is what the 18th century militia really was in modern terms, the rules change.

A bit more logic, and a lot less emotion would be nice.