Thank goodness, albeit another split decision, the court came through with a good decision. In DC v Heller, the court ruled in favor of gun ownership. We discussed this case back when arguments wrapped up in April. For those of you that are sure to argue that my position yesterday was [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Wednesday, Apr 16, 2008 at 10:12 pm Filed Under: 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, BitsBlog, Blogging, Florida, Gun Control, Hillary Clinton, Republican Party, SCOTUS
Obama is still close to Clinton in the polls in Pennsylvania.
Hillary steps up and admits she “said some things that weren’t in keeping with what I knew to be the case” about her trip to Bosnia in 1996.
Hillary also says “I may be a lot of things but I am not dumb” instantly losing the [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Tuesday, Mar 18, 2008 at 11:30 pm Filed Under: Gun Control, SCOTUS, Second Amendment
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.
- 2nd Amendment, US Constitution
As you may already know, the Supreme Court heard arguments today regarding the case of a Washington DC resident who wants to own a gun [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Saturday, Feb 16, 2008 at 4:20 pm Filed Under: Bill of Rights, Constitution, Courts, Gun Control, Liberty, Rights, Second Amendment, Shootings, US Congress, US Politics
I’m still a little overwhelmed by the events of Valentine’s Day.
People died or were injured and should not have been. It never should have happened. As with any other shooting of this type, we will have days of analysis about the drugs that this young man stopped taking, about the easy availability of [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Monday, Jan 21, 2008 at 8:30 am Filed Under: Civil Rights, Gun Control, Martin Luther King Jr
I am white, grew up in a predominantly white community in Connecticut, later moving to Rochester NY, and eventually Iowa. In Connecticut, I experienced the busing of the late 60’s and early 70’s, which was extremely difficult for all of the students. There were a lot of angry kids, parents, and tension was [...]