The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, whose jurisdiction
includes Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Oklahoma and Kansas, ruled on February 22nd
that the U.S. Constitution does not guarantee an individual right to carry a
concealed weapon.
COMMENTS:
While that ruling is ominous, it is not all that
dangerous. First of all, the ruling
applies only in those states where the Court has jurisdiction. Secondly, the ruling only covers concealed carry. The case arose in Colorado, which bans open
carry and stipulates requirements for concealed carry with which the plaintiff
did not comply. The Court wondered why
the plaintiff didn’t challenge the ban on open carry, which implies to me that
the Court would have upheld the Second Amendment to the extent that we do have
a right to bear arms. I personally would
prefer to see a law banning open carry of a loaded weapon, but also allowing unlicensed
carry of a concealed weapon.
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. What do you think about the American Legion Post that
fired a bartender for calling the cops when a drunken customer got into his car
and left the bar? (Ellis ~ Santa
Barbara, CA)
A. I don’t know all of the particulars. Did she warn him not to drive or try and talk
him out of it? Did she try to get
someone else to drive him home? Or, did
she just call the cops as he drove off?
Did she warn him she was going to call the cops if he drove drunk? And finally, if he was that drunk, why was
she serving him? No one wants a drunk
driver on the road and if she did all of the right things, she should not have
been fired. However, if she did not do all of the right things and then
she called the cops, she very definitely should have been fired or at least
strictly disciplined. The statement of
the Post representative that her action was “bad for business” is dumb, dumb,
dumb and he should surely be
fired.
Q. News came yesterday that the Federal government is snooping
into android phone and I-phone communications, online social sites, and blog
sites such as Blogger… and more, all without warrants. Since your blogs are posted online for all to
see, why would they want to snoop into Blogger?
(Amelia ~ Huntington Beach, CA)
A. Obviously, they want to know who the real people are
behind the blogs. For what purpose? The only logical purpose is that they intend
to come after us at some point in time, whether it’s through an IRS Audit or
some other pretext to punish and silence us.
I registered all of my blogs under the name of Barry Soetoro from
Kenya.
Q. There was a little girl at Disneyland who tugged on the
tail of a rabbit character. Allegedly,
the rabbit chased her, grabbed her by the arm and gave her an earful of
obscenities. Now, the family is
suing. The little girl started it; she
should know that it’s bad to pull on the rabbit’s tail like that. (Carlos ~ Reno, NV)
A. Not necessarily; the tail tug routine seems to have
worked out okay for Hugh Hefner…
TODAY’S QUOTE:
“For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government
place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and
Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big
government paradise you long for.” ~ Marco Rubio
TODAY’S VIDEO:
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