Guns and our moral compass
(Guns/Gun Control)
by J. B. Cannon (18 May 2009 22:03:52)
While I'm not one to hobby-horse a specific issue, there are a few that mean a bit more to me than others. One of those is gun rights. There's a reason why our founding fathers wrote the Second Amendment — without our right to keep and bear arms the rest is for naught.
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Gun violence is tragic; should we ban guns?
(Guns/Gun Control)
by J. B. Cannon (18 May 2009 17:16:40)
You aren’t human if your heart doesn't hurt for the innocent victims of senseless gun violence. Several incidents have made the national news lately, but every metropolitan area across this great land deals with this — usually on a smaller level — on a regular basis. But you can’t let that lead to bans on guns.
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The nanny state and personal responsibility
(Government, Society)
by J. B. Cannon (18 May 2009 16:26:44)
A recent newspaper article highlighted this issue. An elderly couple — he's 65, she's 70 — haven't made mortgage payments in four months for their three-bedroom home and the wife has started cyberbegging.
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Frivolous Lawsuits
(Law, Society)
by J. B. Cannon (18 May 2009 16:14:37)
What has happened to our society? Why is it people must find someone to blame, someone to pay, whenever there's an accident or injury? What happened to personal responsibility?
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The criminal justice system
(Law)
by J. B. Cannon (18 May 2009 09:54:30)
A short article in my daily paper today illustrated one of the many problems with our criminal justice system.
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