http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2012/12/16/sunday-night-line Comments On: Sunday night line by Max Brantley en-us Copyright 2013 Arkansas Times. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Arkansas Times readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Arkansas Times. robert@arktimes.com (Arkansas Times Webmaster) Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Sat, 25 May 2013 18:30:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
Restrict ordinary citizens to any rifle with a caliber up to 30.06 and a 10 round magazine. Ditto for hanguns - 7 round magazine and up to 9mm caliber. Do not sell any more ammuntion larger than that.

Here's the imprtant part - no more semi-automatic rifles. Lever action or bolt action rifles only. Manually cocked double action pistols only. We do not need to be able to squeeze off one shot after another when hunting. A good hunter hits his target with one shot after waiting patiently for his prey. A housewife can hold someone at bay with a 9mm pistol while dialing 911.

Secondly, we currently have a licensing process whereby we have to study and be tested to drive a vehicle. Why can I just walk into Wal-Mart and purchase a rifle? Shouldn't I be asked to show some proof that I am qualified to responsibly own a firearm? A simple proficiency test and a psychological screening isn't something extraordinary to me as I had to do that to drive my car legally.

I guess I'd better put on my asbestos gloves and suit now...
Posted by MarcKyle1964]]> Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:33:33 -0600 Arkansas Times
http://www.paragoulddailypress.com/article…
Posted by Casual Observer]]> Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:52:59 -0600 Arkansas Times
http://www.paragouldpolice.org/press_view.…
Posted by Casual Observer]]> Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:48:38 -0600 Arkansas Times
In 1989, a disturbed young man used an assault weapon in Stockton, CA to kill 5 and wound 29. CA passed an assault weapons ban shortly after.

http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com…

As Molly says, we require cars to be licensed and insured. You're supposed to be sober when you drive one. You have to be at least 16 years old in most states.

She also has insights into the 2nd amendment and exactly what a well regulated militia is anyway.
Posted by the outlier]]> Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:14:41 -0600 Arkansas Times
Plainjim is right about the cowardly charge. If you're going to call someone ugly names, have the guts to do it to their face.

You are too much of a lady to respond. Me? I'm no lady.
Posted by the outlier]]> Mon, 17 Dec 2012 07:28:28 -0600 Arkansas Times
Many are proposing that tax rates for upper-income earners go back to their levels during the Clinton Administration. What you don’t hear is how we can return to Clinton-era spending levels. That would be a real solution to the upcoming fiscal crisis, and the President could lead the way.

The President says he wants Clinton-era marginal tax levels for families and small businesses earning more than $250,000 a year ($200,000 for individuals). However, tax rates for these earners would actually go up much more because of Obamacare tax hikes already signed into law.

Never mind that this would slow growth and hurt job creation. And no, these tax hikes won’t balance the budget—not next year, not the year after, not ever. Under Obama’s budget, federal debt would continue growing by $7.7 trillion even if the President gets his favorite tax hikes.

The debate over tax hikes is just a distraction from what is really going on: Washington has a spending problem, not a revenue problem, and President Obama is at the helm. According to the White House Office of Management and Budget, President Obama’s two-term average spending level is projected at 23.4 percent of gross domestic product (GDP).

In comparison, President Clinton’s historical spending average was 19.9 percent of GDP. While revenues are set to return to historical average levels of over 18.1 percent as the economy slowly recovers, spending under current policy is projected to remain well above the historical average of 20.2 percent.

http://thedailyhatch.org/2012/12/17/clinto…
Posted by SalineRepublican]]> Mon, 17 Dec 2012 07:23:47 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Verla Sweere]]> Mon, 17 Dec 2012 07:21:41 -0600 Arkansas Times
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/1…

It seems like the NRA is aiming for a MAD world. If everyone is packing, no one will shoot first.

Of course, that won't stop the accidental deaths like that toddler in OK a few days ago. It won't help the Secret Service Agent who shot himself in the butt while holstering his weapon at a shooting range---or the guy in Reno who shot himself in the butt in a movie theater when his weapon fell out of his pocket. It won't stop the domestic violence deaths or the suicides.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_assure…
Posted by the outlier]]> Mon, 17 Dec 2012 07:10:12 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by the outlier]]> Mon, 17 Dec 2012 06:39:21 -0600 Arkansas Times
http://deadspin.com/5968935/take-that-nigg…
Posted by the outlier]]> Mon, 17 Dec 2012 06:15:32 -0600 Arkansas Times
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/…

Murdoch's tweet and a response:

http://imgur.com/gallery/WeS6N

I haven't seen it but I read this report:

"Well, Mornin Joe is on the case. He says “Good luck to the gun lobbyists. . .The battle we have to win is for the safety of our children”. I have to say this, he’s taking this head on. He’s including violent movies and video games and rejecting his former ideological views on gun control."

This is a 180 for Scarborough as he always had a 100% rating from the NRA.
Posted by the outlier]]> Mon, 17 Dec 2012 05:57:00 -0600 Arkansas Times
http://vimeo.com/55671721
Posted by Bulkington]]> Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:09:39 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Didi Sallings]]> Sun, 16 Dec 2012 23:49:18 -0600 Arkansas Times http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml

and state: http://portal.arkansas.gov/government/Page…
Posted by Sellercreek]]> Sun, 16 Dec 2012 23:41:19 -0600 Arkansas Times
When the data is collected through commercial services, the government can buy it like anyone else - or intercept it. So far, it turns out that a billion people are willing to be tracked voluntarily by Facebook. The users post everything, including some extreme cases like videos of crimes they've committed - burglaries, assaults, etc.. It's astonishing that some people would publish evidence that can be used to convict themselves, but it happens all the time on Facebook. The prosecutors can't be expected ignore it.
Posted by radical centrist]]> Sun, 16 Dec 2012 22:59:32 -0600 Arkansas Times
It sure would be handy to contact these people.
Posted by Charles Eddie Smith]]> Sun, 16 Dec 2012 22:23:59 -0600 Arkansas Times
That is the case for quite a few federal laws.

However the main result seems to be that it allows prosecutors to pile on charges and threaten people with 300 year prison terms. When the prosecutors have a weak case they can get an easy plea bargain.
Posted by Gylippus]]> Sun, 16 Dec 2012 21:27:41 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by scrapper72]]> Sun, 16 Dec 2012 20:35:29 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Vanessa]]> Sun, 16 Dec 2012 20:26:23 -0600 Arkansas Times
This may not help with preventing shootings involving crazies, but it might prevent your average criminal from using guns in robberies, etc. Plus, good gun owners get to keep their guns.
Posted by spunkrat]]> Sun, 16 Dec 2012 20:19:28 -0600 Arkansas Times
Vanessa, that sounds like the plot premise of a current hit TV series. This and similar laws have made the last 15 years the most freedom-destroying epoch in American history. As an investigator, you should be incredibly happy. It means lucrative job security for you, but personal insecurity for all Americans, including you.
Posted by Jabberwocky]]> Sun, 16 Dec 2012 19:47:04 -0600 Arkansas Times
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The button for ski slopes in on the bottom left of each image. They're great too.
Posted by eLwood]]> Sun, 16 Dec 2012 18:53:47 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by eLwood]]> Sun, 16 Dec 2012 18:47:46 -0600 Arkansas Times
Don Zaluchi
Posted by Doc]]> Sun, 16 Dec 2012 18:23:57 -0600 Arkansas Times http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/12/g…

Whereas previously the law prohibited the center from storing data compilations on U.S. citizens unless they were suspected of terrorist activity or were relevant to an ongoing terrorism investigation, the new powers give the center the ability to not only collect and store vast databases of information but also to trawl through and analyze it for suspicious patterns of behavior in order to uncover activity that could launch an investigation

The changes granted by Holder would also allow databases containing information about U.S. citizens to be shared with foreign governments for their own analysis.

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The investigator in me understands that this is a very useful tool for investigators, and that it's not really any different than what acxiom does commercially.

It confuses me though, because I'm unsure of the implications................
Posted by Vanessa]]> Sun, 16 Dec 2012 18:18:43 -0600 Arkansas Times