Oct

24

2nd Amendment Poetry-The Demon Gun

October 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment

A number of years ago, a religious leader in Denver, Colorado coined the phrase “Demon Guns.” I wrote a poem at the time about the irony of blaming an inanimate object for the violence perpetrated by a few human beings. At this time, as the jails and prisons spew forth their inmates in [...]

Mar

22

New computer-May have technical problems

March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I will be working from a new computer for the next couple of weeks.  Hopefully there will be minimal disruption.  There is a lot going on: the tragedy of the Oakland police officer killings, the trial of the woman who “exercised” her husband to death in a swimming pool, and the trial of the man who [...]

Jul

13

Dick Morris, “Heller and “schizophrenic” attitude about guns (Part 2)

July 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment

In Part 1, we discussed what I believe to be the fact that the recent Heller Supreme Court case merely affirmed 200 years of “Standard Model” legal precedents that the Second Amendment clearly recognizes an individual right to keep and bear arms.  In Part 2, we will deal with Mr.  Morris’s belief that “strict gun controls” save [...]

Jul

6

Gun suicide article typical “advocacy journalism”

July 6, 2008 | 1 Comment

The headline reads,” Gun owners more often kill themselves than others.  In the high court’s ruling on gun ownership, the dissenting opinion cited suicides as a reason to uphold the firearms ban.”  (Stobbe, Mike, The Associated Press, The Denver Post, Denver Newspaper Agency, Denver, CO, 07-01-08, Page 9A.)  I believe this article is a typical [...]

Jun

30

Stay safer. Avoid criminal behavior and criminals.

June 30, 2008 | 1 Comment

An article  about a recent murder jogged my memory.  (”Fatal knife attack not a shock.  The female suspect has a history of attacking people with a blade.”  Mitchell, Kirk, The Denver Post, Denver Newspaper Agency, Denver, Colorado, 06-15-08, Page 1-B.)  This non-gun attack caused me to recollect an interesting statistic about murder.  As I remember, about [...]

May

26

Attack Highlights Need for Increased Food Control

May 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I just hate to have to do this. Maybe I won’t do it. No. The compulsion is too strong, even though bloggers and pundits all over America must be jumping on this story, I just have to weigh in. I swear. You couldn’t make this up.
When Moon Pies are outlawed, [...]