Home, sweet home...

I have a friend who grew up in Russia, and lived there through his college years. I asked him if the recent election results back home seemed familiar to him. Did they remind him of the home he left. "Not especially," was his initial reply. "However, when Chechnya supposedly supported Putin with 97 percent of the votes.. now *that* reminds me of home."

Well put.

If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns...

An Australian man was shot and killed after he protested about a neighbor's loud music. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't there a Nationwide Gun Ban in Australia almost ten years ago? Nobody yet has come up with a convincing argument about how a person already predisposed to breaking the law is going to stop short of violating a nationwide gun ban.

The United States Supreme Court announced they will hear the challenge to the District of Columbia handgun ban this coming year, probably in the spring. If I understand correctly, the Supreme Court will rule on whether the rights conveyed under the Second Amendment are collective rights or individual rights. I hope our rights as citizens continue to be protected.