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I will never allow anyone to take my weapons!!!!

suggest that each article tag-lining the 2nd Amendment begin or end with "XX million Americans legally owning guns didn't shoot anyone yesterday".

Cherry picking lying son of a bitch.

Please don't forget that this will cost us also because we will need more judges, more juries, more courthouses, and it will greatly expand the judicial system as we know it today.

شتر سوار بر گرد به خانه،کتاب تازه پیمان جهان بین ،بدون تردید یکی از بهترین آثار نویسندگان ایرانی در غربت است. من با کارهای قدیمی پیمان که در دهه چهل در مجله های فردوسی و خوشه زنده یاد احمد شاملومنتشر میشد آشنا هستم ولی کتاب شتر سوار برگرد به خانه را باید نه تنها بهترین کار او دانست ،بلکه احتمالا بهترین اثر از میا ن معدود قلم زنان ایرانی که حتی نیازی به تفسیر و ترجمه نیست و بزبان انگلیسی برشته تحریر در آمده است.نویسندگان ایرانی در غربت در سالهای بعد از این فتنه به اصطلاح اسلامی،در مورد جریان های سیاسی و تاریخی مطالب با ارزش و مستندو مهمی را منتشر کرده اند ولی در زمینه قصه و شعر تنها یکی یا دو اثر و نوشته و کتاب.در اینجا لازم است که از کتاب پر فروش ،خواندن کتاب لولیتا در تهران نوشته خانم آ ذر نفیسی نام ببریم که باعث افتخار همگی ماست.پیمان جهان بین از درد و دردهای زندگی در غربت میگوید و لی این قصه گوی شیرین زبان دیگران را قصه گوی کتاب خود میکند.قصه های شیرین و تلخ آ وارگان، کودکان آواره جنگهای ویتنام و کامبج،آواره های جنگهای داخلی یوگسلاوی ،آواره های افغانستان، روسیه،سومالی،عراق و البته ایرانی. آرش از زندان گوهر دشت در شبی که باید اعدام میشد فرار میکند و بهترین قصه گو. مرحبا پیمان.دکتر جلیل دانا

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Excellent point on the 14th Amendment. I haven't seen this anywhere else.

The hidden costs of ACORN...Those offices that encourage (or at least---do not report to authorities) prostitution...help destroy their communities.

Just a few HIDDEN costs of Acorn's Professional Advice to Pimps work:

One foster care child (born to a prostitute/slave/) might be seized because of post birth evidence the child has drugs alcohol damage from Mom.

There are the thousands of dollars in medical care, (usually much more money spent if the child is on drugs or otherwise damaged in utero!!!) pay for foster care staff, in training & investigating prospective foster care parents, in regular social worker visits and (in some cases) paid supplements for some foster care children till they are adults.

There is an untold EXCESS MEDICAL cost for Acorn encouraging (and not reporting to police) prostitution and child slavery---One child (age 3 at the time) required $100,000 surgery (to date) because of damage MOM inflicted before birth. This damage apparently was inflicted by street Mom in utero!!!

And there is an untold SCHOOL cost because some kids with fetal alcohol syndrom have some attention and learning problems...

UNTOLD MILLIONS that ACORN costs us!!!

What does it take for us to search and support ALTERNATE housing organizations that will have TRANSPARENT governing structures, regular audits by Qualified respected firms, and QUALITY self policing?

Any large organization will have a few bad, rogue employees. The key is to maintain quality accountability and quality ways to purge themselves of the bad persons whether low or high in the structure.

But it seems ACORN(with its years of scandals) is rotten at its heart...They feel no real need to be OPEN, ACCOUNTABLE, and HONEST! Truly a postmodern "charity"!!!

I have to take issue with your post.

First off, you characterize LA gangs as being non-diverse while the LA Times article you link to states "Predominantly African American are the so-called Crip gangs, with 10,306..."

"Predominantly" means most of them are black but not all. Most gangs in LA are not exclusively one race.

As far as the Avenues gang goes, I don't find 30 officers per person unreasonable considering the circumstances. Most of these people are armed and they don't live alone. They also don't live together. Their houses have front and back doors, might be in big apartment buildings, etc.. They may have confederates in the neighborhood who aren't being arrested who are dying to help. So, considering it's a gang, 30 officers per person isn't outrageous. No police were killed so that makes it a successful raid.

Okay, now down to the nitty gritty. How much do you know about the Avenues gang? Reading what you have written, one gets the idea you don't know much about LA gang life at all. If you are going to talk about Avenues, why haven't you mentioned that Toonerville (one of their rivals) has been decimated in recent months with arrests? And Timothy Joseph McGhee (a "non-diverse" white guy running a Mexican gang) was convicted in 2008.

I understand your beef about newspaper reporting being rather haphazard, but your own "copying" has proven to be haphazard too. Should I start an ombudsman site of my own focusing on your website?

"The Austin Star-Telegram quoted me in a story..."

Well done article, but one discrepancy I've noticed: the StartleGram is a Fort Worth publication.

Where is this WalMart?

Where are you finding these supplies. I'm calling on a daily or bi-daily basis. What i'm hearing is ....."We had 20 boxes in this morning, they're gone now!!!"
That is the store in N. Scottsdale off Frank Lloyd Wright. The last box i saw, i bought in Payson. That was 3 or 4 months ago.

The question that is begging an answer is; "Are they sitting on their supplies to jack up the price???"

This is just "Tsarable Tsarable" i tell ya. Where's my guillotine??

Wish i could get my hands on 2k worth!!!

That sounds similar to what I wrote back in 2002 (http://www.boomershoot.org/ ):

"As with some other things that are beyond what our ape-like evolution prepared us for, explosions are, at some level, very odd and curious things. Our brains are programmed to pay special attention to strange and unusual things -- 'magic' things. Explosions invoke that curiosity of magic in our brains. A gun with its 'action at a distance' capability is a magic tool. But at long distances there typically isn't the immediate confirmation that something really happened 'out there'. I change that. By creating a sort of Walt Disney-like world where 'magic' happens, I give the shooter an escape from reality. This is a Magic Kingdom for long range shooters. For one day I give them the keys to the Kingdom where they get to perform their own magic."

For me, it is both the relaxation and precision that is derived from good technique!!!!

Link is not working, at least for me. Thanks

How about a permanent holiday on all sales & use taxes? Not unanimous? Why not?

That should have been 103M, not 103K.

103K NICS checks gives us a lower bound on the number of guns in the last decade. During that time I have purchased many new guns without a NICS checks because I held a concealed carry license. And only one NICS check would be done in the case of multiple guns sold in a single sale.

Liked your article very much. Linked to you in my response to MSNBC's racist take on the people with guns at the Arizona townhall. Your site looks chock full of info. I look forward reading more of it.

Thank you AK.

Well done. May I suggest that each article tag-lining the 2nd Amendment begin or end with "XX million Americans legally owning guns didn't shoot anyone yesterday".

Here is a story of really bad and dangerous healthcare.

www.medicalforgery.com

Hi, I think your article its very important and interesting,good work, thanks for sharing!! Have a nice day!

These politicians voted Against the Nathan Deal Amendment, that would Prevent Health Care Benefits to Illegal Aliens. Simply put--it's not their BLOODY MONEY! So what! Do they care if taxpayers have to foot the behemoth bill, for anybody who snubs our laws and enters a sovereign country called America? The nationwide parasites are --CHEAP LABOR--businesses who could care less, because they pile up enormous profits. The corporate hierarchy have been having a field day--FOR DECADES. A foreign national gets hurt, their service manager or whoever the underling is, drives the maimed person and relinquishes any responsibility by dumping them on the emergency hospital entranceway. BINGO! nothing to pay!

Perhaps Americans should find some old shoddy clothes, no shave, no haircut and enter every emergency room in our country in the millions? Speak a lot of gibberish and carry no identification with a small splinter in their finger, a touch of a fever or any minor condition. By federal law the hospital will have an emergency on a--EMERGENCY. I am afraid Americans have been Lemmings going over a proverbial cliff, since who knows when? We just keep paying and paying even more to the IRS, to support--ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. Try getting free health care in any other country, other than societies in the European Union? A FAT CHANCE! We are literary being taxed to death, to give welfare to the business overlords. These legislators have already tried to weaken E-Verify, local police action 287(g) and now unwinding the 1986 Simpson/Mazzoli enforcement law--which worked, but again was never enforced.

Even our Democrats who are trying to engineer health care for every American---INCLUDED 20 PLUS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR LARGE FAMILIES. Here are 29 Judas Iscariot's, who sold the American people out--for a lot more than 13 pieces of silver? HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR. Capps (D-CA), Eshoo (D-CA), Harman (D-CA), Matsui (D-CA), McNerney (D-CA), Waxman (D-CA), DeGette (D-CO), Murphy (D-CT), Castor (D-FL), Rush (D-IL), Schakowsky (D-IL), Braley (D-IA), Sarbanes (D-MD), Markey (D-MA), Dingell (D-MI), Stupak (D-MI), Pallone (D-NJ), Weiner (D-NY), Butterfield (D-NC), Space (D-OH), Sutton (D-OH), Doyle (D-PA), Gordon (D-TN), Gonzalez (D-TX), Green (D-TX),Welch (D-VT), Christensen (D-VI), Inslee (D-WA) and Baldwin (D-WI). I'm afraid I would be banned if I used the right epithet, when leaving a comment for these so called lawmakers?

These are the betrayers of--ALL--taxpayers. These 29 traitors gave illegal immigrants the right to pilfer your billfold and purse, while they sit in their Washington office collecting their 6 figure salaries. REMEMBER THEM AND THROW THEM OUT! DEMAND NO AMNESTY! NO FAMILY UNIFICATION KNOWN AS CHAIN MIGRATION! BUILD THE ORIGINAL FENCE! NO MORE HEALTH CARE OR ANY OTHER KIND OF BENEFITS FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. CLOSE THE BORDER AND STATION THE NATIONAL GUARD. $2.5 TRILLION DOLLARS, JUST IN RETIREMENT BENEFITS? Learn uncorrupted facts at NUMBERSUSA. For myself and family! I am for any health care re-organization, as long as it doesn't smell of copious profiteering and corruption, like the majority of private insurers do?

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I find it amazing that the most recent case is from 1985, with only one other from the 20th Century (1921). All the others date from the 19th Century. If that is not settled law, nothing is.

Thanks for the info, Alan!

Perhaps you can elucidate on your contentless message, MTGAP... what's dishonest about the quotes I reprinted? Doesn't the motive of open debate show clearly? Why would a reprint of incriminating quotes from supposed supporters of science even get you upset at all? They said those things, the quotes undercut their entire argument, they make the speakers out to be hypocritical frauds, don't they? Go ahead, let me hear some reasoning. Alan.

The sheer intellectual dishonesty of the author of this post is simply astounding. I cannot possibly understand the motives behind this.

I am concerned any time these people start out wanting to make minor changes to some statute.

Let's recall what happened to the orginal Russian czars during the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. It was not pretty - here's a link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Revolution_%281917%29
So, who wants to be a czar?

So true. I find it interesting that this particular word is used. The U. S. Constitution clearly states that "no title of nobility shall be granted by the United States" (Art 1 Sec 9). As long as they are using titles from failed anti-American societies, why not call the next appointment "the Fuhrer" which means "Leader". I guess a "community organizer" is a leader, of sorts.

I'd encourage all readers of this post to actually read the story behind Stephen Schneider's quote (http://climatesight.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/the-schneider-quote/) to see how its meaning was grossly distorted.

Maybe then they will see the incredible irony in that you, the author, must have read my post, but then used the quote out of context anyway.

Irony? Or pure dishonesty?

I haven't heard a single word about Bush's baked beans.

They're quite good.

More & more people know that Blog are goods for every one where we can get more knowledge nice job keep it up !

Texas has also initiated a sovereignty bill. Not surprising. Google "HCR 50" to read its contents and track its progress.

"I have to catch plane...."
I have checked in a gun on my flights for years. Until Obama became President, the matter was handled by the ticket counter. Now the gun must be taken (with me) to the government representative of the Homeland Security Dept. In one location the TSA guy checked every item in my bag.
I have problem with this Obama-related government involvement.

you are a skilled troll, mr cantoni. enjoy your minuscule existence while us stupidos make all the money and control the world.

Do you have a reference for an attorney knowledgeable in gun sales within the state of california. I'm in Northern California and need some advice. Would like to buy an hour of time from an expert.

even though how are they going to take all the guns back?....no way...it could be done...ar 15 all the way...

he's ust trying to get across that you americans are ignorant and stupid....i live in the virgin islands and moved to florida i have noticed this....most of you ignorant people think that people form the virgin islands live in trees.....many of you dont even know that the U.S. Virgin Islands is american territory...it is sad........Im 18 and in my second yr of college when you american kids turn 18 they still go to high school sometimes in 11th grade still.....and the things they learn in 11th grade ive learned in 8th....its really sad

"...less impact resistance, this equates directly to more dead Americans, but the Obama administration could care less,"
Alan, I thought you knew, overpopulation is the real reason for global warming, we need to decrease the population by 45% in order to bring it to pre WWII levels of emissions. The lower CO2 and noxious gasses from cars are just a plus.

Hi Allan
I dont understand, if obs grandmother says he was born in kenya,why is there no follow up. And will ob call his grandmother a liar and produce a valid birth cert. for the people to see

Del

How come babes in bikinis with guns are so hot?? Awesome...

Ready for war here. Come and try to fucking take them. Ill be unloading a magazine into their face with one hand and a copy of the Bill of Rights in the other.

Well, I think we should be able to own, carry whatever weapons we choose. I do.

I want a Swiss Army knife that does everything. I had one, but the airline checkers confiscated it one day while on the way to Bermuda.

Its time we take the worms out of D.C..Congess / Sentors 2 two terms and out.Why when the Demacrats are in they become controll freeks? Biger Grov"t higher taxes more restrictions.I know how to put my pants on I don"t need the Gov"t telling me how. Once the firearms are gone so is your safty. Hitler did this to Germany.Must history repeat itself.And America will never be the same.Our soliers are dieing for what? Obamma is the best thing our enmines have going for them.Obmma controlling the senses you won"t get him out of Office.

The wonderful country of Montana - has a nice ring to it. Hope we can keep the rif raf out. I LOVE it!

This brought a tear to my eye. I love it.

Hawaii just declared 9/11 as Islam Day (on the Julian calendar)!!!

In their defense, they were too stupid to realize it. Read the article...

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/05/hawaii_hoodwinked_into_911_isl.html

This is exactly the kind of Law I would expect from the very state that is protecting,
and lied for Obama about his alleged Birth Certificate !

Absolutely the dumbest thing I've ever heard. As if the police don't have enough to do. I'm sick and tired of the "government" protecting us against threats which aren't.

Cool scantily clad babes. Are they wearing bulletproof bikinis?Bulletproof jackets are not only being manufactured to protect the lives of police officers, military personnel and government agents, but are now being manufactured to go mainstream. People are purchasing bulletproof jackets to protect themselves, and some parents are even buying them for their kids.

Well, this is just terrible. The federal authorities should step in and see that more whites are murdered, in order to achieve a racial balance. If necessary, we could subsidize murderers or let the Charles Manson girls loose in the neighborhood.

Not really. This map, in fact the entire column, gives us facts and not the usual misleading news reports that I hear from so many people. Keep up the good work.

Alan,
I hope I'm not engaging in a wishful reading of Article VI, but I read, paraphrasing, that the Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties (collectively) are the supreme Law of the Land. This matter of a gun-banning treaty then would boil down to a matter of priority of laws. Given that the 2d Amendment was properly distilled in DC v. Heller, that the 2d Amendment isn't prefaced by "Congress shall pass no law..." (like the 1st Amendment), and that the Bill of Rights isn't subject to repeal or amendment (as the rights are enumerated in the Constitution but granted by the Creator), then any law or treaty that runs afoul of a "reasonable time/place/manner" restriction of the 2d Amendment should be nullified, eventually.

This assumes fair treatment in a judicial system that has chipped away at the Bill, because the Bill cannot be otherwise eradicated. About such fair treatment, I don't wax "wishful," but remain hopeful.

Best regards,
Dan

"...When their veneer of sugary, politically-correct buzzwords, platitudes, and sophistry was removed, nothing but ignorance appeared underneath..."

Great observation, Mr. Cantoni! We'd love a few examples of the questions you used to strip the veneer on the subjects beyond warming.

The educated housewife is being unfair to third graders. :)

The addendum should read: All provisions are null & void for the United States as US citizens are allowed by their own Constitution to keep & bear arms of any type, size, color, caliber, etc. Further, the illegal restrictions on firearms by any US law will be repealed in perpeptuity. No laws nor psuedo-laws will be permitted to control, diminish, register or otherwise infringe on the US 2nd Amendment rights in any manner including but not limited to arms, ammunition, accessories, components, explosives of any type, as well as any future developments not specifically cited herein.

(Of course this would have to be written in legaleese by someone knowledgeable & maybe expanded a little to make our rights bullet-proof forever!)

ParentX - Good.. need help packing to find your marxist paradise?

BINGO!...BINGO!...And BINGO AGAIN! or, should I be saying Bullseye? You hit it right on the head for my small pop shop in SE AZ. EVERYTHING that was said describes my situation for the last three years right down to the tee! ...Even the part of seriously considering closing my doors. I am the only shop in town and my customers say it would be a hardship on them if I do close. ...And the gun club I spent years getting on it's feet would probably crumble without the services of my shop. I simply cannot fathom how a nation that was able to tool up a weapons and ammunition power house and win a world war cannot produce ammunition at a time when the industry needs it most. Excuse me for the untrusting nature of my disciplined soul but, I smell a skunk in the wood pile. Annie, get my gun...what do you mean there are no shells?
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ONCE AGAIN...ALAN HAS NAILED IT! THANKS ALAN!

April 17, 2009

Obama has now appointed NINE Czars.

This is the guy who complained about 'Too much power in the Executive Branch' when he was campaigning!

Anyone watching???

The criminal element must be estatic! Knowing that every law abiding person & there home will be weaponless. They can bust into your home in broad daylight knowing full well, you have no firearm to defend yourself or loved ones with. I wonder, if we start using baseball bats to defend ourselves with, in place of guns, will they then ban baseball bats as well?

Eddie

Yeah, my last one!

Methinks Cantoni hit a nerve.

Well I don't know about the comment that first-time buyers are not supporters of the Second Amendment.

They may not have been in this fight in the past, but most of them are in it now, which is a good thing. We're going to need all the help we can get.

LOL - there you go with the 'government school' thing again. Very funny!

And...man...the stereotypes in this posting! More than you can shake a proverbial stick at. "Stupido-Erudio americanus"? Are you kidding me?

That playground label is so confusing. What am I? I drive a hybrid and I buy organic food..but I also grew up with an annual supply of venison hanging out back(doesn't get much more organic than that!) and I'm no stranger to camo or deer blinds.

I've worked just about every minimum wage job you could possibly mention to make my way through school, but I happen to have a postgrad degree. I've lived under the pipes of a dilapidated rental house basement and in some much nice digs overseas..am I 'bourgeoise', proletariat or Un Stupido? It's confusing since I seem to have run the gamet.

I think anyone who hasn't caught on to the fact that climate change IS an issue is willfully obtuse. That said, I don't wear Birkenstocks, appreciate Al Gore or whip out my healing crystals to make things right. I just don't get why so many people can be so self-absorbed that they think a 14mpg car is some sort of God-given right.

And speaking of self-absorbed, who would be so pompous as to ask ""What are your favorite scientific sources and scientists on the subject?" at a party. For real? Me thinks Mr. Cantoni shouldn't be casting stones or proclaiming himself to be the ultimate judge of snobbery.

It would also help to stop bringing the social commentary and political arguments down to a 12-year old level. Calling people a trumped-up Latin-ese version of 'Big Fat Stupid Heads' isn't doing the "conservative" cause any favors. Mr. Cantoni is also snobbishly casting aside an entire group of people (including the 'software writers' that enable this blog to function) in the same pompous way that he claims to deride.

Makes me want to pack my proletariat bags and distance myself from this brand of "Republican".

"In still other news, actor David Spade donated $100,000 to the Phoenix police department, to buy 50 new AR-15 rifles made by Colt, an S&W competitor. Spade was apparently moved by a “news” broadcast that said Phoenix officers had to buy their own rifles due to lack of funding, and he wanted to help them out."

All I know is im a deputy and the average responce time to a call any type of call is 5 to 20 minutes depending on weather condition, traffic, officer location you know the deal thats upwards to 5 minutes your truly on your own to protect yourself and your family average gun fight 30 to 40 secs. Do you really want your firearms taking away. And yes anti gun citizen or anti gun politician thats 5 or more minutes you and your family are in a house with a maniac with a knife or gun who came there for whatever reason. Dont think your 5 iron or baseball bat is going to cut it and good luck about the alarm scaring them away its not a commercial. That invader doesnt care what your views are they came there for a reason. Its better to die with a gun in your hand than a plead for help on your lips.

thanks for sharing such news. It is important to have collected files of gun owners for the protection of the people.

Enough is enough! The machine we call government in this country has gone too far for to long! Slowly they are disarming us under the ruse of street violence. This country is not the country are fore fathers fought to establish! Corporate bankers and the military defense complex have turned this country into a giant bloated rotting cash machine and us into nothing more then modern day slaves! WHAT WILL IT TAKE PEOPLE? WILL WE WAIT TIL THEY COME TO COLLECT US UP TO SEND OFF TO WORK CAMPS? WAKE UP MASSES! THE TIME IS NOW TO SCRUB OUR COUNTRY CLEAN OF THESE BLOOD SUCKING ELITISTS AND START FROM SCRATCH! WE CANT DO IT THOUGH DISARMED! TIME IS RUNNING OUT! LOOK AT THE WRITING ON THE WALL! THEY'LL GET MY GUNS WHEN MY AMMO'S GONE AND MY HEART HAS STOPPED! I'M A TRUE PATRIOT NOT A CRIMINAL AS THEY'D DESCRIBE ME! LAND OF THE FREE NOT OF THE CONTROLLED!

My problem... thanks to the scare created by obama, it is making it hard to even get the items I need as a Law Enforcement Officer. Ever since the election, tactical weapons and components are in such short supply, it took three months for my patrol rifle (ordered through and delivered to my agency) to come in. I am still waiting for the extra magazines for it. Thanks obama for hindering Law Enforcement rather than crime...

all I have to say about taking my guns, and my conceal carry permit,is over my dead body! the average gun owner has the same attitude about this as I do and there will be hell to pay if these gun grabbing idoits get their way...trust me.

Dave - unfortunately you are repeating some very common myths about public education.
Myth Numero Uno: public school costs are "almost always higher than private and parochial schools that outperform them". (Actually, that is two myths in one, but we'll cover them both.)

My kid's public school district is highly ranked by any standard. ALL of the schools are ranked 'excelling' by the Dept of Ed, the high school is nationally recognized every year, and we have a high number of National Merit Scholars, chess/robotics/athletics champions, etc. Test scores and graduation rates are exceptional and rank well above average.
Total per-pupil expenditure = $7,042...but that was before the cuts this year. Now we are down around $6,820/student.

Private school tuition in our area/non parochial schools:
St. Gregory's (6-12) $14,300-$15,300
Greenfields Country Day (K-12) $9,500-$14,200
Castlehill Day (Pre-K-5) $4,000-$8,400
Kino School (K-12) $6,975-$7,380

Parochial Schools CAN charge a lot less in tuition, given that they usually make use of church property and operational expenditures (utilities, insurance, etc.). *Plus* they are supported by congregational funding and a $1,000 tax credit provided by the state:
Tucson Hebrew Academy (K-8) $8,990-$10,990
Salpointe Catholic High (9-12) $6,430-$7,420
Desert Christian $4,840(Kinder)-$7,400(9-12)

Reality check - running a school costs money. Staff salaries, air conditioning, insurance, custodial services, desks/tables/chairs, books cost a whole bunch of money...and that's before you even get to computers (which almost all schools in AZ have to fundraise/float local bonds for separately) or any of those extras that actually help to make our state - and citizens - competitive in today's world.

What is "quaint and optimistic" is that some people still believe that our schools can be run on goodwill and chalk alone.

I am a stringent fiscal conservative, and you can bet your sweet bippee that the last thing I'd cut in MY company right now is our training & development. We need to retain our best people and ensure that they have the skills they need to carry us through this tough economy. By devaluing education to the lowest point in the US, we are losing our best teachers and signaling to top executives that we don't invest in our workforce. Arizona's '49th out of 50th' ranking came up in an international Science & Medicine journal last week - the subheading referred to our legislature's "Anti Education Stance". If you think that is going to draw investment and budding entrepreneurs to our state - think again.

ParentX:

Arizona's constitution apparently makes the quaint and optimistic assumption that "development and improvement" of state educational institutions will have some bearing on quality of education. In fact there's no link between results and per-pupil expenditures in public schools at a national level, and some of the worst performance comes in the highest-spending districts. Washington, DC is the most famous example of this, with the highest funding and the worst results.

As far as public schools being underfunded, their combined operating and capital costs are almost always higher than private and parochial schools that out-perform them. Money is not the deficiency. Modern glass and brick school construction, or computers for every child, or higher pay for unionized teachers, or any other "problem" that can be fixed with money will not address the structural deficiencies in a taxpayer-funded, union-staffed, education school-indcotrinated monopoly education system. (It's a shame anti-trust laws don't apply to the government, or we'd have had better education results decades ago.)

"Government Run Schools"...LOL...that's pretty funny.

Since you seem to be very familiar with gun law, you probably have perused the AZ Constitution as well. Article 11, Section 10 starts by addressing how we should be funding education from state land proceeds. It then goes on to say:
"...In addition to such income the legislature shall make such appropriations, to be met by taxation, as shall insure the proper maintenance of all state educational institutions, and shall make such special appropriations as shall provide for their development and improvement."

Arizona's per pupil funding has been on the decline for about 20 years. We sure aren't providing for the 'development and improvement' of our public schools by any stretch of the imagination. Those "huge cash supplements" you refer to are known in other circles as "operating costs" -- silly stuff like teacher salaries, school building operations, equipment and supplies. "Huge" ain't exactly the right adjective in AZ either...by all accounts we're ranked at the bottom of the nation for our public school expenditures.

Also, despite the fact that AZ is widely recognized as a 'school choice' state, public school enrollment has been increasing along with the growth in our state. 93% of AZ families send their kids to public schools. While total enrollment will probably decline as our growth (population and economic) slows, private school enrollment also falters in a bad economy.

All of the schools in my kid's district are ranked as 'excelling'. Even if you decided to dismantle these schools for "better alternatives" (though I don't know what this would be); it would take YEARS to build enough private schools to house the 4,500+ kids. Plus you'd have to entice private entities to provide services for the kids with disabilities, etc.

And as for that US Constitution...the word "education" is absent, but so is "God" and "marriage" - should we disregard these other core American ideals as well??

If this law is passed there WILL be a WAR between the PEOPLE and the GOVERNMENT! There are people that will be PROSOCUTED and people will be KILLED as a result of all of this, too many people will FIGHT this for their RIGHTS things like this have happened in the past, such as the CIVIL WAR because they belived they were stripped of their rights which in that case was slavery. I'm not into guns either. But the FACTS show that guns prevent more crime than they start. I can only pray this law will NOT pass.

Those numbers are amazing!!

honestly what is proposed above is much better than simply not being able to buy said firearms. i would much rather have to be registered to buy an ak47 than just plain not being able to buy one legally.

You can pry my AK-47 off my cold dead fingers!

To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, "Racism is the last refuge of the race baiting scoundrels."
Discussing race in this country has become an exercise of political correctness run amok. The 'EWM' or 'Evil White Men', can only genuflect in his guilt for the racism, 'Jim Crow Laws' and slavery, that occurred in our nation's past. The only thing more 'Evil' then a living 'EWM', is a 'Founding Father', dead 'EWM'.

So, what's the discussion to be, when I'm automatically labeled a racist, just by the words that I'm now writing, questioning the sincerity of AG Holder, who's allegedly wanting to open a honest and fair debate about race. The only thing up for debate with this administration, in my opinion, is to admit your guilt, then shut up and wonder how much are we 'EWM' going to pay in 'reparations', for the supposed 'Evil', we have done in the past.

As for me, I'll skip this discussion on race, because it seems to be an exercise in
futility. The new administration is looking for pay back, not accommodation, reconciliation or understanding, about the racial divide, that plagues and hinders, this nation still.

I will continue to do what I've always done, was taught to do by my parents and family. Treat all people, as you would want to be treated.

As for punishing me for my 'supposed' crimes, my ancestors may or may not have done, please, by all means, dig them up from their graves and confront them, with your allegations. My family fought and died, on both sides of "The Civil War." Sorry, I'm guilt free, my ancestors paid with their life's blood. Go shake down and pick someone else's pocket.

Sounds like a prelude to CIVIL WAR

Ah yes, Bobbie Rush, Black Panther, AWOL US Army, 1968, convicted on weapons charges 1969 served 6 month jail term.

I will give up my guns. HOT AND EMPTY!
Come Getum!

For as much as I hate to say it because I spent 21 years on active duty defending our constitution and my Country, a civil war seems to be looming on the very near horizon.
I will never give up my weapons, I will fight to the death to protedct what I believe in.

If you want to pass anything, make sure its for education or the children, lol

am i the only one who wrote down every gun on that list and opened a website to look at all of them, with plans to buy at least 2 or 3. I already own an ar 15, looks like it is time to pickup a ak-47, streetsweeper, and maybe one more. I have always wanted an m-1 garrand, but they cost a fortune

I will never allow anyone to take my weapons!!!!

this is a good way to start a war with the American people. Not smart

"Officials could not be reached to comment on the tremendously popular concept."

Yeah well, people would see what they actually make, before being robbed by the .gov. After the 'tax holiday' ends, much hilarity would ensue. Even the morons in DC know this.

Might want to do a quick update, Gregg withdrew last night. "However, it has become apparent during this process that this will not work for me as I have found that on issues such as the stimulus package and the Census there are irresolvable conflicts for me."

Thhe link to the milliongunownermarch is not working. Curious don't you think?

Not according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blog/2009/02/second-circuit.html

"Those who will give up essential liberty to secure a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Benjamin Franklin

I'm not sure what state of mind Z3RO is in; apparently confused by facts like the Brady-ites and other pinheads. We all know that _only_ legally owned guns kill children.

This foolishness from Booby Rush just makes the point that gun regulations should be decided at the state level and not at the national level. In that way, self-destructive states like Illinois and California can enact their own crazy laws to support the criminal element while punishing law-abiding citizens. It's time that states-rights come first and red states unite against this idiocy.

how many children have to die from accidental discharges before people stop being selfish.

The "LEO ONLY" ammo is a real tragedy. I believe Federal has succumbed to this nonsense.

It's gotten to the point where if I (as a law-abiding concealed carrying citizen) cannot buy ammunition that gives me the greatest chance of survival in a potentially lethal encounter, I'll write the company letting them know that I will be boycotting all of that company's non-LEO offerings as well.

Honestly, I hope they reverse their decisions because I prefer Federal's offerings to many other brands, but I can cope without it if need be.

It seems that many in the concealed carry community feel that the "LEO ONLY" ammunition policies are merely enacted as "company policy" to forbid citizens from buying the more economical boxes of 50 rounds which forces them to buy the company's 'self-defense' ammunition offerings in boxes of 20 for more than twice the price.

There seems to be many people who like shooting sports, hunting etc, but cant seem to find $25/yr to join the NRA? I think many people wont realize until its too late to say the least. Whats next on the agenda, they pick your spouse, job, and transportation?