So, I got a ticket for turning right from a lane with a green light when there was a red arrow in the adjacent lane. The penalty was $140 and 2 points on my license. Since I only work part-time now, I decided to see what traffic court is like. I had my hearing today, and it was very different from what I expected. If you are the first catch of the day (scheduled for 8:30 AM), you all show [...]
Customs and Border Protection has moved to ban import of all knives with springs, or knives that can be opened with one hand. This is ridiculous, as these are no more dangerous than any other knife. All it will do is make these knives more expensive, and hurt knife manufacturers, which will destroy jobs (because jobs are all that matter these days, I had to work that in somehow). I’ve handled quite a few knives that have assisted opening, and [...]
This is really sad. Obviously, a knife’s only reason is to kill people. They might as well just ban them everywhere, or require a license to cook. EAST Anglia’s largest independent retailer has announced it is withdrawing knives from sale in all its outlets with immediate effect. The East of England Co-operative Society said it will withdraw knives from sale in its 135 supermarkets and food stores and five petrol forecourt shops. It hopes the decision will reduce the risk [...]
As much as I hate FOX News, and as much as I don’t enjoy Glen Beck’s personality, the following video exposes a pretty sad situation in Illinois at the moment…
This just passed on 2/2/2009. (a) A PERSON SHALL NOT discharge any gun within the metropolitan district, whether the gun is loaded with fixed or blank ammunition or projectiles of any kind. (D) A PERSON SHALL NOT, WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE PROPERTY OWNER, DISCHARGE A GUN ON, FROM, ONTO, OR ACROSS ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE LAND. [[(d)]] (E) This section shall not apply to: (1) The discharge of guns at any target, trap or skeet range or [...]
One of the things I’m always hearing is how if you are allowed to have a gun in your car, road rage will involve a lot more shootings. I’ve never really believed it, and I decided to see how much the Google News Archives show for this type of story. There are around 40,000 stories that contain “road rage gun,” some of which can be seen here. I saw some interesting trends: There are three incidents on the linked page [...]
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