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I'm with Cannonfodder. Even though there is a connection, I don't see it as particularly causal. Without a causal connection, I don't see any justice in such a conviction.

I agree that the terms have become a liability. I'm not sure what words are better, though. I've been struggling with this for a long time, and just haven't found a decent set of replacements.

To Cosmoline This is a good thread. Lots of brainstorming here, and therefore a good strategy session. Since I'm already slightly off topic, I'll comment on another point. Slightly off topic... For those who believe in bigger, badder sentences as deterrents, I have to inform you that not...

Add-on penalties The "with a weapon" stuff is already there. However, if someone is dead by being choked, a broken neck, internal bleeding or neural shock caused by fists or feet, or the septum shoved into brain, how is that better than if a weapon was used? I consider the "bare hands" murder...

Various Maggoty, What scares me is people who read a whole lot more into a statement than was written. Hey, I was talking about a whole PILE of folks who think any search is fine and dandy, just 'cuz the USSC hasn't "made" it illegal. Or has declared that it isn't. One of these days, the...

Obviously, whatever this unidentifiable public servant was looking for wan't such an urgent matter that she could not have taken the 5 seconds needed to get a warrant from a judge. The "You don't need a warrant for..." crowd is happy with a status quo that is frankly unamerican. Just wait...

MRV: Anyone who thinks the U.S. had a genuinely free market anytime after about 1870 hasn't been doing his homework. Interventionism became rampant in the late Nineteenth Century. Sure, it's worse now (a LOT worse), but don't mistake the last half of the 19th Cent. as a free market. Oh...

Limbaugh, the Republicans and the Democrats all work for the same people: the filthy rich with influence and money. "When in the course of human events..."

Why rename it? What we have, because of the "partnership between business and government," is mercantilism. "Economic royalism!" Why bother with the new name? It wasn't any different when it was called fascism, either, or when Marx coined the term capitalism and described mercantilism...

Must tailor the message.... Every message has to be tailored, there's no question. But if we hide the intent, then we are also not being honest--or effective. Our intent--or at least my intent--is a sustainable civilization with a high general quality of life. That can't happen when...

Lawyers... Having a constructive relationship with a good lawyer is like have guns or insurance: better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.

To me, it seems clear that should the court hear the case and decide against the Second Amendment, it's time to get serious about impeaching some "justices." There are only two standards that I can see being applied to the "life appointment on good behavior": 1. Criminal activity; 2. Flouting...

Hmmm. What do we have here? We see a felon in possession. What was his felony(ies)? If it's something that shouldn't be a felony, then on that matter, there's nothing that I, sitting on a jury, would convict. We see some illegal weapons, but once again, should they be illegal? And these...

Just weighing in: Prohibitions on non-mala-in-se activities either are unjust or don't work. Most often, they're both. It cannot be concluded that a convict values his life less than someone else--or that he should. If he is free, he should have his rights intact. I see an exception for...

Holes What I wonder about is two things: 1. Why didn't Toro call in an assault complaint after the fact? The police had to contact him hours later? Something's wrong with this picture. You have two major deadly weapons categories used against him (vehicle and firearms) with allegedly...

More apologists I don't care how fast the Corvette was going, CARRION WASN'T DRIVING!! Have you ever tried to get the driver of the car you're in to slow down, when he's doing something stupid? Get real!! What's he supposed to do, take his seatbelt off and climb over the driver and stomp on...

Sergeant Bob Yes, Bob, and I won't be answering your question in the format you deign to demand. You want to get scholarly, lead the way. You want to push up new legislation, YOU MAKE THE CASE. Don't tell us to prove why it's wrong; that's nonsense. It looks like crap and many of the...

I chuckle a little at the idea that NRA is a political wheeler-dealer. In the era of Republican Congress and Republican President--supposed NRA workables--NRA really didn't come out swinging, nor did the Republicans in general. It was pathetic to watch. Oh, sure, some things happened. And NRA...

Yah, guys... JBT John, you're not really going to tell us JohnBT isn't a play on JBT, are you? And from what I've seen (obviously limited-ish), it fits. Your "Everything the government does is fine" rhetoric in every post I've seen from you (a dozen, maybe two) leaves me suspicious. "I don't...

Jeepmor: I personally have not seen it, but a friend of mine in law enforcement tells me that helicopter-based FLIR can see right into your bedroom. Must be different gear than you used. Beatnik: It's not science fiction. It's current events. Virtually everything you do electronically can be...