BryanP
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I'm sitting in my hotel room in Knoxville TN (Bryan waves to Tamara and Marko, neither of whom he has ever met ...) this morning getting ready to go to work. So I'm dialed in checking my work email and I've got CNN up on screen in the background. Unfortunately I missed the very beginning of a story that turned out to be quite interesting so I can't tell you WHERE it happened. *sigh*
Anyway, the story was about a burglar who was arrested after he drove to the hospital in a stolen car. He had been shot by the homeowner. Get this, the homeowner is being fined because there is a covenant in the homeowners association for his neighborhood prohibiting residents to own firearms!
On a positive note, despite the perception that everybody on CNN is a flaming liberal, when the story switched back to the anchors the lady reading the news and the weather guy (Chad somebody, hey it was 5:30, I'm not really awake) both commented on how they didn't think the fine would hold up in court. The weather guy asked "Can a homeowners association override the Constitution?"
Hope springs eternal.
edit/addendum - the weather guy who made the comment is named Chad Myers (Meyers?). I may have to see if I can find him on their web site and send a fan letter.
Anyway, the story was about a burglar who was arrested after he drove to the hospital in a stolen car. He had been shot by the homeowner. Get this, the homeowner is being fined because there is a covenant in the homeowners association for his neighborhood prohibiting residents to own firearms!
On a positive note, despite the perception that everybody on CNN is a flaming liberal, when the story switched back to the anchors the lady reading the news and the weather guy (Chad somebody, hey it was 5:30, I'm not really awake) both commented on how they didn't think the fine would hold up in court. The weather guy asked "Can a homeowners association override the Constitution?"
Hope springs eternal.
edit/addendum - the weather guy who made the comment is named Chad Myers (Meyers?). I may have to see if I can find him on their web site and send a fan letter.