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I've been ignoring Dr. Laura for years.... My wife likes Oprah. I ignore her too....
However, I did see the pictures somewhere along the line. Cute kid then.
Perhaps not the best thing in the world for her credibility, but I don't see any harm in it. The boyfriend probably should be flogged for letting those out into the world when he did, but that's another story.
An anchorperson for a local TV station managed to get herself into a wet T-shirt contest in FL some months ago. When the contest ended, she was naked. When the film turned up on the internet, she was forced to resign. Credibility was cited by the station management. Bad boob job is my opinion. IAC, she was told that the film would not be spread around, and was probably a bit drunk at the time, too. Bottom line is if anything exists that will come back and haunt you, it probably will. In her case she was in FL celebrating the successful conclusion to some serious health problems....
As to Dr. Laura's stance on CCW - "training", etc. - why not? The NRA has some great course outlines.... Although OH does allow some other sources, the one that's most popular around here (and is accepted by OH) is the NRA "Basic Pistol" course. I don't think it goes far enough, but it's great for "how to not kill the guy beside you on the range", and the rest of the course (from the State's script) is dedicated to "when to shoot". Beats the heck out of just going to the gun store and being told to keep the gun and the ammo separate in your trunk....
However, the ONLY Federal involvement in any of this needs to be a law that simply validates existing CHL's in all other states, like drivers licenses. PA, VT, and AK may have a problem with that, but I'm sure somebody would set up the same NRA course for a few bucks if necessary.
We certainly don't want the Feds defining the course, making the decisions, etc.
And, finally, straying back to topic, she's correct regarding the marine shooting the terrorist. I wasn't there, so I don't know exactly what happened, but that kid was in a position where a decision had to be made. It's really great for morale when the military and the media are all over somebody like that. :banghead:
