Saturday, December 15, 2012

Gun Control? That Is The Question. (updated)


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I have nothing whatsoever that I wish to write about today. I am instead reading what other bloggers have to say, even though most of them, being outspokenly progressive, are emotionally opining about the recent mass killing of children with firearms.

For example

Or . . .

And even President Obama



I have nothing to add, nothing  intelligent to say on the subject.

Maybe another time . . .

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WORD FOR TODAY

firearm
noun
A firearm is a weapon that launches one projectile or more at high velocity through the confined burning of a propellant.

A Glock 17 pistol

More about firearms . . .

  
The National Rifle Association

While widely recognized today as a major political force and as America's foremost defender of Second Amendment rights, the NRA has, since its inception, been the premier firearms education organization in the world. But our successes would not be possible without the tireless efforts and countless hours of service our nearly four million members have given to champion Second Amendment rights and support NRA programs.

As former Clinton spokesman George Stephanopoulos said, "Let me make one small vote for the NRA. They're good citizens. They call their Congressmen. They write. They vote. They contribute. And they get what they want over time."

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BORN ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY


Tim Conway
Born: Dec 15, 1933
Age:   78 years old

Thomas Daniel "Tim" Conway is an Emmy award-winning American comedian and actor, who has worked in sitcoms, sketch comedy and film. Conway is best known for his role in the popular 1960s WWII sitcom McHale's Navy as the inept Ensign Charles Parker, second in command to Lt. Commander Quinton McHale (played by Ernest Borgnine), for co-starring alongside Carol Burnett on The Carol Burnett Show, and as the voice of Barnacle Boy from the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants.




 Born Dec. 15, 1949
Age:   62 years old

Donnie Wayne "Don" Johnson is an American actor and recording artist perhaps best known for his lead role as James "Sonny" Crockett on the 1980s television series, Miami Vice. He also played the lead role in the 1990s cop series, Nash Bridges. More recently, Johnson played Kenny Powers' father on the HBO series, Eastbound & Down. Johnson is a Golden Globe winning actor for his role in Miami Vice, a winner of the APBA Offshore World Cup, and has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame


 Born Dec. 15, 1918
Died June 17, 1961

Jeff Chandler was an American film actor and singer in the 1950s, best remembered for playing Cochise in Broken Arrow (1950), and for being one of Universal International's most popular male stars of the decade.



 Born Dec. 15, 1891
Died: Oct. 14, 1944
Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel, popularly known as the Desert Fox, was a German Field Marshal of World War II. He won the respect of both his own troops and the enemies he fought.

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I am in support of the NRA position on gun control.
--William J. Clinton
  

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