That seems to be a little extreme. Our government can be held accountable and work for rather than against the people, but the citizenry needs to bother to do it.
'Code Section 25-1-59(c) as giving them the power to “prescribe any reasonable rules and regulations … prevent unnecessary trespassing upon or injury to any of the public roads, bridges, or highways of the state … ” upon which state money is spent.'
Using their logic the DOT could ban firearms...
If this keeps up maybe these people will stop harassing legitimate businesses and law abiding citizens. They need to spend their money lobbying to fix their namesake failure of a background check system.
I guess I have been lucky. I haven't had any problems with unsafe shooting in the 3 years I've been using the range. The fact that people don't sign in is annoying though. I have only seen a ranger once, so hopefully they will start enforcing the rules consistently. I got my 2015 permit...
The polls also show that 60% of Republicans won't even consider voting for him. The field is so (too) large that support is bound to be spread thin in the polling. As you said, it is unlikely that Trump will ever be able to provide much substance, so I doubt he will make it too far. The...
As I said in my reply to FindingZzero, moral systems developed and utilized by common consent have no more moral authority than any other similarly derived moral systems when they conflict with each other. Other moral systems that claim to be grounded in a universal moral standard, either...
Implicit in a moral system grounded in religion is that morals go beyond simply an agreed upon set of social constructs. There is an objectivity to morals that grounds them in the set of universal standard to just and unjust. More specifically, morally is grounded in the nature or direction of...
The real critique of moral systems without religion is that they are not grounded, and that they lack fundamental grounds for compelling others to adhere to them. A set of morals may benefit one's group, but not another group's needs and desires or anyone as an individual. So, what is to say...
I don't think you are being fair in your assessment. He does not say that the schools do not teach right and wrong, but that they give mixed messages by also teaching that statements about right and wrong do not qualify as facts or can be considered truth in an objective sense. To teach...
I was there last weekend. There is no checkpoint to get into the building, but individual events may have security checks. The gun show I went to had signs and security.
I have been lucky enough to study those interactions. They were a part of my senior thesis. I am not saying that politicians didn't band together, but it was a rather narrow philosophy not a party affiliation with a broad platform that they had to all but swear to that bound them together...
I disagree. The "establishment" was nothing like today, and they didn't view themselves in the same way parties view themselves today. A glaring is example is how the President and Vice President run on the same ticket today. But as to not derail the thread we will have to agree to disagree...
The original parties were not official parties, but two different political philosophies. Naturally, people who share a philosophy will group together. So I suppose I agree that the problem is when the elections are structured around them. I still don't understand how states got roped into...
Really the problem is the party system. Our system was not designed to function with established parties. It was designed to elect individuals based on their own merits and not the merits of an organization that backs them. I agree with you that a run-off system would be better, but...
The term "conservative" used in the article is short for "radical conservative". Jeb Bush is plenty conservative and is someone who has a shot at winning a national election. Walker, Pence, Paul, and Cruz would get destroyed in the general election. If conservatives want to get someone in the...