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Entries from January 2006

Why defend the right to own or carry a gun?

January 31st, 2006 · 2 Comments

I received my concealed weapons permit yesterday from the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
In the United States, concealed weapons permits allow ordinary citizens to carry a handgun in public areas, concealed from view. To many people who don’t live in areas where such a practice is normal - like myself prior to […]

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Tags: Firearms

Response to BBC Sunday Sequence: Munich

January 30th, 2006 · No Comments

Sunday Sequence team-
Your web poll is not an accurate portrayal of what most people think. The question was, “Is the assassination of terrorists by government agents ever legitimate?” And, as of today, your website visitors think that it isn’t, by 74% to 26%. Bizarre. And it doesn’t demonstrate that most people […]

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Tags: General

Snapshots of Reason 4

January 12th, 2006 · No Comments

I’d rather have started 2006 with a humdinger of a post, attacking some leftist lunatic, or lecturing conservatism on how wrong it is. But politics is just plain dull at the moment, and other current events are decidedly unworthy of Voice of Reason comment, or of podcasting.
So let me just touch base […]

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Tags: General