The problem started with the "concerned citizen" who didn't know the law. However, the media are forever harping that people "report anything suspicious". The 911 dispatcher could/should have prevented this whole thing by properly interviewing the caller (e.g. "Is he holding the firearm; threatening anyone etc."). Once it was clear that no one was being threatened. the dispatcher should have informed the citizen of what the law is, and that no police would be dispatched for this reason.

Two of the students killed at Virginia Tech had CCW's for the state, but did not carry on campus due to the mandatory expulsion penalty if caught carrying.

Canadian oil delivered via the XL Pipeline is: - cheaper than Venezuelan and Saudi oil - more safely delivered (pipeline vice oil tanker) - lower in CO2 content than Venezuelan oil - produced by a stable democratic ally vice terrorist supporting enemies who hate the USA - produced under the toughest environmental regulations in the world (including the USA) Therefore, it is certain the pipeline will be blocked.

"The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God" (Dt. 22:5). This verse is a prohibition for cross-dressing when it comes to men. But the restriction placed on women here is not simply the reverse of that. Notice the odd construction -- "that which pertains to a man." The Hebrew underneath is keli geber, and should be read as the "gear of a warrior." Whether we are talking about a man in fishnet stockings, or a woman decked out in full battle regalia, we need to recognize that God finds it loathsome. So should we. God also says that a nation is cursed that sends it's women to war. Good enough for me.

All of the proposed gun control is smoke and mirrors. They don't expect most of it to pass, but it is a great distraction from other initiates. For example, they are strong arming major banks into refusing to loan money to or do business with any American firearms manufacturers.

That was not an interview, it was a "love in". Croft didn't ask a single one of the many questions that need to be answered by Obama and Clinton. Questions like "Who ordered the rescue teams and air cover stood down"? Who relieved the area commander in Italy and the carrier strike force admiral of their commands when they tried to launch rescue/support missions during the attack? The outright worship of this man is sickening. I guess once he declares himself ruler for life, he'll be like the Roman emperors who insisted people worship them as gods.

Well, God says in His Bible that a nation that sends its women to war is cursed. 'Nuff said.

Great editorial, Ben. You've convinced me that Obama thinks Orwell's "1984" is a manifesto, not a warning.

"The single most important thing we can do to prevent gun violence and mass shootings," President Obama said last week, "is to make sure those who would commit acts of violence cannot get access to guns." No, it is to raise children to adulthood who do not want to kill people because, as common sense dictates, any number of methods of killing people are available to the homicidal. Cain needed no fancy weapon. Of course, raising people who aren't homicidal is a complex problem that politicians don't want to address, since it can't be solved in time for the next election, and it would mean reversing many laws that work against strong families, good work ethics, and proper punishments for crime.

Yes, but our government reflects the values we have as a society. I for one would prefer to live in the Geneva of Calvin's time, vice the Berlin of Hitler's. Both had 'strict' laws, but for very different reasons.