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PHARMACEUTICALS, GUNS, & GOVERNMENT = PEOPLE BANS

by Bill Simon

In Nassau County, New York, a revised handgun application went into effect in January 2007. A new question asks: “Have you used or still use narcotics, tranquilizers or anti depressant [sic] medication? If YES, record doctor’s name, address and phone number, (attach).” If the applicant answers in the affirmative, a list of those medications is also required.

The new question may have been added as a means of increasing public safety, but Nassau County licensees have maintained a nearly spotless record in this area. A more likely explanation is that this could be the next practical step in denying exercise of the Second Amendment.
The recent Heller Supreme Court decision gave gun-owners a tripartite victory: firearm possession is an individual right, a complete ban on firearms is unconstitutional, and the right to self-defense with firearms is affirmed. The Supreme Court nevertheless left plenty of wiggle room for the firearm-prohibitionists, by allowing for “reasonable regulation.”

Remember, a government big enough to give you all the security in the world is one big enough to take away your freedom and control that “free will” of yours…

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Today's Deep Thought

Too bad when I was a kid there wasn't a guying our class that everybody called the 'cricket boy', because I would have liked to stand up in class and tell everybody, 'You can make fun of the cricket boy if you want to, but to me he's just like everybody else.' Then everybody would leave the cricket boy alone, and I'd invite him over to spend the night at my house, but after about five minutes of that loud chirping I'd have to kick him out. Maybe later we could get up a petition to get the Cricket family run out of town. Bye, cricket boy.



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