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Good riddance if true. He's the hypocrite who refused Garland a hearing at all, and then rushed Barrett's hearing though in almost record time.

Sorry kid dont take me too seriously. I thought that the comment was funny…

This is Leon mentioned by OP. We'll be doing an informal first annual Tandem Instructor Gauntlet, Olympics, Boogie, Wacky Fun-Time Training Combine(Name clearly still up in the air), to prepare for our season, this weekend. Myself and my instructors will be participating in a series of jumps and activities in order to dust off our skills, build team cohesion, and develop the concept of a TI competition. I'll be reporting back to the group with how the event goes. If anyone would like to contribute ideas feel free to drop them here, or contact the DZ here.

Agreed. The appropriate way for McConnell to leave the Senate would be a vote of expulsion by his peers, (Article 1 - Section 5), for refusing to do his constitutionally-mandated job.

Hey -- Cracker Barrel is generally better than Walmart for a quick night's stay in my RV... If I get a late enough start, I'll go in there and spend some money. But usually if I'm ducking into a Cracker Barrel for a night of boondocking, it ended late and starts early, because I'm on the road, not at a destination. But Cracker Barrel is always willing, too many people have abused Walmart and fewer of them let you spend an overnight Wendy P.

Hi Mark, As you age, you will know it as a heart attack a'coming. Jerry Baumchen ETA: My bad - sorry

The Ulvade cops knew it was an AR, a weapon even they referred to as a "Battle Rifle" as they cowered in he hallway afraid for their lives. What will it take for the Brents of the world to be able to recognize that their precious "platform" has our entire society, including our Police, paralyzed with fear; the weapon itself has become the embodiment of screaming fire in a theater. So what with the Second Amendment, they should be banned under the First Amendment. Officers arriving at Robb Elementary on May 24 had similar reactions as they realized that the gunman had an AR-15. “You know what kind of gun?” state Trooper Richard Bogdanski asked in a conversation captured on his body-camera footage outside of the school. “AR. He has a battle rifle,” a voice responded. “Does he really?” another asked. “What’s the safest way to do this? I’m not trying to get clapped out,” Bogdanski said.

Hi Wendy, Re: (“if it bleeds it leads”) That was for when we all had newspapers delivered to our front doors. Today, on the local tv news, it is: BREAKING NEWS About 9 out of 10 local tv broadcasts in my area begin with it. About a week or so ago, my local 5 PM tv newscast had a BREAKING NEWS story that had appeared on another channel two days before. But, it was BREAKING NEWS now. It's all about making the sale(s). Jerry Baumchen

Overall I think a lot of the news today is very immediate temporally (i.e. reported soon after it occurs) and FAIRLY immediate spatially (i.e. news that is close to the reporter is emphasized over news that is farther away.) I think this is, overall, a good thing, since people are more concerned about recent things that are close by. If anything I think one of the things leading to the perception that "things are dangerous" is the opposite - a national news organization that reports a shooting in Sandy Hook makes it seem that the shooting is actually right next door to the guy in Los Angeles watching the news. This was not the case 50 years ago, since local broadcast news tended to de-emphasize things that happened 3000 miles away, and there was no other immediate source of news. (Newspapers were delayed by a day.) Cable news / national news shows changed this by allowing a single show to reach everyone in the US, and of course the internet has changed "more at 11" to "this is happening RIGHT NOW."

But it's understandable, right? After all, their parents were taught that hiding under a school desk was useful during a nuclear attack. To your larger point, the problem is the illusion that these things are manageable as a matter of societal policy that promotes more personal protection over mitigating the risk. We do not need bullet proof school back packs or school bus windows, we need bullet proof policies that promote an ethos that guns are the problem. We do not need to vilify guns; we need to not glorify guns. Perhaps, following the lead of cigarettes advertising, the box should have pictures of shooting victims not smiling hunters. True or not, we've allowed ourselves to be trained that cars aren't the problem, speeding in school zones is the problem. As far as I know there is no mention of either in the Constitution but we've worked that out reasonably. We can do the same with guns if the never give an inch crowd could just see giving an inch before it's their kid.

Brother, between 2001 and the end of the war, there were more children killed in the U.S. by gunfire, than our own military killed in Iraq/Afghanistan. In fact, roughly 7,000 children were killed by gunfire in the five years after Sandy Hook (2012-2017) than the 6,900 U.S. military killed during the war. Think about that for awhile. Then get pissed off.

I find it interesting that the "well regulated" portion is continually dismissed, refused, misconstrued, or flat out ignored and argued over.