The law and the jungle

"What you see depends on where you stand" update. Paul Helmke on gun violence: 

I guess Oprah hasn't lost that much of her star power if she can still entice people who have fallen from grace to humiliate themselves for her:

Lance Armstrong today admitted to Oprah Winfrey that he used performance enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France, sources told ABC News.

Whoops!

Det. Dale A Wilson of the Fort Wayne Police Department was suspended for three days for leaving his weapon in a public restroom in December. Wilson's suspension was one of the items on the Board of Safety's Agenda Monday.

We certainly go our own way, don't we?

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — While some national lawmakers eye new limits on access to guns in the wake of last month's school shooting in Connecticut, two Republican state senators are trying to expand who can carry guns and where in Indiana.

What do you think about this?

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) - 360 people a year. That's nearly one person a day. That's how many die from drunk driving accidents each year.  

In December, The National Transportation Safety Board recommended all states require what's called 'ignition interlock devices'.   

How dare she keep a gun in the same house with her kids! Whatever was this woman thinking of?

How dare she keep a gun in the same house with her kids! Whatever was this woman thinking of?

Did we just go through the looking glass?

A federal judge on Wednesday rejected The New York Times' bid to force the U.S. government to disclose more information about its targeted killing of people it believes have ties to terrorism, including American citizens.

A newspaper uses its First Amendment rights to sneer at the 2nd Amendment and gets the sharp criticism it deserves:

The Journal News in White Plains, N.Y., used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain information on registered handgun owners in the area. Many owners and other critics are outraged that criminals now know where the guns are – and aren't.

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Zero tolerance goes off the deep end:

TAMAQUA, Pa. - It's not something you can joke about anymore: guns. And the Tamaqua Area School District in Schuylkill County is proving that.