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The law and the jungle

Gun noise

Good piece in the National Review on the killing of 17-year-old Trayson Martin by "neighborhood watch" vigilante and cop wannabe George Zimmerman. It makes an important point that those committed to armed self-defense must also commit to the principle that those who bear arms must act responsibly:

All you need is love

Oh, I don't think so:

At multiple events in New York City on Monday, March 19, First Lady Michelle Obama -- in campaigning for her husband's re-election -- made reference to the effect that Supreme Court appointees will have on "whether we can ... love whomever we choose."

Belting out, the blues

In the aftermath of  a school bus crash into a bridge that killed the driver and a 5-year-old, Michael LaRocco, the Indiana education department's director of school transportation, says he would love to require safety belts on every school bus, but the state just can't afford it:

She wasn't bluffing

Assisted suicide cases usually involve acquiescing to a loved one's request for help in ending unendurable pain or misery. Then there's the case of former Harrison County police officer John Britton, who has reached a plea agreement in the assisted suicide of his wife:

It's a gun world

America, locked & loaded:

 

Thirty years after a powerful gun-control movement swept the country, Americans are embracing the idea of owning and carrying firearms with a zeal rarely seen since the days of muskets and militias.

A dirty job, but someone has to do it

And you thought Indiana politics could get dirty:

SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico - A man facing extortion charges involving a stripper, and who is forbidden from entering City Hall, has been elected mayor of Sunland Park, New Mexico.

Let's just stay home

Everybody complains about the outrageous cost of popcorn and other snacks at the movies, but nobody ever does anything about it, until now; Joshua Thompson, is suing a theater chain because he "got tired o being taken advantage of." Good luck with that:

Stagger in peace

Finally, an honest arsonist

Hoosier criminal genius of the week -- Benjamin Williams of Indianapolis, who confessed to setting nine fires at houses and garages, causing nearly $150,000 in property damages:

Williams told investigators that he started the fires because he was "drunk, stupid and bored," according to a probable cause affidavit.

Fake nature

Environmentalism is the new religion of the left, say some conservatives. Nah, we're talking myth, not religion:

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