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Thursday, January 17, 2013

The Parents Yap About Playdate Pre-screening: Got Guns?

When your child is going to a friend's home, how many questions do you ask in advance?

This topic was recently discussed on the Today Show, and it got us talking. Do you ask about guns? Drugs? Alcohol? And if you don't, should you? The Parents yap about playdate pre-screening, what they ask, when, and why.   Tasha Schlake Festel Great. Something else society tells me I should be doing but am not. Add it to the ever-growing list. Honestly, it seems like every day I learn about another way in which I am an inadequate mother. I don't ask if people have guns. I don't ask if they drink. I don't ask if they have criminal records. I don't ask if they have exotic or potentially dangerous pets. I don't ask if they have lead paint. I don't ask if they have bed bugs. I don't ask if they use non-prescription drugs. I don't ask if they …

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Should Licensed Gun Owners' Information be Public?

If you are licensed to own a gun, would you want your name and address publicized?

A news publication in New York is under scrutiny for publishing the names and addresses of gun owners.   Less than two weeks after the tragic shooting in Newtown, Conn., the New York Journal News earlier this week published the names and addresses of local gun owners in three New York counties.   A story titled, "The gun owner next door: What you don't know about the weapons in your neighborhood," highlights the names and addresses of residents who are licensed to own handguns. The Journal News got the data through Freedom of Information Law requests, according to The Huffington Post.  The Journal News reportedly requested the information from New York's Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties, though the publication was only able to …

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Dave Gray

8:48 am on Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Pot smoking dirtbags..............as opposed to alcohol swilling dirtbags. Thank goodness the majority disagree with you. It's about time you got over it.   more ›

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