Florida Does It Again

The State of Florida has done it again.  This Saturday, October 1, 2011 some new gun laws are going into effect.  The new states that state law is superior to local ordinances.  This is a response to a case where a Gulf Breeze, Florida doctor was forced to shut down his private range on his own land.  Read that again.  It is an outrage when a town forces a person who pays property taxes to close a gun range he had open before neighbors moved in.  They chose to move there.  The range was already there when they decided to close on the properties they chose to purchase. The new neighbors helped get an ordinance a noise ordinance limiting gunshots to five a day to force the doctor to shutdown his private gun range.  A range on his private property.  That he pays taxes for.  Hurrah for the lawmakers in Tallahassee and for Rick Scott for having the guts and common sense to get this much needed law passed.
The second line of business is also common sense.  Florida does not permit open carry, so folks who wish to carry guns with a concealed carry license must be careful not to reveal the gun they carry or they can be charged with "brandishing".  The new law protects folks who do carry concealed.  If the gun is accidentally revealed when performing a task (such as putting groceries in your car) you can't be charged with brandishing.  Maybe some folks with brains were elected in 2010 in the Sunshine State.  I hope that holds true for other States also.

A New Start

I'd like to announce the reopening of my blog.  I intend on doing things a bit different this time around and I'd like to thank everyone for the support they have shown and send a special thanks to the folks who have asked me to reopen this site.  I'll still do political commentary, but now I intend to focus more on the states rights issue as I firmly believe Washington, D.C is simply to corrupt to save.  Please check in once a week and submit feedback.
Thank you again for taking the time to read this blog and have a great day.

Where is the ACLU?

As some of you may know a judge in New Jersey refused a woman a restraining order against her husband after he repeatedly raped her.  The judge in the case, Judge Joseph Charles, ruled that since the woman's husband was Muslim he had the right to have sex with her...even if she refused to have sex with him.  The man forced the wife to have sex with him against her will.  Now I'm not a lawyer but I do know what rape is.  Forcing anyone to have sex is rape.  Period.  End of story.  But not in Islam and Judge Charles evidently agrees with that sentiment.  In steps Oklahoma.  As you know we had an election on the second of November and in Oklahoma a measure was passed by the people of Oklahoma stating a judge may not use religious or international law to make a ruling.  The Muslim community is up in arms.  They want the courts to make rulings based on Sharia law as is done in Britain.  So my question is where in the hell is the ACLU?  Don't they champion separation of church and state?  However that may be the reason why they are silent.  Maybe they are fine with Mosque and State.  Muneer Awad, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Oklahoma  filed a lawsuit challenging the measure as violating his First Amendment rights.  That is crap.  First over seventy percent of the voters who voted approved the measure called State Question 755 also known as "Save Our State".  Second, the people in Oklahoma (and in any State) are sovereign and can do as they please as long as the State Constitution isn't violated.  That is why the States have Constitutions after all.  Lastly, the Federal Constitution restrains the Federal government not the sovereign states!  Wake up America!  Contact your newly elected state leaders and demand they pass laws like what Oklahoma has done.  If you don't there may be an Islamic court headed your way sooner than you think.