Measure McGrady killed was both constitutional and rational

Details

Published on Wednesday, 14 March 2012 16:32

Posted by Paul Valone

By F. Paul Valone
March 14, 2012

In Valiant, Oklahoma, on October 1, 2002, Weyerhaeuser Co. conducted a surprise search by sending drug-sniffing dogs into its employee parking lot. Although they found no drugs, twelve workers were fired after guns were discovered in their vehicles¹ – a fate many readers here could easily suffer. Since then, legislation allowing employees to keep guns in locked vehicles at workplaces has passed in Georgia, Florida, Oklahoma, Alaska, Kentucky, Mississippi, Kansas and Minnesota², and is under debate in Tennessee.³

Read more: Measure McGrady killed was both constitutional and rational

NC legislators must act to stop restaurant homicide

Details

Published on Sunday, 22 January 2012 11:38

Posted by Paul Valone

By F. Paul Valone
January 20, 2012

3 recent restaurant crimes: 2 disarmed victims dead, 1 armed concealed handgun permit-holder prevails …

When Grass Roots North Carolina drafted legislation to expand concealed carry into the state’s restaurants, the naysayers laughed. “Why should anybody need a gun in a restaurant?” they smirked. “Think about drunks with guns!” Sadly, last weekend gave us the sort of retort we have dreaded all along: Danielle Watson.

Danielle was a manager at the Flying Biscuit Café in Charlotte. On January 13, she was closing the restaurant along with recently-hired cook Mark Cox. What she apparently didn’t know about Cox was that he was a felon, released just two months ago after doing time for armed robbery.

Read more: NC legislators must act to stop restaurant homicide

Michael Luo misrepresents NC concealed handgun permit system

Details

Published on Thursday, 05 January 2012 18:37

Posted by Paul Valone

By F. Paul Valone
January 2, 2012

Read more: Michael Luo misrepresents NC concealed handgun permit system