Editorial review Getting rid of gun control

The Washington times did an editorial on "Getting rid of gun control" on February 19th back in 2010. This editorial consisted of Virginia's willingness to repeal the unusual law of limiting law-abiding citizens from buying more tan one gun per month. The proof out weighed the means of the limitations that the law would curb crime. It did not.

Inconveniencing Americans to reduce the crime of the state by limiting handgun sales to once a month per person. The only other States with this law are Maryland, California and New Jersey. California had repealed the law back in 2004 while New Jersey's law just went into effect in start of 2010.

The Washington Times believes that the belief of the nanny state notion that gun control works; it does not, and can be quite harmful.

Two books "More guns, Less Crime," "The Bias Against Guns" covers how one gun a month rules reduce the number of gunshows significantly because of the limit of sales that take place. That reducing the legal rights of citizens increase the price of firearms to those who can buy them and reduces the number of firearms at local dealers.

Covering the Brady Campaign in Virginia the Washington Times quotes them on reducing the number of gun crimes has reduced without any offical source siting where they got that information "which is ultimately the bottom line."

The Washington Times understands that, " If people around the nation's capital should understand anything, it is how hard it is to keep criminals from getting guns." The fact that D.C. has banned handguns entirely with the murder tate still rising is evidince of that.  Criminals are criminals because they do not follow the law. Gun bans and gun  waiting periods are on par with One-gun-a-month ruels where they only affect legal law-abidding citizens.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/feb/19/getting-rid-of-gun-control/

Shirley's final bow

The article that I read is about Shirley Temple Black who died Monday night at the age of 85. The first paragraph describes how Shirley Temple that "curly-haired child star who sang, danced, sobbed and grinned" delighted all moviegoers in the 1930's. Publicist Cheryl Kagan said she had died with her family and caregivers at her side. The family has not disclosed the cause of death of Temple.

The family statement cited "We salute her for a life of remarkable achievements as an actor, as a diplomat, and most importantly as our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and adored wife for fifty-five years of the late and much missed Charles Alden Black,"

The article goes into Shirley Temples life of how she transcended into a national phenomenon in 1935 to 1938 in the box-office and boasts that no other child star has yet reached such a feat since. As well as detailing who she surpassed such as Clark Gable, Bing Crosby, Robert Taylor, Gary Cooper and Joan Crawford. She was also credited with saving the studio 20th Century Fox from bankruptcy with her films "Curly Top" and "The Littlest Rebel." Including a drink named after her the "Shirley Temple."

The second part of the article detailed her accomplishments after she left the film business in which she started a family and later entered the political arena as a diplomat to Czechoslovakia during the fall of communism in 1989. In 2006,Temple quipped "I have one piece of advice for those of you who want to receive the lifetime achievement award. Start early." She goes on to say the greatest achievements of her life were as a wife, mother and grandmother. Temple was married for more than 50 years to Charles Black who just died recently in 2005. 

Let the Journalism start!