18 December 2017 - Granite Grok

December 18, 2017

Don’t Let The Title Fool You – NH HB1566 is “AN ACT Prohibiting Firearms”

Delmar Burridge is the lone sponsor of HB1566. And act prohibiting open carry of a firearm in certain public places. But the title is misleading because the language of the bill suggests a different goal entirely. The trouble begins right out of the gate. 159:27 Firearms Prohibited in Certain Public Places. I.  No person shall …

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Who is Peter Strzok?

By now, everyone knows the name. He’s the senior FBI agent who played a pivotal role in the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email scandal and was later assigned to Robert Mueller’s investigation into Trump’s alleged collusion with Russia. He’s the one ultimately removed from that team because of his own email scandal. Recently exposed email correspondence …

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Evergreen Headline – always seems that with a Republican President…

… we see headlines like this: Report: Numbers of homeless people in NH on the rise Put in your own State or city name for “NH” and it will fit.  I wonder when we’ll start seeing the anti-war / peace protesters coming out of the woodwork?  I know in Laconia, the peaceniks that were downtown …

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Heh! That’s some colorful display there….

Hmm, without all of the gaudiness, the colored lights, tinsel, massive crowds, it does kind of make you think a bit more of the real reason for the season, doesn’t it? A more simple life allows one to contemplate on the more serious things in life. (H/T: Powerline)

Quick Thought – how far have the police moral standards fallen?

From The Telegraph: Four recruits accused of cheating during the 172nd New Hampshire Police Academy were later allowed to graduate and become certified police officers. So the Academy knew about it and then condoned it by graduating the cheaters.  Nice to know. Blue lives matter but cheating?  Standards matter? Meh…another public institution destroying itself from …

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Climate Change Removed as “National Threat”

President Trump’s National Security strategy will not include the weather as a threat to the nation. “Climate change is not identified as a national security threat,” an official said, adding that the position is consistent with Mr. Trump’s decision earlier this year to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord that was signed by President Obama. …

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Notable Quote – James Madison

Here is Madison’s first draft of the Second Amendment: “The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, a well-armed and well-regulated militia being the best security of a free country; but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person.” Hmm, perhaps the …

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