NC Renegades

(Washington Times)   –  WASHINGTON, July 28, 2012 — There has been hotly renewed debate recently about gun control, and whether a gun ban would have saved lives in the Aurora tragedy. Considering the theater where the shooting occurred actually banned guns, another gun ban probably would have failed completely.

But there’s another angle to the gun control debate that hasn’t received nearly as much attention as it should have. Is there a constitutional right to own assault rifles? Do we have the right, under the constitution, to own fearsome AK-47s and AR-15s?

To answer the question, we need to just look at the text of the Amendment itself:

“A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”

The answer is crystal clear: Yes, there is a constitutional right to own all types of rifle, including ones that scare liberals and those who only trust the government with guns.
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Please go to the Article, and provide the author some traffic – anything to support someone who actually *gets it*!

Thanks

LT
~Those who abuse Liberty, do so at their own peril!

…now they’re called “Energy Flex Alerts”:

(LA Times) – Electricity flex alert lifted for weekend, but conservation urged [Updated]

The energy flex alert ordered for this weekend has been shortened by the California Independent System Operator, although the agency is still asking customers to conserve energy.

The grid operator originally called a flex alert that would run from Friday through Sunday because of extreme heat and plant outages that have put a strain on the system. The alert remains in place for Friday but has been lifted for Saturday and Sunday.

During the alert, customers are asked to scale back energy use during the peak hours of 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., setting thermostats at 78 degrees or higher, turning off unnecessary lights and appliances, and restricting use of major appliances to the morning and late evening.

[Updated at 11:38 a.m.: California ISO spokeswoman Stephanie McCorkle said the statewide alert was called off for the weekend because temperatures had been slightly lower than predicted on Thursday. Peak demand for Thursday had been projected as high as 47,125 megawatts, but the actual peak use was 45,325 megawatts. McCorkle attributed the difference to about 900 megawatts in conservation and lower than forecast temperatures in Southern CA, especially along the coast.]
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Funny, I was just writing about how increasing demand, reduced supply, and an aging, overloaded grid structure was an electrical disaster in the making…  OK, not funny – rather scary, in fact.  Oddly enough, I was just in the Silicon Valley area earlier this week and it was quite mild…so this “heat wave” is rather localized to southern California, yet it is causing issues which may result in Rolling Blackouts…oops, sorry, now we call them “Flex Alerts” – same problem, different branding.

WE HAVE BEEN WARNED

LT
~Those who abuse Liberty, do so at their own peril!