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Yes. We only got back about an hour ago.
We've been going for about fifteen years, and I SWEAR it actually gets better each time.
We see fireworks a week early so we can stay home with the dogs on the 4th. The noise freaks 'em, so they can stay close to us if things get too loud here.
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We've been going for about fifteen years, and I SWEAR it actually gets better each time.
We see fireworks a week early so we can stay home with the dogs on the 4th. The noise freaks 'em, so they can stay close to us if things get too loud here.
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Hadn't heard about that, so I looked it up.
CHP officer struck and killed during Barstow traffic stop | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times
Sad indeed.
CHP officer struck and killed during Barstow traffic stop | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times
McGrory, 28, joined the CHP in 2007 and was assigned to the Barstow area office. He is survived by his wife, a 7-year-old daughter and two sons, ages 4 and 1.
Sad indeed.
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From: La La Land
Finally, some sense from the courts:
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http://www.scotusblog.com/2010/06/li...inions-6-28-10
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
Syllabus
MCDONALD ET AL. v. CITY OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ET AL.
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT
No. 08–1521. Argued March 2, 2010—Decided June 28, 2010
Two years ago, in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U. S. ___, this
Court held that the Second Amendment protects the right to keep
and bear arms for the purpose of self-defense and struck down a Dis-
trict of Columbia law that banned the possession of handguns in the
home. Chicago (hereinafter City) and the village of Oak Park, a Chi-
cago suburb, have laws effectively banning handgun possession by
almost all private citizens. After Heller, petitioners filed this federal
suit against the City, which was consolidated with two related ac-
tions, alleging that the City’s handgun ban has left them vulnerable
to criminals. They sought a declaration that the ban and several re-
lated City ordinances violate the Second and Fourteenth Amend-
ments. Rejecting petitioners’ argument that the ordinances are un-
constitutional, the court noted that the Seventh Circuit previously
had upheld the constitutionality of a handgun ban, that Heller had
explicitly refrained from opining on whether the Second Amendment
applied to the States, and that the court had a duty to follow estab-
lished Circuit precedent. The Seventh Circuit affirmed, relying on
three 19th-century cases—United States v. Cruikshank, 92 U. S. 542,
Presser v. Illinois, 116 U. S. 252, and Miller v. Texas, 153 U. S. 535—
which were decided in the wake of this Court’s interpretation of the
Fourteenth Amendment’s Privileges or Immunities Clause in the
Slaughter-House Cases, 16 Wall. 36.
Held: The judgment is reversed, and the case is remanded...
Complete (214 page) opinion at:
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-1521.pdf
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http://www.scotusblog.com/2010/06/li...inions-6-28-10
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
Syllabus
MCDONALD ET AL. v. CITY OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ET AL.
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT
No. 08–1521. Argued March 2, 2010—Decided June 28, 2010
Two years ago, in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U. S. ___, this
Court held that the Second Amendment protects the right to keep
and bear arms for the purpose of self-defense and struck down a Dis-
trict of Columbia law that banned the possession of handguns in the
home. Chicago (hereinafter City) and the village of Oak Park, a Chi-
cago suburb, have laws effectively banning handgun possession by
almost all private citizens. After Heller, petitioners filed this federal
suit against the City, which was consolidated with two related ac-
tions, alleging that the City’s handgun ban has left them vulnerable
to criminals. They sought a declaration that the ban and several re-
lated City ordinances violate the Second and Fourteenth Amend-
ments. Rejecting petitioners’ argument that the ordinances are un-
constitutional, the court noted that the Seventh Circuit previously
had upheld the constitutionality of a handgun ban, that Heller had
explicitly refrained from opining on whether the Second Amendment
applied to the States, and that the court had a duty to follow estab-
lished Circuit precedent. The Seventh Circuit affirmed, relying on
three 19th-century cases—United States v. Cruikshank, 92 U. S. 542,
Presser v. Illinois, 116 U. S. 252, and Miller v. Texas, 153 U. S. 535—
which were decided in the wake of this Court’s interpretation of the
Fourteenth Amendment’s Privileges or Immunities Clause in the
Slaughter-House Cases, 16 Wall. 36.
Held: The judgment is reversed, and the case is remanded...
Complete (214 page) opinion at:
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-1521.pdf
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