Dianne Feinstein and Gun Control

In case you think Dianne Feinstein is being "trendy" or "liberal" to want gun control, this is not the case. In the 1970s, she carried a gun for protection. Then, in 1978, she discovered two of her colleagues dying in a pool of their own blood after being shot by a third colleague.

The thing we have to understand is that many people who want limits on guns are doing so because they have lost loved ones. This is no different than the daughter who runs to raise money to fight the cancer that killed her mom. It's no different than the mom who joins MADD because her husband was killed by a drunk driver.

People want to make sure other people don't have to hurt like they do...that they don't have to feel that hole of having someone ripped away from you.

We also have to understand that victims have successfully created and changed laws before from requiring seatbelts to creating OSHA, but perhaps we should look to Prohibition.

Prohibition happened because men were beating and killing women and women had no legal recourse. They didn't know what to do about it anymore but they knew that alcohol made it both more likely and more likely to be worse than usual.

However, Prohibition didn't last. Today, we can legally drink as long as we meet certain conditions.

No, we can't drink whenever and wherever we like with no consequences. We cannot legally drink and drive...this is a danger to the public.

We cannot legally drive above 100 MPH in most areas...this is a danger to the public.

When something is a danger to the public, it has to be restricted; not necessarily outlawed but restricted.

Hate and Love

"Don’t get panicky. Don’t do anything panicky. Don’t get your weapons. If you have weapons, take them home. He who lives by the sword will perish by the sword. Remember that is what Jesus said. We are not advocating violence. We want to love our enemies. I want you to love our enemies. Be good to them. This is what we must live by. We must meet hate with love."

-Martin Luther King, Jr

January 30, 1956 after someone had just thrown a firebomb into his house.

Work Post: Avengers

M: I'm sorry to break this to you but it's going to lose. Twilight and Hunger Games are very popular with teens ESPECIALLY Twilight.

Me: Don't ruin my hope. I know it's not likely but Avengers is awesome.

(A little bit later...)

Teenager Boy: I don't like Twilight or Hunger Games. Avengers was the best of all of them.

Teenage Boy's Mom: Avengers? That was the best movie all year...I totally forgot all about it.

Also, next David O. Russell film will have Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale, Jeremy Renner AND Jennifer Lawrence.

Yes, Batman, Hawkeye and Katniss/Mystique all in one film! Plus, Amy Adams aka Lois Lane/Giselle.

It should be awesome but then, we were burned with Public Enemies. Then again, I haven't met a David O. Russell film I haven't liked...

P.S. I'm watching Shakespeare Uncovered and loving it except...
Ethan Hawke is touching a First Folio and turning the pages with his BARE HANDS! No gloves!
The History Minor in me is just cringing so hard and wondering if I was too hard on National Treasure for its unrealistic portrayal of national relics being handled inappropriately...