Definition of Opinion:  A belief or conclusion held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof.

Please be respectful to others with differing opinions. 

Jim Coats

Mike L.  Re: the Assault Weapon Ban.  I didn't know Sen. Biden was in charge of ALL of Congress and The Presidency.  Wow!  What a guy.  I don't know the backstory here, but I'm not going to look it up because I don't care.

Anyhoo.....You say the Assault Weapon Ban was "allowed to expire?"  Is that what you said?  Therefore, it wasn't canceled by anyone, right?  Then, based on your statement in #9754, MY statement in #9753 remains unchallenged, and still....The Champion!  HHHHHAAAAAAHH!!! (Sound of the crowd cheering).

SECURE THE BORDER!!  AMERICA FIRST!!  ENFORCE THE LAW!!  FOLLOW THE MONEY (straight to the Oval)!!

Mike Lorts

Jim,

You need to seek help in finding the cause of the imaginary cheering in your head.

"Allowed to expire" and "cancelled" is a play on semantics.

Jim Coats

Mike L.  The cheering sound I hear might be tinnitus, but I prefer cheering.

Hmmmmmm.  Who was President in 1996??  I'll have to get in my Way Back Machine.  William Jefferson Clinton, that's who.  Blame him.

The FEMA Secretary is on the ground in AL or MS post tornado devastation.  Good!  She said Biden told her:  "Make sure the people get all the help they need," or words to that effect.  Great!  Just as it should be.  We are still a compassionate nation.

BUT, what about the uncounted homeless veterans...homeless in general....drug addicts living on the street and polluting our cities (Mostly in Blue States/Cities).  What about them?  They aren't clik-bait like the aftermath of a tornado, so they don't get any attention from the Oval.  What about the millions of illegals pouring over the border and laying waste to our medical, educational and economic situation in so many areas and how that has a terrible impact on the entire nation?  What about those people?  Oh, the border is in fine shape and we'll deport people coming in from Canada.  Biden has been, and remains an incompetent joke.  Biden still hasn't been TO the border and neither has his Border Czar, Harris.  Look up Mayorkas and you will see the phrase:  Imminently impeachable.

SECURE THE BORDER!!  AMERICA FIRST!!  ENFORCE THE LAW (for once!)!!  FOLLOW THE MONEY (directly to the oval office)!

Michael Kelly

LORTS: The assault weapons ban lasted ten years. It did not change the figures about murders per capita by any significant amount. If you have a mind given to being LOGICAL INSTEAD OF EMOTION BASED it is easy to see whey the Ban made no significant difference. First, people who abide by the law don't use ASSAULT WEAPONS (of which there is still no working definition of what the word ":ASSAULT" means, anything can be used by a person committing an ASSAULT, in chinatown, here in Los Angeles City, a chinese man used a hammer to bludgeon more than two people over a few hours period of time, I guess the Noodles were just overcooked, whatever, so the hammer could be classified as ASSAULT STYLE WEAPON)  so are we going to ban ASSAULT WEAPONS---WHAT ARE THEY???? The ban expired because it only practically effected law abiding citizens, and surely you have figured out by now that Criminals don't give a hoooot about abiding by any laws, so the Ban meant nothing to them, in fact, they probably enjoyed committing violent crimes more because they were violating a Ban plus doing whatever the hell they want unimpeded. FOCUS LORTS, PEOPLE COMMIT CRIMES, INANIMATE OBJECTS DON'T COMMIT CRIMES. I CAN LOAD AND COCK A SEMI-AUTOMATIC PISTOL, PUT IT ON YOUR KITCHEN TABLE, AND IF NO HUMAN TOUCHES THE TRIGGER OR TAMPERS WITH IT, BY TAKING IT OFF SAFETY, IT WILL STILL BE THERE LOADED, WITH A ROUND CHAMBERED, BUT UNFIRED, 100 YEARS FROM NOW. GET IT? IT AINT THE GUN ITS EVIL PEOPLE WHO COMMIT CRIMES, OR MENTALLY DERANGED. THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN EXPIRED BECAUSE IT WAS INEFFECTIVE, AND CERTAINLY YOU DEMOCRATS WOULD NOT HAVE LET THE EXPIRATION HAPPEN IF IT WAS TO YOUR POLITICAL BENEFIT TO LEAVE IT IN PLACE. SERMON OVER!

Michael Kelly

Allan Dershowitz, Professor Emeritus of Law at Harvard Colllege of Law, has written a Book which legally analyzs the four different attempts to run Donald J. Trump to the ground like a Lion does a Gazelle and the failure to do so. Dershowitz is no member of the Conservative camp, but as some Legal Professors teach, it is the Facts and not the Emotions that should control the proper legal analysis and eventual outcomes of Legal cases, not Politics. Dershowitz is of the Opinion that New York DA Alvin Bragg's pursuit of Donald J. Trump is a groundless dangerous and improperly motivated potential Prosecution of Trump, and demonstrates the very tenuous and unsupported place that the Legal System has fallen to in recent years. Dershowitz says Alvin Bragg can lose his License to practice Law in New York if he continues the potential prosecution of Donald J. Trump because of the testimony last week of the mentor of Michael Cohen, star witness for Bragg against Trump, in which Cohen's mentor testified before the Grand Jury that in his opinion Cohen is a proven Liar and factually supported his criticism of Cohen. Once again, the threat of Donald J. Trump once again serving as President of the USA brings sheer panic to Democrats who are capable of any and all atrocities to find a way to keep Trump out of office. SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS FOR OUR COUNTRY WHEN LIARS WILL DO ANYTHING TO DAMAGE AN OPPONENT, EVEN WRECK THEIR OWN COUNTRY JUST TO HURT A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL. 

Frank Wiley

Michael K.--Great Synopsis, plus proof of the Liberal Lies was the Russian Hoax!!

Bill RIHS

Mike Lorts, nice change in subject, from paying criminals to not comment crimes to the gun band. Can't justify the insanity?

Mike K., good summary!

Good Sunday jokes Frank, as usual.

Mike Lorts

I got it. Trump's your guy! He has 40% of the Republican voters. We'll wait for the election to see how many voters feel the same. 

Mike Lorts

Bill,

Just to clarify. I didn't change the topic. Jim asked me if a liberal law was ever canceled and I named the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban that expired ten years later.

Jim Coats

Mike L.  "You are about to enter another dimension.  A dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind.  A journey into a wondrous land of imagination.  Next stop -  the Twilight Zone."

I'm not going to try to educate you as to the DIFFERENCE between cancel and expire.  I suggest you look it up.  Trust me OR trust Google....there is a difference.

I know you don't mean to, but you continuously make my point for me while trying to refute my point.  Frustrating to have to battle you, but thanks for the endorsement of my conclusion.  Sheesh!

I know you hate this, but I still think you're a good guy and you should come to a Beer Summit.  I think everyone would have a non-political blast and I KNOW you have some good CHS stories.

Jim Coats

I looked up the definition of BLOG today for the FIRST time, because I wondered if the CHS Forum is a blog.  Turns out it fits the definition.  However, I might be more inclined to call it a FLOG.

I saw this guy today at Starbucks.  No IPhone, no tablet, no laptop.  He just sat there drinking coffee.  LIKE A PSYCHOPATH!

Two ladies talking.  "How did you meet your husband?"........"I'm a pharmacist and he comes in to buy condoms, asked for XXXXL and only after we were married I realized he stutters."

Dad talking to his little son:  "What's the magic word to get what you want?"  Little boy:  "I'm offended!"  "Too easy....I won't add any commentary to the joke."

Mike Lorts

I just returned from Costco and stocked up on microwave popcorn in preparation for the upcoming Republican Primary. It will definitely be "must see TV".

Jim Coats

Filled up at Safeway tonight.  Wife's car takes Premium.  NO Premium or Mid-Grade available.  Only 87 octane Regular at $4.50/gal.  The one time......

I blame it all on Biden's energy policy regardless of the reason for the shortage.  Just because I don't like the guy.

Nighty night.

Bill RIHS

Good ones Jim. Costco premium  $5.59/gal Biden gas😤

Greg Watkins

Frank Wiley

Based on the weapons, weapons systems, and ammunition we have given Ukraine PLUS the draining of our Strategic Petroleum Reserve we would be in deep Do-Do if WE ever had to get into a real War.

Frank Wiley

Lyin Biden wants ANOTHER 1.2 Trillion dollars for his new "Investing in America" program.  Let me give an analogy.  Remember when we played Monopoly when we were young?  Imagine if someone landed on one of your properties and they couldn't pay the rent so they asked you to let them off--not pay.  You said no.  The debtor couldn't simply go to the bank and get the money!!  That's what our Country is doing.  The Government is simply going to the Fed and the Fed prints more paper money which increases inflation.  The good news is that the House of Representatives (controlled by the Republicans) will tell Lyin Biden---NO!

DeWitt Bacon

Michael K's post is exactly what I have been saying for years. An assault weapon can be anything used to assault or kill someone. Anything from a .22 pistol to a knife or a rock. It can be a baseball bat, a golf club, a hockey stick, or a fire poker. An AR-15 is no more an assault weapon than a fist.

Alvin Bragg should be disbarred. He is using his position to carry out the political assassination of a political foe that he and George Soros don't want to see elected President again. Others, such as Merit Garland, should also be disbarred, along with any AG  who only wants to prosecute conservatives and target parents as terrorists. 

Mike Lorts

Greg/Frank,

Both of you list the amount of weapons, weapons systems and ammunition we have sent to Ukraine. You correctly state that these weapons came from our reserve. My question to both of you is "for what purpose was this stockpile to be used for"? Was it to be used against an adversary? Is Russia not an adversary that threatens our democracy? Hasn't Ukrain seriously depleted Russia's military strength? Our support of Ukrain against Russia sends a message to Xi that we will support Taiwan if he attempts to invade that country.

Frank Wiley

So exactly how would we support Taiwan if China decides to invade.  Mike are you willing to send Combat Troops?  It would be a bloodbath and I'm afraid we would not win.  First of all we would be outnumbered by 10 to one based on population and China would have a giant advantage because of logistics.  Our so called leadership speaks from both sides of their mouths.  On one hand Lyin Biden has said, "We have a one China policy!"  Then secondly he says we would defend Taiwan.  It can't be both!!  Many items we have sent Ukraine ARE weapons we would use in the case we got into a war.  General Milley last week, testifying to Congress that our arsenal is very depleted.  Even our Military is understaffed.

Mike Lorts

Frank,

You listed a slew of negatives. OK, what do you propose we do in Ukrain? If China invades Taiwan?

Greg Watkins

Mike Lorts

Greg,

I'm tired of beating around the bush. Do you and Frank want to stop supporting Ukrain? The Baltic States send a much higher percentage of GDP to support Ukrain. There's probably corruption. There usually is when there's this much money involved.

Jim Coats

DeWitt, Frank, Greg and Mike Kelly.

God help us!  We have another tragic mass shooting at a Nashville school.  "Apparently" 3 children, 3 staff and the 28-year old female shooter are dead.  Everyone usually wants to be first with the gory details, so I DON'T KNOW for sure what the details are yet.

Apparently the shooter was armed with two "assault style rifles" and a handgun.  This will bring out the screeching gun banners again, including Biden I would bet.

These screeching left wing politicos do NOT know the definition of an assault weapon.  Hell, I'm not sure I know what the "written in stone and endorsed by God" definition is and I'm pretty sure I used some of them.

The left, as DeWitt and others have so aptly stated, will blame those inanimate objects (can we just say firearms?) for the death and destruction and not the "operators" of said firearms.  I think Mike Kelly "reduced it to the ridiculous" when he said if you chamber a round and leave the safety off on a rifle and lay it on the table for 100 years, it would not commit mass burder until a human picked it up and killed people with it.  Truer words have never been spoken, except the 100 years could be extended to infinity.  BTW, Mike Kelly....your #9759 was right on!!

The left is obsessed with inanimate objects, so let's say....FINISH the WALL (all can agree it's inanimate) and keep maybe millions of illegals out of our country who are laying waste to our financial, educational, and medical systems in the U.S.  How about that?  6 dead in Memphis today, 100's of thousands dead from fentanyl due to the open Biden border.  Which one do you want to attack first?

PLEASE SECURE THE BORDER!!  AMERICA FIRST!!  ENFORCE THE LAW!!  FOLLOW THE MONEY (straight to the Oval Office)!!

Frank Wiley

Status Quo in Ukraine.  The United Nations is useless but if they wanted to useful they could throw Russia off the "Security Council" and get a coalition of Nations to sit down with China NOW and set out what sanctions and or penalties would be imposed if they attack.  Economic sanctions would hit China much harder than Russia.