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Winter in Pittsburgh is always interesting.

Pittsburgh, situated in the Pittsburgh Plateaus Province of the Appalachian Mountains, has lots of rolling hills. Some of the topography can make for fairly steep and extended drop offs. So at the top of Lydia Street in Greenfield down to Greenfield Avenue that 200 foot downgrade can be pretty extreme in places.

At the top of another high point in the area, around Beacon and Wightman in Squirrel Hill, a small wave of atmospheric energy passed over the area around 8:30 AM bringing a quick burst of precipitation. It was snowing those little “pellets” of snow, like miniature snowballs. And it was coming down really quickly for a few minutes. As the bus I was riding descended down Forbes Ave to S. Bellefield Ave the precipitation had time to pass through more of the warmer atmosphere.

During the trip down Forbes Ave the snow pellets had changed to a wet snow about half way down the hill, and at the bottom the precipitation event had changed entirely to a wet drizzle. As the moisture was falling through the atmosphere in the higher elevation it was frozen but as it had more time to pass through the warmer air in the lower elevation it melted to a cold but wet rain.

As we passed the Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh I thought of the fact that someone looking out of a 40th floor window would see snow yet someone else simultaneously standing at the base of the Cathedral would be rained upon.

Winter in Pittsburgh is always interesting.

Given the successes of those states issuing concealed carry permits to citizens, I suggest a nationwide pilot program: the repeal of all anti-gun laws – all 22,000 of them — for a period of five years. This includes a moratorium on all new gun laws for five years, and suspension of all court cases pending for weapons charges with the exception of violent crimes involving a gun. Owning a certain rifle is considerably different from holding up a liquor store with a gun.

The object is, of course, to demonstrate the truth and genius of the sovereignty of the law-abiding, and to give trial to the second amendment’s ageless place in our society. (Not that it needs it.) The question should be on the lips of every honest American: why do they constrain and punish the people who aren’t doing the criminal shootings, and how is this related to how I run my home? Why am I discouraged from acting in self-defense?

Interested? Want to read more? Then click over to mensnewsdaily.com and read the entire article for yourself. This is the first time John has popped up on my Guns Rights Radar and I must say I am impressed.

Understand, members of Congress, that we do not take the law into our own hands – we are the law.

The People could not has said it better themselves.

I told everyone these Presidential Dollar Coins were going to be dogs. And they are.

But even I did not realize just how awful they would look. I have heard some say they look like casino tokens, others wondering how to get the chocolate out of them. I just wanted to show everyone what one looked like, you may never ever see one. These are truly beasts. I hate them already and I haven’t touched one yet.

Not to be critical.

This gem, or lump of coal if you want to look at it that way, comes to us from the CBS affiliate WCCO in Minnesota.

Thief Sides With Shotgun-Wielding Farmer

(AP) Cambridge, Minn. A retired farmer who was charged with felony assault for wielding a shotgun near a gasoline thief got support from the thief as he pleaded guilty to stealing gas and a car radiator.

Kenneth Englund, 74, was armed with a shotgun on Oct. 15 when he confronted Christian Harris Smith and a woman at a vacant farm near Englund’s home as Smith was taking gasoline from a vehicle.

England (sic) then chased the pair while calling the sheriff’s office on a cell phone.

After the vehicles stopped and a deputy sheriff arrived, Englund’s shotgun was found to be unloaded, according to the criminal complaint.

The charge against Englund on Monday was reduced to two misdemeanors, pointing a gun at another person and disorderly conduct.

Smith, 28, was sentenced to 90 days in jail last week by Isanti County District Judge James Dehn. As Smith entered his guilty plea, he spoke out in support of Englund.

“I don’t think he should be held responsible for, you know, anything involving any of these issues,” Smith said. “I committed a crime and, you know, he did what he probably thought was right to … resolve the situation.”

According to a court transcript, Smith said that, in addition to paying restitution to the owner of the property, he would like to do “whatever I can” to benefit Englund.

Attorney Brian Toder, who is representing Englund, said he will fight the reduced charges.

Englund brandished his shotgun but did not point it at anybody, Toder said. “Even if he did, that’s reasonable force. He’s with a guy who he thought was a drug-crazed meth-head.”

Englund, a member of the Bradford Township Board, has received an outpouring of support in his community — where there has been an increase in property crimes — and from around the country.

The Gun Control zealots are truly suffering from hoplophobia. Holding an unloaded shotgun a misdemeanor??? Remember, EVERY gun law in the United States is ILLEGAL. Every one of them. Now ask yourself this question, why does Mr. Englund have to defend himself at all? What did he do wrong? Nothing. Not a damn thing.

The Federal Constitution and every State Constitution reserves the Right to Keep and Bear Arms an exclusive Right of the People, a right that shall not be infringed. Every gun law passed is further infringement against the people of the United States of America. One day, and maybe over the criminal abuse of Imminent Domain by local governments, will the Second Amendment be enforced by the people over the government.

“GodTube utilizes Web based technology to connect Christians for the purpose of encouraging and advancing the Gospel worldwide.” - Mission Statement Godtube.com

I am not sure if this is what God had in mind when He told us to be separate from the world while living in the world. What good does it to the pagan world if we, as Christians, seal ourselves up into little enclaves and encampments and only interact with those who are like minded?

Isn’t that what the world wants us to do, go away and not bother them with their sin and their need of a savior? Is it any wonder that television and movies and the culture in general is in such a mess; because Christians have abandoned the culture?

Be that as it may, the GodTube website is a nice repository of things Christian or at least dressed in christian garb. I know it is at least marginally OK because I found a video from my mentor Dr. R.C. Sproul, which is presented for your viewing pleasure below.

Double Imputation: The Grounds of Justification