A gun is an inanimate object and therefore cannot be violent. People are what can be violent and as such, are the real source of any given problem. However, no politician is going to try and control the human condition and the nature of humans to want to kill each other since that can't really be co...

If there was something in pot that could be a medical benefit without actually getting high I could see it. Other than that the whole medical thing IMO is just an excuse to get high, it fixes nothing. Google "Charlotte's Web" which is a strain higher in CBD (Cannabidoil) vs THC (the thing...

As MN has just passed the first Legislative hurtle, I though I would send a few question off to my local Rep and Senator. Here is what I asked them. Dear Senator Reinert, As we work through the process of "Legalizing" marijuana for Medical purposes, I feel there are a couple very importan...

They should make medical AND recreational marijuana legal across the board in all 50 states and then treat it exactly like they treat alcohol....gotta be 21 to use it, subject to DUI laws, etc. Note...I DON'T use marijuana and never will, but this "war on drugs" has gone on long enough wi...

You know what I find funny/odd (and hypocritical), is that that Marijuana is a Schedule 1 drug which it is partly because the US Government says that it doesn't have any medicinal purpose; and yet US Patent 6,630,507 is held by the US Government. A patent for CBD, one of the key ingredients in Marij...

Go to Bills in Robinsdale, you can get that feeling 3-4 times a visit. It is why I don't go there anymore. That along with the air quality which sucks and (look for the old post on here), but there's an image of two loaded fully automatic firearms sitting on a shelf BEHIND the firing line. That did...

I wonder how many Accent Signage employees wish they'd been carrying that day. Since crime/criminals don't make appointments.......... Carrying a gun doesn't guarantee that you'll live through such an event, but it does give you the option and ability to defend yourself vs not. I can ALWAYS get anot...

Did the shooter say "HEY YA'ALL!! Watch THIS!!" before they pulled thar trigga?

Yeah, that's kind of where I was going with the quote. There are some folks who think that including "In my opinion" somehow exempts their statements from critique. Not at all in my opinion. If someone feels the need to critique my opinions, good for them. Likewise, I've never felt or sai...

Frank Ettin wrote:In my view, all opinions are not equal.

That's your opinion. Mine is different from yours. God for us both. I am comfortable with both.

Frank Ettin wrote:There are those I may value, and there are those I reject or dismiss.

I value them all, even those I may reject or dismiss.

Yeah, that's kind of where I was going with the quote. There are some folks who think that including "In my opinion" somehow exempts their statements from critique. Not at all in my opinion. If someone feels the need to critique my opinions, good for them. Likewise, I've never felt or sai...

Hmac wrote:Two differing opinions are not equally valid if one of them is based on faulty or incomplete understanding of the facts.

Well, that's another opinion.

mrp wrote:

XDM45 wrote:Arguing about opinions is stupid. Everyone believes in their own logical and perceptive truth based on these things as well as their own perceptions, their own beliefs. All of those are in constant flux and change. That's my opinion.

We each have our own.

People seem to have a lot of trouble understanding this state-federal dichotomy. It starts with Clause 2 of Article VI of the Constitution: This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authori...