It sounds good to me

What happened to common sense? What happened to doing what works? What happened to fighting for what you believe in? As a thinking man, you have to be asking yourself this every time you watch the news, or listen to the radio, or have a political conversation with someone who's mind tilts a little left.
Example:
1,000,000 illegal aliens march in major U.S. cities to protest America's immigration laws. Do you understand what I'm sayin' here, they broke into our country illegally, which by all rights makes them criminals, and then have the audacity to come out in a public place to protest against the government who's laws they are breaking. But what baffles me the most is the fact that there weren't a few hundred U.S. Marshals with a company of Marines to scoop them up and send them back to Mexico. And now we get to listen to the elected boneheads in our senate and congress argue 2 sides of a problem knowing full well that neither side would work. So, its a good thing I'm here to give the answer most Americans wish our government would give.
First, the reason for coming to our great country must be taken away, so from now on, any business owner who is caught hiring an illegal alien will be arrested on the spot and deported to Mexico. No questions asked. He will no longer be a citizen of the U.S.A., and if he ever wants to come back, he will have to go through the legal immigration procedures. Second, Arrest and deport any and all illegals found living in the U.S., because they no longer have a reason to be here with the induction of step one. along with this, we must resend the law that says a child born in America to an illegal in a citizen, They have no respect for our laws, so they are training their kids not to respect our laws either. Step three, now that all of the illegals are gone or leaving, and there is no reason for any more to come, that only leaves people who want to hurt us coming across the border. My solution to this problem; Security through superior firepower, that's right, soldiers, guns, tanks, walls, and more guns. This way there's no feelings to get hurt, no more "hard working immigrants" to worry about, the only ones coming across are bad guys.
So with all the bantering we hear about immigration, remember, its all just political talk unless it sound like this. And no, I'm sorry, I won't be running for public office, Politics aren't ready for solutions yet.

To Protect and Serve

We are led to believe that the police are our "protectors", and we don't need guns in the hands of citizens to keep us safe. Tell that to the family of Detective Vicky O. Armel of the Fairfax county police department and Officer Michael E. Garbarino, Who were shot outside the Sully District police station on Monday May 8th. Now the fortunate thing was 2 officers were able to stop Micheal Kennedy before he was able to do more damage, on the other hand, 2 officers were killed.
The point I'm trying to make is this, what if this nut had his mind set on shooting up a shopping mall, or a grocery store, would the police have been able to stop him after only 2 casualties? No, by the time the police were called, then had to drive to the mall, and set up a perimeter, Get the SWAT team, and the negotiator... you get my point, the only way this could be stopped, is if citizens were armed and willing to stop him themselves. Had there not been armed police officers right there, the outcome of May 8th would have been even more disastrous.
We as citizens have to understand that the police are for the most part investigators, not protectors. They CANNOT keep us safe, they CANNOT prevent random crimes from occurring, and most importantly, they CANNOT keep a bad guy from hurting you or your loved ones, all they can do is apprehend the one who did it.

NRA Light Rifle Qualification

We're coming up on 4 years now that my son has been shooting with me and I've always struggled for a way to make shooting more competitive. He has always been involved in hunting, and pest control, so shooting has had a reason, but all to often we just go to the range to blast away. Nothin' wrong with that, but I've been looking for some direction to take his shooting for some time now. The problem is, he is too young to compete in sanctioned events, and where we live, there isn't much around anyway. What I found was the NRA Marksmanship Qualification Program. Specificaly, the Light rifle qualification. You use any safe .22 rimfire rifle, no high dollar target rifles needed. Targets and distances are A-32 target, 50 feet, two shots per bullseye. And A-23/5 or A-31X experimental target, 50 yards, five shots per bullseye. The courses of fire are prone or benchrest, all standing, or 3-position -- prone, kneeling and standing. Body and/or gun support may be used at the Pro-Marksman rating level in all courses, and throughout the prone/benchrest course. And the best part for an almost 8 year old is, the awards, which include a Light Rifle Patch. Blue/burgundy certificates. Medals, medal bars and skill rockers used in all courses.
The Boy loves it, and has already qualified as Pro-Marksman in 3-position, and is on his way to expert in prone/benchrest. If you have the same delima I have, I highly reccomend this program, It gives a level of pride to a skill hard earned, and it can be a bit humbling to one whos head is a little large from the lack of competition.
I would love to hear about any other program that is out there for an 8 year old who can handle himself behind a trigger.