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Your observations about how WW2 vets treated vets from subsequent wars are vastly different from what I have observed.

Whoa! Quite an indictment of WW2 veterans.

Three Purple Hearts and a Silver Star make for interesting reading. Durning survived the D-Day invasion as well as managing to escape the Melmedy Massacre after being captured in the Battle of the Bulge. Durning speaks about landing at Omaha Beach: NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT | Charles...

How many times has the United States gone to war on behalf of an African nation? Not because of an African nation, but on behalf of an African nation?

Obama has a natural kinship with Africa. Being our first African-American president, we should expect him to take a keen interest in making things right for the African continent. After all, the African peoples have been exploited by colonial powers for centuries.

This guy must have lived an amazing life. I have seen Charles Durning in movies and on television since my childhood. I had no idea he was a decorated veteran of WW2. As mentioned before, this generation is almost all gone. How many well known entertainers who served in WW2 still remain...

Yes, Mr. Obama says we need to have a serious conversation about guns in this nation and millions rush to buy.

Sidwell Friends takes school safety seriously. Breitbart,com mentions today that Sidwell Friends School has 11 armed guards in addition to Secret Service for Obama's children. It is their policy to have multiple armed security personnel, year in and year out; regardless whether First Family...

Lawsuits are going to fly if we do nothing to increase school safety. Having a hall monitor and a doorbell to get buzzed in isn't going to be good enough. Having an electronically closed door isn't going to be enough. Having closely watched security cameras isn't going to be enough. An armed...

Half the troops were armed? I don't think our soldiers are allowed to carry an armed weapon on US bases in most situations.

Thank you Ragman, I forgot about armed security at Columbine. Perhaps, their presence diminshed the slaughter.

Indeed, having armed security in our schools is a local issue. Some school districts will choose this option, while many will not choose to be armed. Having an armed presence is a potent deterrent. As mentioned in another thread, since the Israelis implemented a policy of having armed...

Looks like a foreign rig.

There isn't going to be anything like universal implementation of armed security at schools. I can see it gaining widespread approval in the South and Southwest. Places like Vermont, probably not.

Some gun enthusiasts still make their own from kits: Kentucky Longrifles

AMonger... I have read a lot of conflicting news reports about which weapons Lanza actually used. The best and latest info seems to be (1) Lanza shot his mother at home as she was sleeping, using a .22 caliber rifle. This .22 was found at the scene in the Lanza home. (2) Adam Lanza took two...

It's doubtful Obama and the Democrats will get any legislation passed regarding gun control. Maybe something symbolic, but nothing substantive. In a month or two, the white-hot emotion of this tragedy will have cooled.

Obama doesn't have to pray for more children to die in mass shootings because he knows full well another mass shooting will happen. Then, another. The problem for many people is the eagerness with which Obama seizes these emotional moments to further his left-wing agenda. I am not too...

Herein lies the genius of our Founders: It takes enormous momentum to admend the US Constitution. In order to repeal the 2nd Admendment, it would take a two-thirds majority vote in the House and Senate, THEN forward the proposal to the 50 states where it would have to be ratified by 38 of 50...