I don't think I could agree on the time of day with Waters, Jackson-Lee, Jackson and their ilk. If they told me the sky was blue, I'd look up.

One interesting discussion I got into, when I mentioned that I was from New Hampshire where we have the "Castle Doctrine", was about things that aren't normally weapons in the UK.

You can have a cricket bat. No problem there. If a burglar with a knife breaks into your house - you can NOT run to another room to retrieve it and use it as a weapon. THAT is illegal! The same holds true if you ran to the kitchen to et a knife or even a rolling pin or frying pan.

But wait - here comes the LOONEY part... *If* the item is ALREADY in the room you're in (sometimes they specify "within arm's reach") you CAN use the "casual object" as a weapon. But if you have to go a few feet to GET it - you CAN'T!

Now - changing subjects. Reparations? Poppycock! *BUT* - tell you what. I *might* agree to "reparations" ONCE. In exchange, *ALL* forms of Affirmative Action, quotas, points systems, preferential treatments, set-asides, etc - ALL OF THEM - are wiped off the books with an ammendment making them UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

Just my opinion...