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Action Required: Contact the Connecticut workgroup on Gun Violence Prevention (UPDATE)

By Steve McGough | January 24, 2013 |

How can you prepare for the Gun Violence Prevention Working Group public hearing to be held this Monday (Jan. 28) in Hartford? Read on for more information. If you plan to speak, do your homework and prepare. Also, TAKE ACTION NOW and contact members of the working group. (Contact information below.)

Panera Bread Foundation opens “pay what you can afford” location in Boston

By Steve McGough | January 24, 2013 |

This is an interesting concept. Detractors will say Panera builds locations so they can make money for stockholders, but this location was built and will operate using dollars from their in-house foundation. Almost all large and many small businesses include a social responsibility component, and this is something Panera has chose to do.

Piers Morgan – Turns out he’s a designer shoe aficionado

By Steve McGough | January 22, 2013 |

I wonder what it’s like, you know … to be able to appreciate shoes that cost upwards of 3,000 USD.

Predictions? Could Mali be the next terrorist stronghold?

By Steve McGough | January 22, 2013 |

We’re hearing more and more about terrorism – the administration embraced the word over the weekend – in west and north Africa during the last week or so, and I find the situation in Mali disturbing. The military wing of our government sees a big area of concern, but the politicians don’t see it that…

Sports Illustrated’s Kids of the Year

By Steve McGough | January 19, 2013 |

From Sports Illustrated. “Seven-year-old Cayden is unable to walk or talk on his own, but his nine-year-old brother Conner had an idea that would allow them to participate in sports together. A year and a half ago, they began competing in triathlons together. Conner swims while pulling Cayden in a raft, bikes with his little…

French attack al-Qaida linked groups in western Africa

By Steve McGough | January 14, 2013 |

As the United States “winds-down” efforts against Islamic terrorist organizations in Asia, the French are ramping-up against Islamist militants in the African nation of Mali. The French are using fighter jets to pound al-Qaida linked training camps in the northern part of the country.

A solution to the “gun show loophole” that does not exist?

By Steve McGough | January 12, 2013 |

Jazz Shaw over at Hot Air just put a nice piece together about the so-called gun show loophole, which is not a gun show loophole, but rather a private sale loophole. The issue here is the federal government and the ATF publish no regulations as to when one must become a federal firearms “dealer.”

Why semi-automatic rifles are a good choice for home defense

By Steve McGough | January 11, 2013 |

I’ve pulled this information from my recent post. I made the information shorter and easier for everyone to digest. Please read and share via Facebook or the social media method of your choice.

Yes, law makers are suggesting firearm confiscation

By Steve McGough | January 9, 2013 |

I’ve often heard people state the government and lawmakers are not talking about taking your guns away. Oh yes they are.

We are raising a generation of deluded narcissists

By Steve McGough | January 9, 2013 |

An interesting read from Dr. Keith Ablow. Ablow is “an American psychiatrist, expert witness, New York Times best-selling author of fiction and nonfiction, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Tufts Medical School and television personality who hosted a national, daily syndicated talk show.” He also writes for Fox News. A new analysis of the American Freshman…