Can anyone tell me how many times someone has taken their holstered gun and killed people with it in the U.S? I just dont understand this everyone should carry a gun stuff.
@flute1234 Not everyone should carry a gun(or a weapon). But it is a legal right that we should all accept. And if folks are properly trained with the use and handling. Crime will lower. It is proven in other countries. It's also about the slow removal and blurring of laws that identify that citizens are the people, not business, or government. by people i'm referring to the Deceleration of Independence.
Currently living in Kansas, but lookin to be moving back east. Any suggestions on where in N.H. is a good place for a truckdriver to park a truck w/o having probs w/the locals??
Hey, Dave! I like the way you're doing things there in NH. What's happening there is telling me two things; one, that the police people there are doing things right, and we have to like that, and two, that more people America-wide, are thinking about going up to see how the northeast is weather wise!
Keep up the good work, Dave. You look like you're doing it right, and we can do nothing but thank you for that, sir! Well, I meant, Dave!
Many cops are against "Drug wars" because they witness first hand what it really does to the people! So let us ally with the police by informing them what we really believe in and what we are trying to do! Let's not increase the hostility between police and the people by fueling confusion, but try to be friendly to the police and get them on our side!
Are you really this stupid on the subject of drug busts'? O M G!! You are actually supporting the "rights" of drug dealers? How do you propose they get drugs off the streets? Ask them "Pretty please stop selling drugs." Your a fuckin moron.
@outlawracer2229 There is NO way to get drugs completely off the streets. By making it illegal however it makes a black market. This creates a lucrative business for criminals to finance their activity.
Another problem is, the quality, and relative safety of the substance is unknown creating a health risk.
What is your solution?
Try understanding the depth of the problem, and the main cause of it. The problem isn't the drug, its the law. BTW more people die from legal drugs than illegal
@outlawracer2229 yes, I have seen it. I have also seen someone nearly die from LEGAL prescription drugs, and I know of people who have died from them. To contrast that, I know someone in their mid 50s who has used illicit drugs heavily for nearly 40 years, and people mistake him and his 21 year old son for brothers.
What about the legal drugs nicotine, and alcohol, do you know how many deaths are attributed to each of those every year? Ever seen what happens to a long time smoker, or alcoholic?
those are not "victimless" drugs that you are showing on your vid. Even alc. isnt a victimless substance. spread your proaganda but at least dont lie about it please. those statements are as ridiculous as reefer madness. follow me ?
@BANGBANG1N See the problem with that is we start turning into well I think this is okay for you and this is not. It's just dumb. We should learn morals for ourselves not let the govt. dictate what's right and wrong for us.
the "WAR" on drugs is a JOKE and the government control's the sales of drugs and crime rate by drug bust's,,all the murders and kidnapping's on the MEXICO TEXAS boarder are all from the crack down on the drug dealers ,,at the same time the U.S. government is making Billions that's with a "B" BILLIONS OF $ on the court cost's , prison rate , free slave layber from the prisoner's and off the drug's they "let" you grow in emerald triangle , so its all a big joke and we are all on strings !!
Selling drugs is NOT a victimless crime. All the people that are connected to the end product have at least once committed a crime that had a victim, not 100% but most. I would like to see the decriminalization of all illegal drugs to wipe out most if not all black market controllers. It should be regulated and taxed like any other drug (IE Tobacco, etc..). Wouldn't that be something, to goto Wal-Marts pharmacy counter and buy a pack of Cannabis 100's? Drugs have only been illegal for 70+ years.
Why are we trying to obsess about what someone else might want to do that you don't agree with but is "victimless" because, in the same way people choose to drink, the act itself(same as if you had a few beers) does NO HARM TO OTHERS! However, I am a firm believer that intoxicated or not, you are still responsible for any and all of your OWN actions- before, during and after(pretty much till your dead). If you want to be a drunk, its your life.
@captwasabi why don't you go drink yourself into a perfect life and stop trying to obsess about what someone else might want to do that you dont agree with but is "victimless" because, in the same way people choose to drink, the act itself(same as if you had a few beers) does NO HARM TO OTHERS! However, I am a firm believer that intoxicated or not, you are still responsible for any and all of your OWN actions.If you want to be a drunk, its your life.
@asmartassfool The problem with your argument is that it is highly unlikely to die from your first drink. Sure, you could binge on it and die from alcohol poisoning but that %age of that is rather low. Many drugs, on the other hand, are the exact opposite. One could easily overdose on your first hit of heroine, meth, crack or other drugs and that is certainly not victimless. Cntd....
@asmartassfool 2nd, it is a known fact that many drugs are produced in countries under situations where entire villages are kept in a constant state of terror by the drug growers who terrorize these people. That is certainly not victimless. Again, alcohol does not suffer from this condition. Personally, I think marijuana should be legal with the same taxes and fines levied for misuse. Hard drugs do need to be kept illegal as one can easily overdose from a single use.
@asmartassfool Finally, I feel that, whether drunk or high, if you are caught operating a vehicle then the punishment should be a felony charge of attempted manslaughter. Everyone capable of chewing gum knows that driving while impaired will kill innocents and the current punishment is not a strong enough deterrent. I think my position is a strong enough compromise to both sides of the argument.
Germans are not racists.The German state persecutes German people in the same way as foreigners.Torture and murder are seen as normal tools of the state because Germans get accustomed to this since beeing young children.So no German would ever complain.In no other country torture and murder by the state is accepted.Consequently foreigners being persecuted in Germany are complaining.This gives the completely false picture of Germans being racist.They are not.They are only NAZIs.See my homepage.
@mejw1 Arizona does it. i went up there on vacation a few months back and it was great. i wasnt sure if it was legal for me to carry or not since i wasnt a citisen, but it was still comforting to know that i wouldnt get in trouble for bringing my guns with me.
religious nuts scare me and I find them at times to be a threat to society should they decide to be aggressive or intrusive. However, until they actually commit or conspire to commit crimes against others, they shouldn't be arrested or harrassed. Drug use should be no different. Every section of society has individuals that commit crime against others. We should focus on those individuals and not the broad generalized group of which they can be catagorized in.
@CRJarvis What does carrying a gun around in public have to do with freedom of speech? you will need to explain that one to me. and yeh you hit the nail on the head. I, a guy who lives in australia, doesnt like freedom of speech and wants to change the US into another country. how unamerican of me.
@RingOfFire1988 Freedom of speech is protected by what? Oh you do not have a Gun and you do not live in the USA.
So Shut up, you do not have any rights or freedom if you can not exercise them and if you can not defend them or yourself. And I hear the crime rate in Australia is skyrocketing with your new laws on Guns.
now I know this was rude, sorry for that but I hope you are getting my answer.
@CRJarvis oh man you're a real gun slingin' bull ridin' american arent you lol the crime rate hasnt skyrocketed from what ive noticed, but hey if you say so. i didnt even know they changed the gun laws. over here we dont need guns to exercise freedom of speech or protect our rights. its very easy to get a rifle license over here, but a hand gun license takes a long time, which is good, because every fucking idiot would have a concealed weapon otherwise and then the crime rate would rocket.
What does it have to do with the freedom of speech?!?! You are silently voicing your opinions like everyone else but with actions instead of words. As with the age old saying "Actions speak louder than words"! You are telling a would be criminal that you;d best think twice before you mess with me because I do intend to defend myself ( or anyone else with me).
if thats is the case no one is holding them here against their will. If they dont like the way things are run goto where you think you will be happy and let the rest of us that are happy about where we live; let live. dont tell me that you think china is better and that i should want the us to become little china.....i will never agree cause i dont see a problem with the way things are. THIS IS WHY I CHOSE AT ONE POINT IN TIME TO SERVE MY COUNTRY.
you're an american telling me not to get involved in your country? thats ironic.
good on you for serving your country, theres nothing wrong with that if you feel strongly about it. what i disagreed with initially was carrying a gun around in public. if people wanna have one at home, fine. if anybody breaks into ur house you should have the right to defend yourself.
In your opinion people have a right to defend themselves, but only when they're in their own home?You don't ever hear of ANY open carriers using their firearm for intimidation purposes,(if it happened it would be all over the news, because it would create such a stir)mainly because everyone who does it knows that that kind of behavior reflects on open carriers and they don't want to hurt our cause(otherwise they wouldn't be doing it).You can't stop the insane from doing insane things, with laws.
It's intimidation whether you try to or not. If anybody sees someone walk towards them with a gun they will be intimidated. So what is your cause? Of course you can't stop the insane with laws, but at least if open carrying were illegal you would know that the guy with the gun is actually insane. The focus shouldn't be to give everybody a gun for protection, but to decrease the number of guns so the nutters don't get them.
@SuperAngryHippo If I see someone open carrying, in broad daylight as they walk past me on a sidewalk, I'm not intimidated at all.I might even chat them up about what they're carrying.It's not like they're waving it around and being threatening (which IS against the law).As for decreasing the number of guns so that nuts cant get them all I have to say is that guns can't be uninvented.They're out there and there are ways to get them legally or not. There will always be guns for crazies to get to.
@SuperAngryHippo Also, like I said before, if a mentally disturbed person gets the idea into their twisted mind to buy a gun, they will always be able to get one, even in places like Britain where firearms are extremely hard to get legally. But the gun being sold to them being illegal doesn't bother the insane. Like has been said many times: you can't stop the insane from doing insane things with insane laws... it's insane!
@SuperAngryHippo But personally, in my opinion and that of my countries founding fathers, the number one reason no government should ever have the power to take away firearms from it's people is that people have INALIENABLE RIGHTS, cannot be taken away by man or government. Not a privilege, a right. And self defense is one of these RIGHTS. As we've already discussed how people who want to harm will always have guns, legal or not, that leaves the best way to defend oneself being to have a gun.
@SuperAngryHippo I don't know if that will change your opinion, but hopefully it gives you something to think about, and hopefully you can understand my point of view.
My apologies for cluttering up your inbox with so many messages.
but carrying one in the street is pure paranoia. you might be a reasonable person, but the next guy might not.
china? im pretty sure things are a bit different in that part of the world. not the best comparison.
carrying a gun in public has nothing to do with freedom of speech. it is simply freedom of intimidation. freedom of speech means that you can openly SAY your opinion and that the government has no influence on the free press.
Just a comment on changing law...Medical Marijuana is now legal in Michigan. It wasn't through civil disobedience but through the people voting. It may eventually be fully legal. It won't be through people getting arrested and charged then fined. It will be through the people voting for change. ...and don't be so stupid as to open carry while possessing drugs. Duh!
I agree drugs are pretty much bad and they often do harm families, but it is not the governments responsibilty to outlaw drugs. It is not in the constitution and for good reason. It is a matter for families, friends, clergy, and maybe even doctors to work on correcting, not something for cops to jail someone for!!
well i suppoert freestaters, but im also a huge fan of southern states rights. free, but within reason. and ull be free even if you have to use force if you have to. id fight for our freedom, for everyones freedom, id fight for the freedom of northern ireland, but there must be some sort of civil order. i wouldnt fight for the fredom of someone who will abuse it to do horrible things, they dont deserve freedom, but id fight for the freedom of someone whos jailed for non payment of federal taxs.
because they are not abusing freedom, rather utalizing it. i am all for freedom, but im also for order. its complicated, but its the only way for government to be effective, and satisfy the needs of good citizens. give them what they want within reason. or else ull see drug addiction rates go up, drop out rates, ppl say weed isnt addictive, but the high from it is very addictive....like a sex addiction. just some people control it better than others.
absolutely Dixie. Having a big ole mound of coke on my dining room table, magickally hurts the families that live next door to me. Dumbass... What next? No gravity, it's really just magical pixies that are invisible and pull everything down?!?
the police create a black market for murder as well.if you were able to just kill whomever you wanted then you wouldn't have to pay someone to do it for you.
of course, being able to pay for the drug war by taxing the citizens, while forcing users to the black market. Is win win for both bureaucrats and drug lords. As prices go up on BOTH ends. Of course, if things were regulated and created safely rather than remotely in a black market, they would be both cheaper, and safer. Which would reduce crime. And allow police to go after violent criminals, instead of creating criminals out of people making personal choices.
According to the UN, in 2008. Biggest industry in the world, is Weapons, and around 484 billion dollars a year. Sadly, that's an industry that requires people to hate each other enough to kill. Second biggest industry is "illegal" drugs, at just over 400 billion a year. Of course, maybe if there were a few more people on drugs, they wouldn't want to kill each other. But sadly, that might put some cops and military out of the only business they are good at. Bullying and Intimidation!
Do you really think you can put an end to anything that people put into their bodies? Why then can't you keep drugs out of prisons? Has the 90 year drug war been a success? Most cops don't think so, according to the new drug "czar", formerly the Seattle police chief. But they'll keep them illegal becuz they make more money that way. Only police should deal drugs. Like the sheriff in Colorado that Sheriff Bill Masters helped bust 4 selling meth.
You're right, the law is the law. And it doesn't matter what I think. But it does matter what YOU think and say. Our state Attorney General, Kelly Ayotte, believes no one in LE should harbor anti-drug war sentiment. She wrote to the chief of one cop I know, an outspoken opponent of the drug war, saying he has to go. She will dictate what you think and say. At first his chief defended him, saying "He's a young officer with an opinion". But now he's fighting for his job.
The law is the law , yes? Rememeber the jim crow laws...or apartheid laws the law is the LAW. Im sure you would be right there "upholding" those laws too? Not all laws are good and far from justice.
These laws were not changed through the courts, but , by people standing up to the law facing the police, beatings, and dogs. But, your just doing your job, right?
When a father of three CHOOSES to ingest Heroin, even with it being "illegal" doesn't seem like the so called "law" is preventing him from doing so. Of course, if he had the choice to acquire it from a safe source, it could be taken every day, safely, with no risk. (Study done by doctors in New Zealand.) Of course, he was forced to get it from some scumbag who cuts the product with whatever household product he can to increase his revenue, he OD's. Prohibition does not work. History is proof!
Our current laws have created kids such as you decribed. The laws have not prevented similar cases as legislators thought they would. We have FAILED in our war on drugs. Rather the laws make the drugs expenseive in tyhe US whuile tey remain cheap to produce in foreign countries. The result, there is significant business opportunities in the US to import foreign drugs and resell them at exhorbitant prices.
Self accountability and education are much more realistic and less expensive.
Authoritarianism took a huge leap into the personal lives of people when the US envoy of Woodrow Wilson, a few years before, told the international community it had to regulate what people chose to put into their own bodies. The Europeans were shocked, but fell into line behind Wilson. The drug war dates from that time. Far, far too many dead, and not by drug overdoses. And too many bag guys getting rich and powerful. Why, they even buy the police.
The illegal trade gets people killed. It would do no good whatever to legalize possession without legalizing sales. That's how we put Al Capone's gang out of business.
im white i carry a white trash mindset with a moral and spirataul mindset that allows me to forgive others and ask how can i help
because ive learned you have to give 100% conviction to something before you can fuck it and not regret it you have to explore it fully before you understand
let live dont harm noone who doesnt start it teach you kids to learn and be fair yet stern on questioning everything balance in the only religion we americans share
Mr. Ridley is a smart man and makes alot of sense, I wish those idiots that post against him and his supporters would wake up and realize that this is about us keeping our rights, not losing them. Drug charges is all about money for the goverment period, when people begin to realize that, if that may ever happen, then thats when we will wake up as ONE NATION UNDER GOD, not the goverment.
"Narcotics are a poison to the community, the nation and the individual."
I bet that many of those addicts would have sought help if they did not fear reprisal from the criminal justice system. They also could have avoided overdoses if they had obtained their drug from a pharmacy. And they need not have resorted to crime to pay for their habit since legal drugs would be much cheaper. Locking up drug users and dealers hasn't helped much, other than giving prohibition cops a steady job.
"there would be many many more addicts if a drug such as heroine was legally obtainable, that's a fact"
There was a time when heroine could be purchased at stores in America with no restrictions whatsoever. And drug addiction was not even an issue. I think you are mixing up your facts and your opinions. If you jail a person for engaging in a peaceful activity, such as putting a drug into their own body, then YOU are a criminal, because that person's rights are not subject to your approval.
@taurusmaroon5 Maybe your the idiot, your not loosing your frigging rights. And it doesnt make sence to create problems and try set up cops so they can make thier stupid videos. Because cops really have nothing better to do than deal with a bunch of right wing jack asses. And I am a gun toting Conservative, and I cover my gun and dont go around acting like a attention seeking whore!
If drugs were legalised they would also be commercialised so there would not be any dealers selling crack from next door, and why ? Because everyone would get it from behind a counter in a shop and the tax could be spent on the rehabilitation of addicts and open debate and therefore education.
Drugs ...a victimless crime ...are you serious! Are you saying Drug Dealers ...what looked like hard drug Dealers ...are not a bad thing? Whats is a freestater? I don't think I like it if they carry guns and support drugs and dealers.
that is the idea of it being morally wrong. According to the constitution and the bill of rights, if we went to smoke crack, weed, or whatever it may be, it is our right. Now the thing people do not get is that(this is known fact now) drug cartels pay off people in congress and other government areas to keep drugs illegal, because if it was not illegal the cartels would not be making the millions upon millions of dollars they are making now. Making it legal would create competition.
Its a shame that your neighbors to the south dont agree with the second amendment and are doing everything they can to obstruct residents from owning firearms. Its because of this the crime rate in MA is through the roof. Idiots.
I totally agree with the right to carry a hand gun.....but I do think it would be better to have it concealed. Any crackpot could pull it out of your holster if they see it. I am uneasy about that.
There are just too many if's and maybes in that example to be plausable. A crackpot who would try to grab a gun from someone who is open carrying would probably already have weeded himself out of the genepool by then. Also, noone open carries with a holster that allows you to just pull out the gun.
inkey2, the stuff you have put forth is the same old garbage that everyone has been spouting off for the last few years. Unfortunately for you, NONE OF IT HAS EVER COME TRUE OR BEEN VERIFIED! The whole "crackhead gun grabbing" argument is akin to the "blood in the streets" argument for CCW.
What the police don't seem to understand about these drug bust is when they bust one dealer prices will rise and create more buisness for other dealers. Even if they busted all the dealers in the city, the free market will be filled by another looking to fill the void. This is exactly why the drug war was lost before it even started.
Dave, this is a great example of the difference between a Peace Officer and Law Enforcement Officers. I respect the the former and fear and loath the latter. The former promotes peace and freedom, the latter is tyrannical and creates an environment that nurtures corruption and violence.
To the officer who stood up for Ryan, YEA!!! Good job.
I couldn't believe the headline. Wonderful reporting Dave! It's great to know that the local police are doing their job for a change! Wonderful! This earns them 2 (small but worthy) kudos in my book... That police vehicle is very threatening. What on earth do they need a thing like that for? Is Hannibal_Lecter around? Perhaps a velociraptor (means "Speedy Thief"; okay, bad pun)? Who paid for such a thing? Okay, I know the answers to that; I may have had too much coffee this morning. Baddy-wagon?
Working within the system, while preferrable, may not yield results fast enough as the tyranny accellerates. It may be necessary to form a CEM, Constitutional Enforcement Militia, to protect our individual rights at some point.
I second that! I need to go to a place with like minded people, over here in California I'm constantly surrounded by ignorant fools. Me and my girl want to be freestaters!
I used to live in San Diego in the People's Republik of Kalofornia. Badnarik calls it the socialist wasteland and he escaped too (defected, as I am soon from Taxachusetts).
Go to the Free Ptste Project web site. Sign up. Get into the forums. We'll all help you get here and welcome you and your lady. That is how it works there me friend. Kalifornia has lots of "Baddy-Wagons"... the "Baddies" are usually at the wheel or ordering it about. NH is the future of FREE!
I currently live in (near) San Diego.... Michael Badnarik escaped (defected) and my family will do the same. Does anyone know when is he making the move? Maybe I should call into his WTPRN . com radio show and ask.
You better hurry Captain. There is no way you can be the captain of your own ship in Kalifornia! I'm a grandmother of many grandchildren and I'm moving to New Hampshire... You are young; what on earth are you waiting for?
Can anyone tell me how many times someone has taken their holstered gun and killed people with it in the U.S? I just dont understand this everyone should carry a gun stuff.
flute1234 1 month ago
@flute1234 this statement makes no sense.
DerangederX 1 month ago
@DerangederX Read it again. It makes perfect sense.
flute1234 1 month ago
@flute1234 Not everyone should carry a gun(or a weapon). But it is a legal right that we should all accept. And if folks are properly trained with the use and handling. Crime will lower. It is proven in other countries. It's also about the slow removal and blurring of laws that identify that citizens are the people, not business, or government. by people i'm referring to the Deceleration of Independence.
ChiefLeftenant 3 weeks ago
Currently living in Kansas, but lookin to be moving back east. Any suggestions on where in N.H. is a good place for a truckdriver to park a truck w/o having probs w/the locals??
179178 4 months ago
@179178 anywhere hahahaha
deej1478 1 month ago
Mr. Ridley:
Hey, Dave! I like the way you're doing things there in NH. What's happening there is telling me two things; one, that the police people there are doing things right, and we have to like that, and two, that more people America-wide, are thinking about going up to see how the northeast is weather wise!
Keep up the good work, Dave. You look like you're doing it right, and we can do nothing but thank you for that, sir! Well, I meant, Dave!
TruthSeeker7411 4 months ago
The law says you're allowed to open carry.
Darkhunter218 5 months ago
OBEY THE LAW., DAMMIT!
ffairlane57 7 months ago
of course tea baggers are not a threat , they're jokes.
62rome 8 months ago
Many cops are against "Drug wars" because they witness first hand what it really does to the people! So let us ally with the police by informing them what we really believe in and what we are trying to do! Let's not increase the hostility between police and the people by fueling confusion, but try to be friendly to the police and get them on our side!
sai18kit 8 months ago
Will someone PLEASE get this kid a real gun? So he can retire that .22?
gotgank 8 months ago
victims crime with narcotics...wow talk about extreme. LMAO
BPanther69 9 months ago
Are you really this stupid on the subject of drug busts'? O M G!! You are actually supporting the "rights" of drug dealers? How do you propose they get drugs off the streets? Ask them "Pretty please stop selling drugs." Your a fuckin moron.
outlawracer2229 9 months ago
@outlawracer2229 There is NO way to get drugs completely off the streets. By making it illegal however it makes a black market. This creates a lucrative business for criminals to finance their activity.
Another problem is, the quality, and relative safety of the substance is unknown creating a health risk.
What is your solution?
Try understanding the depth of the problem, and the main cause of it. The problem isn't the drug, its the law. BTW more people die from legal drugs than illegal
LemUUU 9 months ago
@LemUUU Ever see what happens to a long time ILLEAGL drug user?
outlawracer2229 9 months ago
@outlawracer2229 yes, I have seen it. I have also seen someone nearly die from LEGAL prescription drugs, and I know of people who have died from them. To contrast that, I know someone in their mid 50s who has used illicit drugs heavily for nearly 40 years, and people mistake him and his 21 year old son for brothers.
What about the legal drugs nicotine, and alcohol, do you know how many deaths are attributed to each of those every year? Ever seen what happens to a long time smoker, or alcoholic?
LemUUU 9 months ago
Bet you feel silly calling them all fascist pigs now.
kungfuwookie 10 months ago
those are not "victimless" drugs that you are showing on your vid. Even alc. isnt a victimless substance. spread your proaganda but at least dont lie about it please. those statements are as ridiculous as reefer madness. follow me ?
BANGBANG1N 10 months ago
@BANGBANG1N If someone smokes a joint in their house how is that not victimless? Please tell me who is the victim then?
jebril 10 months ago
@jebril yourself.
BANGBANG1N 10 months ago
@jebril yourself. look at creamfilleddanishes comment
BANGBANG1N 10 months ago
@BANGBANG1N See the problem with that is we start turning into well I think this is okay for you and this is not. It's just dumb. We should learn morals for ourselves not let the govt. dictate what's right and wrong for us.
jebril 10 months ago
the "WAR" on drugs is a JOKE and the government control's the sales of drugs and crime rate by drug bust's,,all the murders and kidnapping's on the MEXICO TEXAS boarder are all from the crack down on the drug dealers ,,at the same time the U.S. government is making Billions that's with a "B" BILLIONS OF $ on the court cost's , prison rate , free slave layber from the prisoner's and off the drug's they "let" you grow in emerald triangle , so its all a big joke and we are all on strings !!
CREAMFILLEDANISH85 1 year ago
most people who like drug raids are just brainwashed by tv,,,theyve never been given an alternate perspective,,,the drug war = a war on us MORONS
candiceevans1 1 year ago 2
the song 'carry on my wayward son' should be incorporated into pro open carry rights
tkx7 1 year ago
drugs are evil dude
McW00000 1 year ago
Selling drugs is NOT a victimless crime. All the people that are connected to the end product have at least once committed a crime that had a victim, not 100% but most. I would like to see the decriminalization of all illegal drugs to wipe out most if not all black market controllers. It should be regulated and taxed like any other drug (IE Tobacco, etc..). Wouldn't that be something, to goto Wal-Marts pharmacy counter and buy a pack of Cannabis 100's? Drugs have only been illegal for 70+ years.
BigDirtyBasterd 1 year ago
@BigDirtyBasterd It's not the drugs that need to be taxed, but tobacco and alcohol etc. need to STOP being taxed.
khunag 1 year ago
Why are we trying to obsess about what someone else might want to do that you don't agree with but is "victimless" because, in the same way people choose to drink, the act itself(same as if you had a few beers) does NO HARM TO OTHERS! However, I am a firm believer that intoxicated or not, you are still responsible for any and all of your OWN actions- before, during and after(pretty much till your dead). If you want to be a drunk, its your life.
Whats next, prohibition again?!? Fucking socialists
asmartassfool 1 year ago
I love how some people still consider drug use to be a "victimless" crime. Talk about being out of touch with reality.
captwasabi 1 year ago
@captwasabi why don't you go drink yourself into a perfect life and stop trying to obsess about what someone else might want to do that you dont agree with but is "victimless" because, in the same way people choose to drink, the act itself(same as if you had a few beers) does NO HARM TO OTHERS! However, I am a firm believer that intoxicated or not, you are still responsible for any and all of your OWN actions.If you want to be a drunk, its your life.
Should we bring back prohibition next?!?
asmartassfool 1 year ago
@asmartassfool The problem with your argument is that it is highly unlikely to die from your first drink. Sure, you could binge on it and die from alcohol poisoning but that %age of that is rather low. Many drugs, on the other hand, are the exact opposite. One could easily overdose on your first hit of heroine, meth, crack or other drugs and that is certainly not victimless. Cntd....
captwasabi 1 year ago
@asmartassfool 2nd, it is a known fact that many drugs are produced in countries under situations where entire villages are kept in a constant state of terror by the drug growers who terrorize these people. That is certainly not victimless. Again, alcohol does not suffer from this condition. Personally, I think marijuana should be legal with the same taxes and fines levied for misuse. Hard drugs do need to be kept illegal as one can easily overdose from a single use.
captwasabi 1 year ago
@asmartassfool Finally, I feel that, whether drunk or high, if you are caught operating a vehicle then the punishment should be a felony charge of attempted manslaughter. Everyone capable of chewing gum knows that driving while impaired will kill innocents and the current punishment is not a strong enough deterrent. I think my position is a strong enough compromise to both sides of the argument.
captwasabi 1 year ago
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Germans are not racists.The German state persecutes German people in the same way as foreigners.Torture and murder are seen as normal tools of the state because Germans get accustomed to this since beeing young children.So no German would ever complain.In no other country torture and murder by the state is accepted.Consequently foreigners being persecuted in Germany are complaining.This gives the completely false picture of Germans being racist.They are not.They are only NAZIs.See my homepage.
wwwtotalitaerde 1 year ago
Another great video
Carry On
LFraudHubbard 1 year ago
RIDLEY!! REALLY GOOD VIDEO! Very well done! Covers a lot of subjects. Fascinating stuff!
mrjustin5 1 year ago
its funny NH is still open carrying like its still the old west, but the west isn't open carying any longer lol
mejw1 1 year ago
@mejw1 Arizona does it. i went up there on vacation a few months back and it was great. i wasnt sure if it was legal for me to carry or not since i wasnt a citisen, but it was still comforting to know that i wouldnt get in trouble for bringing my guns with me.
Ronald3570 1 year ago
good job keep up the good work!
UniqueleyCrazy 1 year ago
religious nuts scare me and I find them at times to be a threat to society should they decide to be aggressive or intrusive. However, until they actually commit or conspire to commit crimes against others, they shouldn't be arrested or harrassed. Drug use should be no different. Every section of society has individuals that commit crime against others. We should focus on those individuals and not the broad generalized group of which they can be catagorized in.
Stink808 1 year ago
why the hell would you want to carry a gun around like that in public? teased in the school yard?
RingOfFire1988 1 year ago
@RingOfFire1988 because its your rights as long as this is the USA.
but then again you might be someone that does not like the Freedom of speech.
and would like to make the USA more like some other place.
CRJarvis 1 year ago
@CRJarvis What does carrying a gun around in public have to do with freedom of speech? you will need to explain that one to me. and yeh you hit the nail on the head. I, a guy who lives in australia, doesnt like freedom of speech and wants to change the US into another country. how unamerican of me.
RingOfFire1988 1 year ago
@RingOfFire1988 Freedom of speech is protected by what? Oh you do not have a Gun and you do not live in the USA.
So Shut up, you do not have any rights or freedom if you can not exercise them and if you can not defend them or yourself. And I hear the crime rate in Australia is skyrocketing with your new laws on Guns.
now I know this was rude, sorry for that but I hope you are getting my answer.
CRJarvis 1 year ago
@CRJarvis oh man you're a real gun slingin' bull ridin' american arent you lol the crime rate hasnt skyrocketed from what ive noticed, but hey if you say so. i didnt even know they changed the gun laws. over here we dont need guns to exercise freedom of speech or protect our rights. its very easy to get a rifle license over here, but a hand gun license takes a long time, which is good, because every fucking idiot would have a concealed weapon otherwise and then the crime rate would rocket.
RingOfFire1988 1 year ago
@RingOfFire1988 so your idea of Crime is linked to how easy it is for people to Get a hand Gun. you do know before Guns there was Crime?
CRJarvis 1 year ago 2
What does it have to do with the freedom of speech?!?! You are silently voicing your opinions like everyone else but with actions instead of words. As with the age old saying "Actions speak louder than words"! You are telling a would be criminal that you;d best think twice before you mess with me because I do intend to defend myself ( or anyone else with me).
highwayaddict 1 year ago
if thats is the case no one is holding them here against their will. If they dont like the way things are run goto where you think you will be happy and let the rest of us that are happy about where we live; let live. dont tell me that you think china is better and that i should want the us to become little china.....i will never agree cause i dont see a problem with the way things are. THIS IS WHY I CHOSE AT ONE POINT IN TIME TO SERVE MY COUNTRY.
highwayaddict 1 year ago
@highwayaddict
im ringoffire, this is my new account.
you're an american telling me not to get involved in your country? thats ironic.
good on you for serving your country, theres nothing wrong with that if you feel strongly about it. what i disagreed with initially was carrying a gun around in public. if people wanna have one at home, fine. if anybody breaks into ur house you should have the right to defend yourself.
SuperAngryHippo 1 year ago
In your opinion people have a right to defend themselves, but only when they're in their own home?You don't ever hear of ANY open carriers using their firearm for intimidation purposes,(if it happened it would be all over the news, because it would create such a stir)mainly because everyone who does it knows that that kind of behavior reflects on open carriers and they don't want to hurt our cause(otherwise they wouldn't be doing it).You can't stop the insane from doing insane things, with laws.
ImWatchinTheTube 1 year ago
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It's intimidation whether you try to or not. If anybody sees someone walk towards them with a gun they will be intimidated. So what is your cause? Of course you can't stop the insane with laws, but at least if open carrying were illegal you would know that the guy with the gun is actually insane. The focus shouldn't be to give everybody a gun for protection, but to decrease the number of guns so the nutters don't get them.
SuperAngryHippo 1 year ago
@SuperAngryHippo If I see someone open carrying, in broad daylight as they walk past me on a sidewalk, I'm not intimidated at all.I might even chat them up about what they're carrying.It's not like they're waving it around and being threatening (which IS against the law).As for decreasing the number of guns so that nuts cant get them all I have to say is that guns can't be uninvented.They're out there and there are ways to get them legally or not. There will always be guns for crazies to get to.
ImWatchinTheTube 1 year ago
@SuperAngryHippo Also, like I said before, if a mentally disturbed person gets the idea into their twisted mind to buy a gun, they will always be able to get one, even in places like Britain where firearms are extremely hard to get legally. But the gun being sold to them being illegal doesn't bother the insane. Like has been said many times: you can't stop the insane from doing insane things with insane laws... it's insane!
ImWatchinTheTube 1 year ago
@SuperAngryHippo But personally, in my opinion and that of my countries founding fathers, the number one reason no government should ever have the power to take away firearms from it's people is that people have INALIENABLE RIGHTS, cannot be taken away by man or government. Not a privilege, a right. And self defense is one of these RIGHTS. As we've already discussed how people who want to harm will always have guns, legal or not, that leaves the best way to defend oneself being to have a gun.
ImWatchinTheTube 1 year ago
@SuperAngryHippo I don't know if that will change your opinion, but hopefully it gives you something to think about, and hopefully you can understand my point of view.
My apologies for cluttering up your inbox with so many messages.
ImWatchinTheTube 1 year ago
@highwayaddict
but carrying one in the street is pure paranoia. you might be a reasonable person, but the next guy might not.
china? im pretty sure things are a bit different in that part of the world. not the best comparison.
carrying a gun in public has nothing to do with freedom of speech. it is simply freedom of intimidation. freedom of speech means that you can openly SAY your opinion and that the government has no influence on the free press.
SuperAngryHippo 1 year ago
@RingOfFire1988 because you can
stonescourt3 1 year ago
Just a comment on changing law...Medical Marijuana is now legal in Michigan. It wasn't through civil disobedience but through the people voting. It may eventually be fully legal. It won't be through people getting arrested and charged then fined. It will be through the people voting for change. ...and don't be so stupid as to open carry while possessing drugs. Duh!
ezraa123 2 years ago
this is the one time i disagree with you. drugs=bad. they ruin families. not always but they do. we just dont need them.
DixieOfDeKalbCounty 2 years ago
I agree drugs are pretty much bad and they often do harm families, but it is not the governments responsibilty to outlaw drugs. It is not in the constitution and for good reason. It is a matter for families, friends, clergy, and maybe even doctors to work on correcting, not something for cops to jail someone for!!
jwsoup 2 years ago
well i suppoert freestaters, but im also a huge fan of southern states rights. free, but within reason. and ull be free even if you have to use force if you have to. id fight for our freedom, for everyones freedom, id fight for the freedom of northern ireland, but there must be some sort of civil order. i wouldnt fight for the fredom of someone who will abuse it to do horrible things, they dont deserve freedom, but id fight for the freedom of someone whos jailed for non payment of federal taxs.
DixieOfDeKalbCounty 2 years ago
because they are not abusing freedom, rather utalizing it. i am all for freedom, but im also for order. its complicated, but its the only way for government to be effective, and satisfy the needs of good citizens. give them what they want within reason. or else ull see drug addiction rates go up, drop out rates, ppl say weed isnt addictive, but the high from it is very addictive....like a sex addiction. just some people control it better than others.
DixieOfDeKalbCounty 2 years ago
legalization will not cause addiction rates to rise, the drugs re easily availble to all who want them. the war on drugs is total B.S. .
jwsoup 2 years ago
absolutely Dixie. Having a big ole mound of coke on my dining room table, magickally hurts the families that live next door to me. Dumbass... What next? No gravity, it's really just magical pixies that are invisible and pull everything down?!?
meshuggahfan 1 year ago
yaj because then u have crack heads running around your children.
DixieOfDeKalbCounty 1 year ago
the police create a black market for murder as well.if you were able to just kill whomever you wanted then you wouldn't have to pay someone to do it for you.
cassidy99ful 2 years ago
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NDNPolice 2 years ago
of course, being able to pay for the drug war by taxing the citizens, while forcing users to the black market. Is win win for both bureaucrats and drug lords. As prices go up on BOTH ends. Of course, if things were regulated and created safely rather than remotely in a black market, they would be both cheaper, and safer. Which would reduce crime. And allow police to go after violent criminals, instead of creating criminals out of people making personal choices.
JohnBabiuk 2 years ago
According to the UN, in 2008. Biggest industry in the world, is Weapons, and around 484 billion dollars a year. Sadly, that's an industry that requires people to hate each other enough to kill. Second biggest industry is "illegal" drugs, at just over 400 billion a year. Of course, maybe if there were a few more people on drugs, they wouldn't want to kill each other. But sadly, that might put some cops and military out of the only business they are good at. Bullying and Intimidation!
JohnBabiuk 2 years ago
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NDNPolice 2 years ago
Oh, did my parody of the taser-happy thug hurt your feelings?
hallmobility 2 years ago
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NDNPolice 2 years ago
Do you really think you can put an end to anything that people put into their bodies? Why then can't you keep drugs out of prisons? Has the 90 year drug war been a success? Most cops don't think so, according to the new drug "czar", formerly the Seattle police chief. But they'll keep them illegal becuz they make more money that way. Only police should deal drugs. Like the sheriff in Colorado that Sheriff Bill Masters helped bust 4 selling meth.
hallmobility 2 years ago
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NDNPolice 2 years ago
You're right, the law is the law. And it doesn't matter what I think. But it does matter what YOU think and say. Our state Attorney General, Kelly Ayotte, believes no one in LE should harbor anti-drug war sentiment. She wrote to the chief of one cop I know, an outspoken opponent of the drug war, saying he has to go. She will dictate what you think and say. At first his chief defended him, saying "He's a young officer with an opinion". But now he's fighting for his job.
hallmobility 2 years ago
you have no proof of claim under common law that anyone is being hurt by me taking drug in my own home. So your drug laws are only to make money.
anahatabalance 2 years ago
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NDNPolice 2 years ago
Police do have some disgression as to whne where and how they uphold the law though, at least as I understand.
jwsoup 2 years ago
The law is the law , yes? Rememeber the jim crow laws...or apartheid laws the law is the LAW. Im sure you would be right there "upholding" those laws too? Not all laws are good and far from justice.
These laws were not changed through the courts, but , by people standing up to the law facing the police, beatings, and dogs. But, your just doing your job, right?
anahatabalance 2 years ago
Laws are changed by people discussing them, so it does matter what "we" think, you know like, "We the People."
jwsoup 2 years ago
When a father of three CHOOSES to ingest Heroin, even with it being "illegal" doesn't seem like the so called "law" is preventing him from doing so. Of course, if he had the choice to acquire it from a safe source, it could be taken every day, safely, with no risk. (Study done by doctors in New Zealand.) Of course, he was forced to get it from some scumbag who cuts the product with whatever household product he can to increase his revenue, he OD's. Prohibition does not work. History is proof!
JohnBabiuk 2 years ago
Our current laws have created kids such as you decribed. The laws have not prevented similar cases as legislators thought they would. We have FAILED in our war on drugs. Rather the laws make the drugs expenseive in tyhe US whuile tey remain cheap to produce in foreign countries. The result, there is significant business opportunities in the US to import foreign drugs and resell them at exhorbitant prices.
Self accountability and education are much more realistic and less expensive.
skydive009 2 years ago
Authoritarianism took a huge leap into the personal lives of people when the US envoy of Woodrow Wilson, a few years before, told the international community it had to regulate what people chose to put into their own bodies. The Europeans were shocked, but fell into line behind Wilson. The drug war dates from that time. Far, far too many dead, and not by drug overdoses. And too many bag guys getting rich and powerful. Why, they even buy the police.
hallmobility 2 years ago
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NDNPolice 2 years ago
The illegal trade gets people killed. It would do no good whatever to legalize possession without legalizing sales. That's how we put Al Capone's gang out of business.
hallmobility 2 years ago
The LENCO Bearcat G-3 kicks ass
CyberMagnetic 2 years ago
forgive the white trash comment
im white i carry a white trash mindset with a moral and spirataul mindset that allows me to forgive others and ask how can i help
because ive learned you have to give 100% conviction to something before you can fuck it and not regret it you have to explore it fully before you understand
let live dont harm noone who doesnt start it teach you kids to learn and be fair yet stern on questioning everything balance in the only religion we americans share
283inc 2 years ago
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STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS !!
CREAMFILLEDANISH85 2 years ago
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You are all fucking white trash.
iworkwithdeadppl 2 years ago
How do you mean?
molanlabexm15 2 years ago
What that all of these retards are white trash?
iworkwithdeadppl 2 years ago
Who do you mean, "these retards are white trash" specifically?
molanlabexm15 2 years ago
Mr. Ridley is very smart. I really like what your doing. Thank You.
TripleC86 2 years ago 21
Mr. Ridley is a smart man and makes alot of sense, I wish those idiots that post against him and his supporters would wake up and realize that this is about us keeping our rights, not losing them. Drug charges is all about money for the goverment period, when people begin to realize that, if that may ever happen, then thats when we will wake up as ONE NATION UNDER GOD, not the goverment.
taurusmaroon5 2 years ago 16
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NDNPolice 2 years ago 2
"Narcotics are a poison to the community, the nation and the individual."
I bet that many of those addicts would have sought help if they did not fear reprisal from the criminal justice system. They also could have avoided overdoses if they had obtained their drug from a pharmacy. And they need not have resorted to crime to pay for their habit since legal drugs would be much cheaper. Locking up drug users and dealers hasn't helped much, other than giving prohibition cops a steady job.
hapspir 2 years ago
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NDNPolice 2 years ago
"there would be many many more addicts if a drug such as heroine was legally obtainable, that's a fact"
There was a time when heroine could be purchased at stores in America with no restrictions whatsoever. And drug addiction was not even an issue. I think you are mixing up your facts and your opinions. If you jail a person for engaging in a peaceful activity, such as putting a drug into their own body, then YOU are a criminal, because that person's rights are not subject to your approval.
hapspir 2 years ago
@taurusmaroon5 remove the "one nation under god" part and you're totally correct, sane, and based in reality!
JoshReflek 10 months ago
@taurusmaroon5 Maybe your the idiot, your not loosing your frigging rights. And it doesnt make sence to create problems and try set up cops so they can make thier stupid videos. Because cops really have nothing better to do than deal with a bunch of right wing jack asses. And I am a gun toting Conservative, and I cover my gun and dont go around acting like a attention seeking whore!
mikemac871 8 months ago
@mikemac871 cant even spell "losing" smh
meldon100 7 months ago
If drugs were legalised they would also be commercialised so there would not be any dealers selling crack from next door, and why ? Because everyone would get it from behind a counter in a shop and the tax could be spent on the rehabilitation of addicts and open debate and therefore education.
bredrin1 2 years ago
10Billion+ (maybe morew, idk the total amout) dollars in weed sale if they make it legal..
shaochiavang 2 years ago
Drugs ...a victimless crime ...are you serious! Are you saying Drug Dealers ...what looked like hard drug Dealers ...are not a bad thing? Whats is a freestater? I don't think I like it if they carry guns and support drugs and dealers.
billwilson71 2 years ago
Where is the victim?
TheStig000 2 years ago
suppose you had a drug dealer manufacturing meth and selling it out of his house that lived next door to you. Thats ok to you?
hardluckking13 2 years ago
that is the idea of it being morally wrong. According to the constitution and the bill of rights, if we went to smoke crack, weed, or whatever it may be, it is our right. Now the thing people do not get is that(this is known fact now) drug cartels pay off people in congress and other government areas to keep drugs illegal, because if it was not illegal the cartels would not be making the millions upon millions of dollars they are making now. Making it legal would create competition.
bdweaver09 2 years ago
Its a shame that your neighbors to the south dont agree with the second amendment and are doing everything they can to obstruct residents from owning firearms. Its because of this the crime rate in MA is through the roof. Idiots.
kawiguy8 2 years ago
are you really this big of a moron or do you do this stuff for attention because you were neglected as a child?
ssirut18B 2 years ago
I totally agree with the right to carry a hand gun.....but I do think it would be better to have it concealed. Any crackpot could pull it out of your holster if they see it. I am uneasy about that.
inkey2 3 years ago
There are just too many if's and maybes in that example to be plausable. A crackpot who would try to grab a gun from someone who is open carrying would probably already have weeded himself out of the genepool by then. Also, noone open carries with a holster that allows you to just pull out the gun.
rivershark28 2 years ago
inkey2, the stuff you have put forth is the same old garbage that everyone has been spouting off for the last few years. Unfortunately for you, NONE OF IT HAS EVER COME TRUE OR BEEN VERIFIED! The whole "crackhead gun grabbing" argument is akin to the "blood in the streets" argument for CCW.
pullnshoot25 2 years ago
Pleasantly surprised
bayareababe2004 3 years ago
great news report
kmassabe 3 years ago
Go Ridley!
tanerofies 3 years ago
THE CIA SUPPLIES COCAINE TO THE US.
MrDuffy81 3 years ago 2
NAZI @ 0:44
MrDuffy81 3 years ago
I appreciate the Manchester policeman who stood up for Ryan. He should stand up for all who decide to openly carry a gun.
TEBON 3 years ago 3
if you listen to the report, he wasn't be questioned because of carrying a gun, as he wasn't carrying.
bigpimpmoneyjuice 2 years ago
Excellent reporting, as usual! 5 *
700eyesonly007 3 years ago 2
To protect and serve...
Organjic 3 years ago 2
Ridley did you hear about the guy arrested, while carrying near by an obama rally in Pa. check it out on the open carry forums.
wait887 3 years ago 3
to come under the limited umbrella of ridleyreport coverage... the victim needs to be in new hamphsire or a new hampshire resident.
RidleyReport 3 years ago
That's generally the case anyway, every rule has exceptions...
RidleyReport 3 years ago
What the police don't seem to understand about these drug bust is when they bust one dealer prices will rise and create more buisness for other dealers. Even if they busted all the dealers in the city, the free market will be filled by another looking to fill the void. This is exactly why the drug war was lost before it even started.
conqst3 3 years ago 3
"...when they bust one dealer prices will rise"
Yep, and that contributes to more drug war-related crime. Not that I said "drug war-related", not "drug-related".
AnarchyInYourHead 3 years ago 3
Become a Freeman on the land - Draw up your Notice of Understanding and intent and a claim of right.
SlaveStorm 3 years ago 2
Dave, this is a great example of the difference between a Peace Officer and Law Enforcement Officers. I respect the the former and fear and loath the latter. The former promotes peace and freedom, the latter is tyrannical and creates an environment that nurtures corruption and violence.
To the officer who stood up for Ryan, YEA!!! Good job.
txballoonman 3 years ago 6
I couldn't believe the headline. Wonderful reporting Dave! It's great to know that the local police are doing their job for a change! Wonderful! This earns them 2 (small but worthy) kudos in my book... That police vehicle is very threatening. What on earth do they need a thing like that for? Is Hannibal_Lecter around? Perhaps a velociraptor (means "Speedy Thief"; okay, bad pun)? Who paid for such a thing? Okay, I know the answers to that; I may have had too much coffee this morning. Baddy-wagon?
LumpyRevolution 3 years ago 7
haha, "baddy-wagon"
ElCapitan1985 3 years ago 2
Working within the system, while preferrable, may not yield results fast enough as the tyranny accellerates. It may be necessary to form a CEM, Constitutional Enforcement Militia, to protect our individual rights at some point.
jokertim777 3 years ago 9
If you guys do that, I will move my entire family there from California.
AwakenedByTyranny 3 years ago 9
I second that! I need to go to a place with like minded people, over here in California I'm constantly surrounded by ignorant fools. Me and my girl want to be freestaters!
ElCapitan1985 3 years ago 5
Can't be done without YOU!
I used to live in San Diego in the People's Republik of Kalofornia. Badnarik calls it the socialist wasteland and he escaped too (defected, as I am soon from Taxachusetts).
Go to the Free Ptste Project web site. Sign up. Get into the forums. We'll all help you get here and welcome you and your lady. That is how it works there me friend. Kalifornia has lots of "Baddy-Wagons"... the "Baddies" are usually at the wheel or ordering it about. NH is the future of FREE!
LumpyRevolution 3 years ago 4
I currently live in (near) San Diego.... Michael Badnarik escaped (defected) and my family will do the same. Does anyone know when is he making the move? Maybe I should call into his WTPRN . com radio show and ask.
You better hurry Captain. There is no way you can be the captain of your own ship in Kalifornia! I'm a grandmother of many grandchildren and I'm moving to New Hampshire... You are young; what on earth are you waiting for?
AwakenedByTyranny 3 years ago 2