bite the bullet


from the LA Times

City lawmakers voted unanimously to ban the possession of firearm magazines that hold more than 10 rounds.

Mayor Eric Garcetti said he was eager to sign the L.A. measure, which passed 12-0 with three council members absent.

At the Tuesday hearing, the CalGuns Shooting Sports Assn. also raised concerns. “I don’t think it’s going to have any effect on gun violence,” said the association’s director, Chad Cheung, pointing out that people in neighboring cities such as Burbank or Glendale could still possess the magazines.

“Bad people are going to do bad things, and they’ll do it regardless of whatever laws are in place,” Cheung said.

The new ordinance gives Angelenos who own such magazines 60 days to remove, surrender or legally sell or transfer them after it goes into effect. Breaking the law would be a misdemeanor. "

Banning gun magazines which can hold over 10 bullets. Too many bullets in a gun; is this what the L.A. City Council thinks is the most important issue facing residents of Los Angeles??? What about creating jobs, poverty, unaffordable housing, lousy schools, and the worst traffic congestion in the nation? The number of bullets in a gun is more important??? The Los Angeles City Council, and the Mayor, are spending taxpayer time and money passing laws restricting the number of bullets in a gun?


Here's a newsflash:







spend more



government overspending

From the Denver Post

"A top Department of Veterans Affairs official said Wednesday that his agency may never explain precisely how a hospital project in Aurora with a $604 million construction budget skyrocketed to $1.73 billion in barely two years.

Members of Congress, including Democratic Sens. Michael Bennet of Colorado and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, have asked for a detailed account of the price increase, saying those numbers must exist.

But during a news conference at the construction site, VA Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson said not to expect a line-item description of the $1.1 billion difference.

"You're not going to find a dollar-by-dollar account," he said."



What's the big deal? The cost has nearly tripled in two years. With no accounting and no accountability. That's par for the course when it comes to government spending. No big deal, it's only another 1.1 billion dollars overspending of our tax dollars. It's not like it's the VA's money, or the government's money, it's only the TAXPAYER'S money. Yes, I am being sarcastic.