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Why Stores Raising the Age to Buy a Gun is a Good Thing

A few stores, such as Wal-Mart and Dick's, have raised the age to buy a gun at their stores, and 2nd Amendment advocates are up in arms (pun intended) about it!  To many a hillbilly (I mean that in the best possible way--I come from a long line of hillbillies), Wal-Mart not selling their 18-year-old a shotgun is pretty much tantamount to Armageddon.  I would argue, however, that this actually a good thing.  You see, that's what freedom is all about.  Wal-Mart should be free to sell, or not sell, a firearm, or any other product for that matter, to any person they please.  You, as a private citizen, are free to shop elsewhere.  Wal-Mart has no obligation to sell you anything!  That's how this system is supposed to work. We must be consistent here, folks!  If what we really want is the government to stop regulating guns, then we can't demand that the government force stores to sell guns at the legal age.  That's still regulating guns.  I...

Eric Clapton and the Power of Capitalism

So last night I was driving home and Layla by Derek and the Dominos began to play.  Naturally, I turned it up, and then I began to think about Eric Clapton and how diverse his career has been.  When, I wondered, was he in Derek and the Dominos?  Was it before or after Cream?  And what was the name of that other band he was in?  Oh yeah, the Yardbirds!  For the record, Derek and the Dominos was a brief project, lasting only from '70 to '71. Anyway, as I pulled into my driveway, I decided I should probably buy a biography about Eric Clapton, so I quickly pulled out my phone, googled "Amazon...books about Eric Clapton," and ordered his autobiography.  Ain't technology amazing! As I was checking out (on Amazon...not from life or reality or anything like that), I realized that the shipping options were all free!  I backed out of the checkout to make sure that I hadn't accidentally signed up for Amazon Prime (I a) am not ready for that type of comm...