1) hearsay is "good enough reason" to ban a book
…The State Bd of Ed banned the children’s book "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" because they confused the author, Bill Martin with another author, Bill Martin who wrote "Ethical Marxism". Instead of banning the book, these dim bulbs banned anything by Bill Martin. The board member who introduced the measure even admitted that she just took someone’s word for it.
2) marijuana (personal use amt): TX penalties:
…Possession — 2 oz or less, class B misdemeanor, incarceration 180 days, fine ,000
while in Indiana: possesion < 1 oz can result in a few hundred dollar fine, attendance in a drug class, participation in community service and agreeing to unsupervised probation
3) In 2009, Texas executed a mentally retarded man for rape. The Supreme Court disallowed the penalty back in 2002 but left the decision up to the states as to what constitutes mental retardation. Texas has has joined with Mississippi and Alabama in the idea that someone with an IQ above 66 is not impaired.
4) Texas gun laws:
…NO waiting period to purchase firearms
…NO safety training is required to obtain a license
…NO requirement to register firearms with the police
…NO background checks done at gun shows or for private sales
…NEITHER state police nor federal NICS perform a background check
…NO mandatory requirement for locking devices be sold with guns
…NO license or permit is required to buy handguns
…NO ability for the police to limit carrying concealed handguns
I realize those to the far right will applaud these situations and the far left will heap scorn on them.
I am looking for responses from the middle-of-the road respondent, NOT the extremists.
I’d like to hear what centrists think.
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