It is interesting that all the attacks on Glen Beck have nothing to do with the information he is giving. The complaint must be that he shouldn't have the right to say anything not approved by Obama. Why not try answering the questions he is asking?

If, for example, you (and I mean a generic you, not necessarily any particular person in this thread) want the gun in case someone breaks into their home, that is the wrong reason. In this situation, many people with a gun will suddenly think they are Harry Callahan or Rambo, and decide to give the criminal what for. What they don't take into account is that if the criminal also has a gun, the criminal is likely better at using it. In this scenario, the things in your house aren't important. Your family and yourself are important, and you should be doing whatever you can to reduce the amount of danger to them. Unfortunately, going out to do battle with the criminals greatly increases that danger.

(CNN) -- A rising Canadian folk singer was killed by coyotes this week in a national park in Nova Scotia, a park spokesman said Thursday.

Taylor Mitchell, 19, was at the beginning of the Skyline Trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park on Tuesday afternoon when she was attacked, according to Chip Bird, the Parks Canada field unit superintendent for Cape Breton.

Bird said hikers saw the coyotes attacking Mitchell and called 911. She was airlifted to a hospital in Halifax, where she died about 12 hours later, he said.

I gotta say this is absolutely untrue, having been patrolling during that time period. Vicarious liability laws were just as effective back then as they are now. So were suspensions, charges of overbearing conduct, internal affairs investigations and civil suits. But we didn't go around MACEing everyone who mouthed off. You only subdued someone who got physical and combative, and there were plenty enough of them around back then.

Tobacco use by teens in the US has been significantly and steadily declining since the early 90's. This is nothing more than a 'smoke screen' to further nationalize a private industry.