When you buy a gun you may have a background check, depending on where you buy it from. Go to a local gun show and buy one from some fellow enthusiast there and chances are you won’t receive a background check, unless that person is registered as a federal dealer. That’s the extent of it. […]
And they came out already, starting with Hannity, who is claiming that President Obama knew about Maj. Hasan. As Cesca reminds us: After 9/11, everyone — everyone — supported President Bush. But it’s clear that the wingnuts and Republicans will never give our current president the same deference. But what about George Bush – did […]
There is still a lot of speculating going on, but the most reasonable sounding thing I have heard so far is this: His cousin said Maj Hasan had been resisting such a deployment. “He hired a military attorney to try to have the issue resolved, pay back the government, to get out of the military. […]