Hello 2016

The early hours of the new year are still reflecting the high hopes for the usual health, wealth and happiness wished for when ringing bells signaled the new year.

On the personal level, there's the usual resolutions for dieting and exercising, but new concerns paramount in our lives also concern the country.

The spreading popularity of gun legislation, allowing 'open carry' of guns, replicates the old wild west when pistol packing cowboys walked with a chip on their shoulders and dared anyone to out draw them. I am not convinced that more guns in the hands of citizens is the answer to the threat of violence by terrorists or the brazen crimes committed by home grown criminals. There must be a gene in our DNA that triggers violent actions against each other. I just hope I'm not shopping for veggies in a grocery store if a shoot out takes place.

Hiding behind bins of oranges or watermelons just isn't going to work.



Oranges for Body Armor?