With Gun-Friendly legislators in charge of the North Carolina House and Senate, many various amendments to the State’s firearms laws have occurred over the last couple of years. Below is a list of the more interesting ones. The legal changes have done the following: Authorizes a concealed carry permit holder to have a handgun in […]
On December 22, CAUTION and the Charlotte Bastiat Society held a joint meeting at the Dilworth Neighborhood Grille. The guest speaker for the evening was Dr. Todd Nesbit. Dr. Nesbit is a Senior Lecturer in Economics and Competitive Markets at The Ohio State University, an Affiliated Senior Scholar with the Mercatus Center, and an Adjunct […]
Back during Thanksgiving, some retail stores decided to change their hours of operation to be open earlier… to be open on Thanksgiving Day in fact. Ah, the gnashing of teeth, the production of bile that change incurred! Those ever present do-gooders didn’t like someone having to work, or someone getting to shop for that matter. […]
As the nation prepares for the incoming 114th Congress, it is no secret that Speaker John Boehner is already less than popular among the conservative grassroots. The recent “Cromnibus” budget certainly didn’t help his standing. Strategically, it is possible that 30 conservative House members could unite and deny him the slot by refusing to vote […]
How did your children learn to walk, to talk, to feed themselves at an early age? Did you have formal lesson plans? Were you the driver, or did you simply help your child achieve her goals? Why did your child learn those things? A large part of the motive is simply emulation. You walk and […]
Violations Range from Misdemeanors to Felonies Current North Carolina law prohibits the operation or procurement of an “unmanned aircraft system” (UAS) by any State or local governmental entity, without the approval of the State Chief Information Officer until December 31, 2015. An “Unmanned aircraft” is defined as “an aircraft operated without the possibility of human […]
It was just another morning of Facebook perusing when I stumbled upon a post on a regional Tea Party group’s Facebook page which called out Speaker Boehner and encouraged Congressman elect Mark Walker to vote otherwise for Speaker. This poster was attacked by other membership and leadership. “I’m getting pretty tired of this divisive rhetoric […]
Pattie Curran is anything but shy. Whether it comes to educating others about her real life experiences with Obamacare, or as in the following video, educating Congressional staffers about the disconnect they and their boss continue to have with voters when it comes to Obama’s executive actions on immigration…there is just no stopping Pattie. During […]
One of the toughest things to do in America today is to have a ‘conversation’ about race. If you are white, you are almost immediately labeled as a ‘racist’ if you disagree with any of the statements by activists such as Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson. If you are white, you are told that you […]
Speaking on the death of Eric Garner at the hands of the NYPD for selling loose cigarettes, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) attempted to provide an insight as to the root cause of this tragedy. While on the MSNBC show “Hardball with Chris Matthews”, Paul indicated that: “I think it’s also important to know that some […]
