Have I said people shouldn't own guns? Maybe I have said people should brandish them when they feel threatened? Which comment are you claiming I made? Guns are great for target practice, hunting and wars and in some instances, personal protection but all too often, things go awry if being used for personal protection. If the intruder sees you BEFORE you see them, they may be able to take away your gun and what are the odds they won't use it on you? There are times when Guns are awesome for personal protection, just not in the possible event of close quarters combat, which fumbling around in the dark looking for an intruder can lead to. I would trust a fully awake intruder to have a better chance of figuring out where a half asleep homeowner is than vice versa.

Probably a damn good idea to keep guns out of bars, stadiums, hospitals, courthouses, insane asylums, schools and any private property where the owner doesn't want them. I realize it is difficult for some abject cowards to be out in public without their gun as a man-child pacifier to sooth them from quaking in their boots. Frankly it is far better for them to see a shrink for treatment so they can function around others unarmed than it is to subject others to the risk of them going over the edge and blasting people.

Probably a damn good idea to keep guns out of bars, stadiums, hospitals, courthouses, insane asylums, schools and any private property where the owner doesn't want them. I realize it is difficult for some abject cowards to be out in public without their gun as a man-child pacifier to sooth them from quaking in their boots. Frankly it is far better for them to see a shrink for treatment so they can function around others unarmed than it is to subject others to the risk of them going over the edge and blasting people.

Probably a damn good idea to keep guns out of bars, stadiums, hospitals, courthouses, insane asylums, schools and any private property where the owner doesn't want them. I realize it is difficult for some abject cowards to be out in public without their gun as a man-child pacifier to sooth them from quaking in their boots. Frankly it is far better for them to see a shrink for treatment so they can function around others unarmed than it is to subject others to the risk of them going over the edge and blasting people.

Probably a damn good idea to keep guns out of bars, stadiums, hospitals, courthouses, insane asylums, schools and any private property where the owner doesn't want them. I realize it is difficult for some abject cowards to be out in public without their gun as a man-child pacifier to sooth them from quaking in their boots. Frankly it is far better for them to see a shrink for treatment so they can function around others unarmed than it is to subject others to the risk of them going over the edge and blasting people.

Probably a damn good idea to keep guns out of bars, stadiums, hospitals, courthouses, insane asylums, schools and any private property where the owner doesn't want them. I realize it is difficult for some abject cowards to be out in public without their gun as a man-child pacifier to sooth them from quaking in their boots. Frankly it is far better for them to see a shrink for treatment so they can function around others unarmed than it is to subject others to the risk of them going over the edge and blasting people.

An Iowa lawmaker is proposing to legalize the use of certain psychedelic drugs for medical purposes.

One of his new bills, if enacted, would allow state regulators to approve the reclassification of psilocybin, MDMA and ibogaine to be used in treatment. The other would simply remove the active ingredients in so-called “magic mushrooms” from the state’s list of banned substances.

Rep. Jeff Shipley, a 30-year-old freshman Republican, filed the legislation in Des Moines on Wednesday.

The first proposal would empower the state board of pharmacy “to reclassify such controlled substances for medicinal purposes” and repeal penalties associated with the various psychedelic drugs “when such substances are utilized for medicinal purposes pursuant to the rules of the board of pharmacy.”

The other piece of legislation would simply remove psilocybin and psilocyn, the psychedelic compounds found in some species of mushrooms, from schedule I of Iowa’s controlled substances act.

“Exploring these issues are paramount to solving the healthcare crisis,” Shipley told Marijuana Moment in an email. “There’s so much potential for research and clinical applications. I hope we can empower and trust patients to make their own best decisions.”

Source: https://www.marijuanamoment.net/gop-lawmakers-bill-would-legalize-psychedelic-mushrooms-and-mdma-for-medical-use/

"FAKE NEWS!" in 3, 2, 1,

Before you cry "FAKE NEWS!", let me offer you evidence.

https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF248&ga=88 (Act removing psilocybin and psilocyn from the list of substances classified as schedule I controlled substances under Iowa’s uniform controlled substances Act.)

https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ga=88&ba=HF249 (An Act relating to the classification of certain schedule I controlled substances.)



https://qz.com/889367/republicans-marijuana-legalization/

https://ballotpedia.org/Missouri_Recreational_Marijuana_Legalization_Initiative_(2016) (followed link from qz.com article listed above)

https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/Elections/Petitions/2016-009.pdf (followed link from ballotpedia.org article listed above)

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2016/12/14/bill-would-allow-50-marijuana-grow-houses-across-tennessee/95354136/ (followed link from qc.com article listed above)

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2015/04/08/senate-committee-takes-up-gop-medical-marijuana-bill/25462847/ (followed link from tennessean.com article listed above)

How far down this rabbit hole would you like to go?

http://www.rampgop.org/our-story/ (followed link from qz.com article listed above, the ramp of rampgop stands for "Republicans Against Marijuana Prohibition")

This article alone was a treasure trove of information on Republicans wanting to legalize, destroying your fantasy that only the liberals want to do that. I will leave it off here as I have things to do right now, enjoy.