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The Danger of Executive Orders and a Universal Background Check

So, if a universal background check (UBC) is passed, and the president decides through executive order to stop processing background checks (or the system is shut down due to budget constraints, or due to natural or man made disaster), wouldn’t that put a universal gun ban in place immediately? Shouldn’t there be a provision in any bill that if the UBC is shut down for any reason, longer than 4 days, that the law becomes null and void?

Originally posted on theexpandingshrink:
There is a graphic and gripping story tucked away in the pages of the Old Testament that most people have long forgotten or never knew  was there. The Bible takes an entire chapter to tell this story which does not have a “feel good ending.” In fact after you read the…

Faith and Science are Compatible – the Wonderful Complexity of Creation

Is England Really Safer Due to Control? Apparently Not!

Gun Control in England Leads to A Higher Crime Rate.

The New McCarthyism – Christians are the New Communists

Top Five Regrets of the Dying

Top Five Regrets of the Dying | Beyond the Opposites. Take Time To Reflect on Life While You Have Time Top Five Regrets of the Dying By Bronnie Ware For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was […]

Why You Don’t Believe in God – The Atheist’s Dilemma

God does not choose to save everyone or give to everyone the gift of faith. God is the sovereign judge of humanity, and chooses to reveal himself to some and not to others. Atheists are not atheists because they do not believe; atheists do not believe because God as hidden himself from them.

America’s Fragile Empire

The United States is at its most vulnerable point since the Cuban Missile Crisis. This vulnerability is largely due to our dependence on the infrastructure of computer technology powered by the eletrical grid.

Google Starts to Act Like Republicans?!

Google was a huge Obama supporter. But they are moving their profits offshore to avoid paying taxes. Why are they acting exactly like Romney and Bain Capital, if what Romney was doing was so wrong? Did they callously donate just so that could use that influence to avoid inquiries into their tax avoidance schemes?