By Elliott Brack | Did you hear about the story published recently of a guy found to be carrying six loaded guns in a restroom at a Publix in downtown Atlanta? The story was in The New York Times on January 3. This person had four handguns in his jacket pocket, plus a 12-gauge shotgun and AR-15 rifle in a guitar case. This happened in March of 2021.
By Raleigh Perry | This country is going to hell in a handbasket. The tides will ebb and flow and other things will wax and wane but we are too close to the edge. We are in an endless teeter. Governor Brian Kemp signed a bill on April 12 that will allow every citizen that is eligible, and there are some who are not, to own and carry a gun.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: PCOM doctors study strategies for prevention of COVID-19
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Looking at Congressional gubernatorial and legislative politics
ANOTHER VIEW: Rittenhouse gun purchase may face more problems
SPOTLIGHT: Howard Brothers Outdoor Power Equipment and Hardware
FEEDBACK: Voters in non-partisan election will know candidate affiliations
UPCOMING: Lawrenceville amends ordinance concerning noises
NOTABLE: GGC professor and colleague study travel disruptions
RECOMMENDED: We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Travelers come to Georgia for landscapes, recreation and history
MYSTERY PHOTO: Figure out where this terra-cotta statue is located
LAGNIAPPE: Bright red leaves
CALENDAR: Redistricting open house will be Tuesday (tonight) at Lucky Shoals Park in Norcross.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: God Has Given Us Brains To Solve the Gun Problem in America
EEB PERSPECTIVE: City of Moultrie Dedicates New Medical Campus for South Georgia
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven and Alvarez, LLC
FEEDBACK: Legislature Needs Common-sense Bill To Reduce Prescription Drugs
UPCOMING: Suwanee Offers Ride Along with Police Program Starting in September
NOTABLE: Revelation of Hudgens $50,000 Art Prize Winner Will be on October 5
RECOMMENDED: Inheritance by Dani Shapiro
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Very Few Colonial Era Paintings of Early Georgia Now Exist
MYSTERY PHOTO: Check Out This Mystery Photo and Its Reflection
LAGNIAPPE: Construction Work Begins on New Aurora Theatre
CALENDAR: Scamper with Squirrels on August 13 at McDaniel Farm Park
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Veteran Pilots Give Flight Time to Young Eagles
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Freedom from Fear Is One of Our Basic Rights in the USA
ANOTHER VIEW: Recent Parking Lot Encounter Covered by Georgia’s Stalking Law
SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
FEEDBACK: Applying 19th Century Imponderables to Today’s Production World
UPCOMING: Sugarloaf Rotary Plans Fifth Annual Gwinnett Duck Derby August 3
NOTABLE: Sugarloaf CID Installs License Plate Readers To Improve Safety
RECOMMENDED: The Blue Diary by Alice Hoffman
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Great Depression Was Hard on the Music Industry in Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: What Is In This Vast Array In Mainly Red and Yellow?
LAGNIAPPE: Using a Local Asset: Having Fun on the Chattahoochee River
CALENDAR: Some coming events
By Elliott Brack | Researchers know that getting to the root of a problem is the best way to solve it.
Jonas Salk recognized his vaccine immunizing youth would solve polio. It was a scourge in the days before 1955 when parents were fearful of allowing their children in public swimming pools. Now polio is approaching eradication world-wide.
By Dustin Houston | In New York City, being caught with a gun carries a minimum 3 to 5-year prison sentence for first time offenders. Young minority men and women who have done nothing to interfere with others’ liberty are being carted off to prison for simply owning a gun in their home to defend their family without any intention of carrying out a crime.
“Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.”
– Former Prime Minister Sir William Churchill (1874-1965).
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
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