By MamaLiberty
Utah legalizes ‘free-range parenting’
The law states that children must be mature enough to handle each situation — though it does not specify an age.
It will go into effect May 8.
The bill determines situations that children can engage in that would not be considered parental neglect: traveling to and from school or recreational facilities, playing outside or sitting in a car unattended, provided safe conditions.
Ah yes, the noose around the necks of Utah parents was slightly loosened here, but any resemblance to “free range” for children is merely an illusion. As with all such “laws,” the devil is in the details… and in those who make up the definitions or interpret them afterwards – in court?
What does it mean for children to “be mature enough?” Who decides, and by what criteria? The only ones who know the maturity level of children are their parents, some extended family members, and – occasionally – a teacher. “Lawmakers” in the state capital do not have a clue.
The “bill” decides which activities would not be considered “parental neglect” – again, based on what criteria? Doesn’t sound like much freedom to me. All of the do-gooders who currently put their nose into the business of others would continue to do so, with parents being forced to defend themselves in court with the extremely thin veil of this “law” to back them up. Mighty frail support.
Let me tell you a little about my own “free range” childhood, and some of the fun my own children enjoyed. Continue reading →
The Price of Liberty 
Guns and schools in Mexico
By Nathan Barton
Those of us concerned with liberty and our God-given right to defend ourselves (to keep and bear arms) are familiar with circumstances not just in the Fifty States but in our sister “federally governed” states to the north and south.
Mexico, officially, recognizes the right of its citizens (but not non-citizens) to be armed, in their Federal constitution. But in reality, the ONLY place to buy guns in the whole country is a government-owned and -operated store. Not a chain of stores, but ONE store. And the paperwork and review and approval process is incredibly complex and difficult to go through.
Therefore, legally, the vast majority of Mexican citizens (probably 99%+) are NOT armed. Except, of course, for cops and soldiers. This is the situation which the Tranzis and Progressive and hoplophobes and hoploclasts (like dear Nancy Pelosi) want to bring about in the Fifty States – to protect children (especially right now, the students in those “day prisons” I call government-run, tax-funded, or public, schools).
Mexico, through laws and customs and other means, has in essence outlawed guns for private citizens. Continue reading →