Marie Antoinette's alleged answer of "let them eat cake" to the question of how to feed starving peasants during the French Revolution may have sped her journey to the guillotine.  But that was most probably due to the fact that there was no cake to eat.

Starbucks on the other hand is open for business and serving gun owners without discrimination, unlike some other commercial outfits like Peet's Coffee & Tea.  Recently in California when hand gun carriers were told "no room at the Inn" by Pete's, they headed to Starbucks, causing anti-gun outfits to demand Starbucks' discriminate against lawful gun owners.

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Life has been terribly dangerous for Fort Smith law enforcement officers recently. Since November 1, 2009, there have been three incidents where weapons have been pointed at policemen, and all three events ended with officers or perpetrators being shot. On November 1, 2009, Fort Smith police officer Barney Parsons was wounded by gunfire during a semi-routine traffic stop. On November 11 of last year, a law enforcement officer killed a man who pointed a weapon at him during a domestic dispute investigation. Several weeks later, a “man with a gun” investigation ended with a man being shot and killed after pulling realistic-looking toy guns on a member of the Fort Smith Police Department.

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By Rob Moritz | Arkansas News Bureau

LITTLE ROCK — The number of concealed weapons permits issued in Arkansas rose nearly 43 percent last year, prompting state police to ask Tuesday for more money to help cover the added workload.

State police spokesman Bill Sadler said the two people who work in the office that handles concealed weapons permits processed about 24,000 new requests last year.

“We’re dealing with a database now of about 80,000 individuals who are licensed to carry concealed handguns in the state of Arkansas right now,” compared to about 56,000 at the beginning of 2009, Sadler said.

The agency has been hiring part-time personnel to help with the increasing workload, he said. 

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Brady Campaign and NRA Agree, Give Obama “F” on Gun Issue

Has any President ever gotten the lowest possible grade from both the pro-gun and anti-gun lobbies?

By Bill Schneider, 1-18-10

I’ve been writing about the gun issue for a long time, but I never thought I’d live long enough to see the Brady Campaign for Gun Violence and the National Rifle Association agree on anything, nor would I see any President get an “F” from both groups.

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“To protect and serve.” Arkansans grew up hearing that phrase, seeing it emblazoned upon police patrol cars. These four words gave a person a warming feeling, knowing our law enforcement officers were there to protect us from evil. But are law officers required to protect us under law? Is it a constitutional right to be protected by the police of this state? The answer is a resounding “no”.

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