Odds ‘n Sods:

Reader Greg S. sent us some news of Nanny State hand-wringers, run amok: Geolocating “Dangerous” Guns and Gun Owners. Wait! I can make it easier for them: Click here. (Each tiny green pixel dot represents a privately-owned gun. And yes, they are “dangerous”–dangerous to criminals and dangerous to would-be tyrants.) We also have some of the lowest crime rates in the country. I wonder why…

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G.G. sent some news from the Land of Lincoln Obama: Elderly man who picked dandelions for food gets $75 ticket. And speaking of Chicago: More than 1,000 shootings so far in 2013. And lastly, some good news: Illinois enacts nation’s final concealed-gun law. (It is noteworthy that the Illinois legislature was forced to enact this law, by the court. (Without a deadline, they would have dragged their feet for years. They could care less about Constitutional rights.)

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G.G. also suggested this in The Wall Street Journal: Cargo Bikes: The New Station Wagon

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An interesting American expat community in Chile: Freedom Orchard

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