If only because it gives me a chance to do some analysis on the blog, crunch some numbers in R studio, make maps and other interesting content to fill space on the blog. People get all political about these kinds of things, but I enjoy just teasing out the data, without taking sides or even dulging into the politics behind all of it. Simple math and analysis.
Government
States Where Modern Sporting Rifles are Banned
Consitutional Carry States
In 27 states, Constitutional Carry is the law of state. Those states represent 142 million Americans, or roughly 43% of the nations population.
Marijuana or a Gun? – The New York Times
For Vera Cooper, the time had come to buy a gun.
In her mid-70s at the time and widowed several years earlier, she was already feeling vulnerable, living by herself. Then came the tipping point: The plumbing business that Ms. Cooper owns in the Florida Panhandle had to fire a worker, and he stormed out of the office, threatening vengeance.
At a nearby gun store, she settled on a .22 caliber pistol that “felt good in my hand.” Then came the problem. A question on the firearms transaction form she was required to complete asked whether she was an “unlawful user” of marijuana or any other drug categorized by the federal government as a controlled substance.
Ms. Cooper is registered in Florida’s medical marijuana program and relies on the drug to ease her chronic knee pain and sleeplessness. She answered the query accordingly, and was told that as long as she held a marijuana card, buying a gun was not possible.
Supreme Court to consider ‘quadrillion-dollar question’ in major tax case | The Hill
NPR
Ukraine Providences
Day 5 of the #30daymapchallenge. https://github.com/AndyArthur/30daymapchallenge/blob/main/day5ukraine.R