Sleep The Fountain Of Youth

How much sleep do we really need?

This a really cool video to watch.  It has some great video transitions.

Researchers have yet to catalog all of the benefits of sleep, but one thing is for certain the body functions much better when it is allowed a hibernation period.  The question is how much sleep is enough to cause health benefits.

Of course, the number varies by individual.  I don’t think that we can mandate a number for everyone.  However, because of statistics we can quote an average amount (8 hours) should do the trick.

Benefits of sleeping

• Weight loss
• Sharper Memory and Concentration
• Super Immune System
• Beauty, Radiant Glow
• Longevity
• Body Maintenance and Repair

This list has inspired me to get more rest.  I am self induced insomniac, I work late into the night and get up to meet the world in less than 8 hours.  I usually feel fine and function well.  However, maybe I am cutting my self short on benefits that I can’t see on a daily basis.  So, better safe than sorry.  Beside maybe I can catch up on some REM sleep.  Dreams are like free movies.  In this economy,  free is  good price and my mind can make up some interesting plots and characters.

• One ticket please to dreamland with a side order of  longevity,  super memory, slimmer attributes.  Starring the man of my dreams….. You know who you are.
  

Law Requires Reporting Stolen, Lost Guns

With the fall of the D.C. ban on hand gun ownership, ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court many feel that state laws and sanctions should be lifted under the same Second Amendment ruling passed for D.C.

I know this is a controversial topic:

I was listening to talk radio Neal Bortz and the topic came up so I  decided to surf around to see what the buzz was.  I am also looking at the stimulus plan more closely to know for myself if it will violate my rights in the case of the Second Amendment.

I try to include points of view from different angles to stimulate conversation so here is a link to gun owners of America… they say the bailout has language that could ban millions of Americans from owning guns.  Read it for yourself, then let’s discuss it.  Then we can make up our own minds based on rational research and investigation.

I found this  article about a law introduced in Baltimore.  Law makers hope to decrease the sale of illegal firearms.  I have family there and I want them to be safe, so I am struggling with rights vs laws.  I think they can give people a little more time to report it before it is considered a crime.  What if it is stolen and you don’t realize it?

Some say that charging a person with a misdemeanor and imposing a $500 fine is a violation of the second Amendment of the United States Bill of Rights

• declares “a well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

The argument

Is this law for regulate Militia or  Is it flat out a right for the people

My opinion

It is a right of the people…who can in times of war could become the regulated Militia

1. When the law was written just about everyone had a gun and knew how to use it, clean it and safely secure it.  Hunting was a way of life not a sport.
2. When the law was written America was trying to establish Independence without a formal or large military.  The citizens were the army.

So

Guideline #1

• know how to use a gun.  Don’t take away the right to own a gun but the license should require proper usage and care as a stipulation.  Hey we require proper equipment knowledge and testing of said knowledge for all other types of machinery, why not guns.  If you can’t shoot properly why own a gun?

Guideline #2

• Unless you have a carrying permit self defense with your said gun should be limited to your dwelling.  Unless you are out hunting (which requires a license) and some fool with a death wish confronts an armed man wearing a orange vest or jumpsuit, then he is just asking for it.

• The meaning and scope of this right has been described as among the most contested of the rights codified in the Bill of Rights.

The idea for laws mandating reporting of  stolen guns is to get people to report their stolen gun before it is used in a crime.  That sounds fair, why wouldn’t you report stolen property.  If  it was a T.V. or jewelry most people would report it, so why would a gun that is legally registered be any different.

• I do have a problem with charging people with a crime and giving them a record for late reporting… maybe the fine is okay, but a criminal record you got to be kidding.  That is a bit extreme.  That charge on your record can affect potential jobs, credit and a laundry list of other important aspects  and should not be stripped away so easily for what may be a honest mistake.

I can understand the urgency in cities were crime is overwhelming the streets and current gun laws don’t stop the criminals from getting firearms.  That is a police issue, but it is also a citizens issue too.

Yes I think you should report your stolen gun.  More importantly report crime.  I am not talking about rating out your neighbor who did not acquire all the proper permits for his red shed shaped like a barn.  I am talking about people who are preying on good people for unlawful gain.  White collar and Blue collar crimes that fit the bill report them too.

• The only way evil can prevail is for good men to do nothing.  We need a few good men to stand up and take charge of our neighborhoods.  We need 12 to convict the wicked and God to judge them.  Separation of church and state (right).

When I was growing up in my home town crime was getting bad in the place where we lived.  My dad would complain to the city officials and the police to clean up the corner where we lived.  They would respond and it would get better and then they would leave and it would crop up again.  Bless his heart my dad would go back and complain again, it was a vicious cycle.

Although he never named names, there were times when I thought we would be attacked  (retribution)  and I would complain that I had to face these people at school and on the streets.   I was scared, but my dad explained that he paid good money for our home and his taxes and we deserved to live safe and happy lives.  He stated it was worth fighting for, soon others joined him and it got better (neighborhood watch).

One day there was an incident and a guy was threatening our safety… well my dad did own a legal gun and he drew it to defend our family and our property.  Well word did get out that he had a gun a would use it if he had too.  We never had any problems or crossed looks from bad guys or no more break-ins either…..

• down side I could not get a date for years in my neighborhood and went to prom with a guy from a different high school because he had not heard of my gunslinger dad.

I have to admit having a gun and knowning how to use a gun does make you feel better about a bump in the night.  I am not advacating taking human life.  I am for wounding and I will pray the police come in time to save you.  If not I guess you are not going to be convicted but heading straight for judgement.