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— A nation of big babies with deadly toys — George Pyle | The Salt Lake Tribune
" ... Toys. That's the biggest problem in the First World. Too many toys. And too many things that aren't toys being treated as if they were. ...
" ... In Utah, for example, we have the off-road vehicles. They serve no real purpose, unless you are a rancher or a park ranger. But the fact that enough people have dropped big money to own such overgrown playthings, and thus feel entitled to roam wherever they wish, is a major motivation behind the absurd push by some Utah politicians to chase the federal government off of the land it owns.
"And then there are all those guns. ..."
— Armor-piercing ammo not needed — Ogden Standard-Examiner Editorial
"There is no logical need to have armor-piercing ammunition used in semi-automatic rifles such as the AR-15 and small-caliber firearms. We oppose a congressional effort from Utah U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop to prevent the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives from reclassifying such ammunition from 'primarily used for sporting purposes' to 'armor-piercing ammunition'. ..."
— San Francisco gun ordinance survives; sanity prevails — San Jose Mercury News Editorial
"The U.S. Supreme Court stands firmly behind the Constitutional right to bear arms, but it continues to recognize that communities have to be able to regulate deadly weapons.
"This month the court rejected yet another National Rifle Association attempt to loosen gun restrictions, this time in San Francisco. The law passed in 2007 requires handgun owners to either store their guns in a safe or disable them with a trigger lock. ..."
— Utah set to waste more money on public land battles — Salt Lake Tribune Editorial
"Try this at home: Walk into your neighbors' backyard. Better yet, ride in on your trusty all-terrain vehicle. Do a couple of turns around their rose bushes, then through them. ...
" ... Then get out your divining rod and, after a careful survey of what's left of the lawn and garden, start digging. Clearly, all that grass and all those paving stones are a horrible waste when there is water or, better, oil to be excavated there. ...
" ... Then, when the cops show up to drag your butt to jail, run to the Utah Commission for the Stewardship of Public Lands and draw out $100,000 in taxpayers' money to pay for your defense.
"On second thought, don't ..."
— Taxpayer ATV defense — Ogden Standard-Examiner Editorial
"The Utah Commission for the Stewardship of Public Lands made a big mistake when it supported using taxpayers' money to assist the legal defense of San Juan County Commissioner Phil Lyman, who was convicted last year of a misdemeanor when he drove an ATV in Southern Utah's Recapture Canyon, which is federally protected. The commission wants a legal analysis of the case. ..."
— Consider edible landscapes — Colorado Springs Gazette Editorial
"Imagine a person needing food could walk onto city, county, state or federal land and pluck an apple from a tree. It would be far from a panacea for hunger. But it could, at times, provide important sustenance. ..."