Editor's Note: The following article was published before the outcome of efforts to pass SB184 was known. However, the subject matter is still worth examining because there will no doubt be another day where legislators are tempted to listen to bureaucrats (or the press) instead of the will of the people.

In opposing the Castle Doctrine in Ohio, police are opposing Safe Streets.

By John Longenecker

Some of our public officials need a civics lesson, and then to re–apply for the job all over again. The first thing is to understand where they have standing and where they do not have standing.

The Castle Doctrine is making its way through due process now in Ohio, perhaps to be the twenty-first state to adopt it.(see Internet Search Term Castle Doctrine)

If one believes Law Enforcement's job is to fight crime by arrest, deterrence, interdiction, administration of justice and cooperating with the public, then Command cannot oppose the people. Opposing laws which officially recognize Citizen Authority is to oppose the people they serve, where service has been forgotten and become self-serving in too many cities. The idea that police would oppose the Castle Doctrine in protecting their own prestige over safe streets is a nationwide scandal. Their job is to enforce the law, not make it.

By Breda of The Breda Fallacy

One day last winter, I pulled on my boots, buttoned up my coat and went out into the snow to fill the birdfeeder. We kept the seed in a large bucket in the garage and when I went to scoop some out to carry to the feeder, I noticed that the supply was running low. It was dark in the garage and even darker in the bottom of the bucket. I tipped the bucket a little and was startled to hear a faint skittering noise inside. I looked in...a brown field mouse was trapped down at the bottom of the bucket! My first surprised thought was "eek!", quickly followed by "awwww, cute! mousie!" And as I squatted down next to the bucket to get a better look at my new furry friend...

...the mouse growled at me.

It was a small sound, barely audible, and if the world hadn't been so hushed and muffled under its thick blanket of snow, I might not have heard it. I went very still, holding my breath - I heard it again.

Trapped in the bucket and cornered by a large seemingly menacing creature, the tiny mouse, somehow realizing that flight was impossible, decided to fight for its life.