White and pink crystals glued to the gun’s grip shimmered in the morning light as she pulled the .45-caliber pistol from her purse.
Two sparkling hearts positioned precisely where this young woman clutches an undeniably lethal weapon create a curious paradox.
“It can kill somebody. This is not a toy,” she said about her Springfield XD semi-automatic pistol. “If you get shot with that, you die.”
She is an attractive, self-assured 30-something Santa Maria real estate agent who agreed to talk with ... [ Read Article ]
Santa Maria Energy has been placing full-page ads in local papers objecting to the fact that county supervisors required them to offset some of their greenhouse gas emissions. They think it’s “unfair” they don’t get an unlimited license to pollute for free and pass along the costs to the rest of us.
We are experiencing the impacts of climate change now. We are seeing more intense and deadly storms... [ Read More ]
