Editorial# 2

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/01/hot-dog-hysteria/
This was a very interesting ediotrial about the government regulating the shape of a hot dog. Thee FDA is trying to chnage the shape so kids don't choke on it. The idea of this came from 2006 when there was aprroximately 11-13 hot dog choking deaths. The author of this editorial feels that the shape should not be changed because kids ate approximately 1.8billion hotdogs and with only 11 dying the risk rate is incredible small. He goes on to say that crossing the street and riding a bike have much higher risk rates than eating hot dogs.
I agree with this editorial and think that the government should not change the shape of a hot dog. The risk is too small and many Americans including me would be very dissapointed if the classic hot dog shape was significantly altered. I think it would be more affective if this information was posted on the package that way parents could choose to let there kids eat them or not.

Editorial #1

The focus of this editorial is on the issue of Virginia gun control. More specifically it talks about the one gun per month law in Virginia and how the state is ready to repeal it. They arguement they are using is that this law is not troubling harmful criminals it is troubling law abididing citizens. They back this arguement by using research that shows that this law did not lower crime rate. Also Virginia is one of the only states that still has this law in affect.
I agree with this editorial and think that Virginia should get rid of the one gun per month law. If the law was put in to affect to lower crime rate and the law is not doing that I think that means that the law should not be in affect. From what I could gather from this editorial it seems that this law is just a big inconvienince to law abiding hunters, and gun enthusiasts that would want or even need to buy more than one gun per month.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/feb/19/getting-rid-of-gun-control/