From the second section of today's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (the newspaper NOT owned by Richard Scaife):
"Ross commissioners narrowly granted a request by a 40-year-old entrepreneur to start an Internet business selling security equipment, including weapons, through a computer in his parents' home.
Commissioners voted 5-4 Monday night to allow John C. "Jay" Brown III to begin online sales of cameras, survival gear and, most controversially, firearms once he receives required licenses and permits."
Well, I guess we've all got to make a living. And if that means trading firearms out of mom's basement, then that's the way it is. In this economy, if they're going to make it easier for people to do business out of their homes, maybe that's a good thing. Oh, wait:
"Only a few types of home businesses are permitted in residential areas. Just last month commissioners voted 5-4 to reject a request to open a beauty salon in another R-1 area."
http://postgazette.com/...
In other news:
"Allegheny County is closing in on a record that nobody wants to brag about.
With 61 homicides already this year, the county is headed towards a record-setting year in terms of the number of murders.
So far, the deadliest year on record is 2003, when 125 people were murdered in Allegheny County.
At this same time in 2003, though, there were 16 fewer homicides than there are right now in 2007."
"That is some sort of significant trend upwards in homicides," said county Medical Examiner Dr. Karl E. Williams. "I have no doubt it's due to the extraordinarily ugly culture of drugs and guns."
http://kdka.com/...
Figures. Not a word about those well-coiffed scissor-wielding hairdressers causing panic in the streets. That's the mainstream media for you.