London (CNSNews.com) – In June 1975, Margaret Thatcher was the new leader of the opposition Conservative Party, having risen to the position months before. Monty Python and the Holy Grail was playing in movie theaters and on the second day of the month – three days before a referendum that was to keep Britain in the European Economic Community – light snow fell across the nation, appearing as far south as the capital.
On Thursday, at least one bit of that history may repeat itself as British voters go to the polls once again to decide whether they want to remain a part of the European Union, the 28-member economic-political partnership that is the often controversial successor to the EEC. Widespread rain, rather than snowfall, is forecast.
In the aftermath of the Orlando shootings, a man named Buckley Jeppson posted on Facebook about his experience visiting a Portland, Oregon, gun store to ask why people purchase AR-15 rifles. The salespeople offered several answers — target practice, hunting — none of which convinced Jeppson, who politely concluded that the sale of these guns was "about the money."
As he left, however, Jeppson was approached by another store patron. This man told Jeppson that the guns are for people "to protect themselves when 'they' come." Jeppson parried with him: Who is "they"? Zombies? Yeah, he was told — "and all the others who might try to steal your food after an earthquake or take your guns or imprison your family members."
