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Congress May Make Silencers Easier To Purchase … But Should It?

by Rich M

Earlier this year, Rep. Jeff Duncan, along with dozens of co-sponsors, reintroduced H.R.367, titled the “Hearing Protection Act of 2017.” This short bill seeks to remove...

They’re Now Rationing Toothpaste In Venezuela

by Off The Grid News Staff

Image source: Pixabay.com Many Venezuelans can no longer afford to brush their teeth. A tube of toothpaste in the country now costs the equivalent of half...

North Korea Nuclear Missile ‘Likely’ Will Be Able To Reach U.S. Mainland Soon, Expert Warns

by Off The Grid News Staff

North Korea has an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) capable of carrying a nuclear warhead to Alaska or Hawaii and within a few months could have the...

Amish Farmer Sold Herbal Salves. The Feds Sent Him To Prison For 6 Years

by Tara Dodrill

Image source: Pixabay.com Making money by selling your off-grid homemade products apparently can land you in prison. An Amish farmer in Kentucky discovered this the hard...

Judicial Gun Confiscation Passes In Another State

by Off The Grid News Staff

Image source: Pixabay.com A bill that would give judges the power to order gun confiscation without due process has passed Oregon’s legislature and is expected to...

The Sun Is Changing, And That’s Bad News For Earth

by Off The Grid News Staff

An imminent period of low activity on the sun might unleash showers of cosmic rays that can knock out the electric grid, shut down the Internet...

A mother was arrested and charged Sunday for letting her 10-year-old son shop alone at a toy store. Jia Fan was charged with child endangerment for leaving her son alone at the Lego Store in the Eastview Mall in Victor, N.Y., AP reported. She went off to shop and came back to be arrested by Ontario County Sheriff’s deputies. Child endangerment is a Class A misdemeanor in New York State. Persons charged with it can be sentenced to up to one year in jail, up to three years of probation and a fine of up to $1,000. Free-Range Kids advocate Lenore Skenazy wrote about the incident at Reason.com “Ah yes, that poor, endangered kid, surrounded by small pieces of plastic,” she wrote. But it’s not the first controversial arrest, Skenazy added. In 2015, an 11-year-old boy was arrested for actually shopping at the Lego Store in the Chinook Mall in Calgary, she wrote. The boy’s father, Doug Dunlop, wrote the company: Dear Lego, Today, our son went to the Lego store in Chinook Mall, Calgary, Alberta. He had over $200 and was intending to purchase some Lego with it.... Imagine my surprise when I entered the store and found that the manager had called a security guard to detain my son.... I spoke to the security guard who told me that the Lego store required a parent to be with any child 12 or under. He stated that it was Lego store policy and that he was just enforcing it. I then followed the guard to the manager, and asked him why he would call security on my son. He stated that for safety reasons, no child under 12 could be left unattended in the store.” Doug Dunlop. Readers who commented at Reason were split on the news stories, believing that private stores have the right to limit the age of kids who can be left alone but wondering why police should be involved. “Don't blame LEGO,” one person wrote. “This is almost certainly to protect themselves against liability. Somewhere along the line, there are an attorney's fingerprints on this.” What is your reaction? Share it in the section below:

10-Year-Old Shopped Alone At Lego Store. So Police Arrested His Mom.

by Off The Grid News Staff

A mother was arrested and charged Sunday for letting her 10-year-old son shop alone at a toy store. Jia Fan was charged with child endangerment for...

Ransomware Hits Hospitals; Surgeries Delayed; Computer Network Destroyed

Ransomware Slams Hospitals; Surgeries Delayed; Computer Network Destroyed

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Image source: Pixabay.com A ransomware attack delayed surgeries and shut down laboratories and diagnostic facilities at two hospitals in Pennsylvania last week and also shut down...

N. Korea Fires Its First ICBM; Can Reach Alaska; U.S. & S. Korea Respond With Missile Tests; China Warns

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North Korea test fired its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Tuesday and claimed it was now able to “strike any place in the world” in what...

Trump Warns North Korea: ‘Patience Is Over’

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President Trump told reporters this week that he is losing patience with North Korea. “The era of strategic patience with the North Korean regime has failed...