Rants & Raves: Beaufort County's pit bull rules, Walmart and cookie day

Those Walmart Markets are nice! Christina Orozco

Why build this 5 miles from an existing Walmart Supercenter? Brad Wells

Would like there to be a dislike button for this one. Lisa Buechler Messmer

I was visiting in Greenville recently. These small Walmarts are nice. Jeffrey B Dunbar

Why? Why do we need this? Someone is going to have to explain this better! If we didn't already have so many here I could understand. Brittany Shane

Are we still getting one on LI? Brooke Johnson Jenkins

Do we care? Heck no. Nancy Record

Dang people, if you don't like it, don't use it. Simple enough. They are convenient. If you want milk or bread, you don't have to go through the hassle of a box store Walmart supercenter. I use the neighborhood markets frequently. Jody Chilton

On Dec. 4 being National Cookie Day and your favorite kind:

All cookies are good! Bob Desmond

I haven't met a cookie I did NOT like, lol and the waist line shows it! Bahahahahahaha Ruth Strait

O-R-E-O! Cindy Taulbee

Chocolate chip! Doug Gow

On opposition to Beaufort County's pit bull rules:

Although there is clearly a pet overpopulation in this country, it is important for people to understand how to control it. Tyna Graven Couch

All pets should be spayed/neutered until we no longer have kill shelters full of animals who only have a short time to get adopted before they're euthanized. Todd Post

I think she should be happy she has her dog period. This started because the dog got off the leash. It could have ended very differently. Elizabeth Elston

Kuddos for Gabriela! I'm proud your standing up for what your rights are! Amber Mayorga

It's obvious they're good owners, you can see it in her. But that doesn't change what type of dog she is. Tollie Cooler

On the mass shooting in San Bernardino:

I'm almost certain that when the 2nd Amendment was enacted there were no thoughts of AK-47s. If muzzleloaders were the only weapons in the gun stores, I would fully support the 2nd Amendment. No one can tell me you need a machine gun to hunt wildlife. Sheri Brown

You should research the Girardoni Air Rifle before you decide what the writers of the 2nd Amendment were thinking. Ca. 1780 repeating rifle, magazine-fed, capable of firing 22 rounds a minute with a propulsion of nearly 500 ft/sec., imported to America by Thomas Jefferson. This was Ak-47's great-granddaddy and well known to our founding fathers.Andrea Lynch

We will find out shortly exactly what caused yesterday's shooting, though I think most of us already know. For the others, we definitely need to get to the root cause. Angela Nowik Wilson

They'll come with a new gun law that they think will stop this when all you need is better protection for our citizens , FOCUS ON OUR PEOPLE, NOT GUN LAWS! Doug Gow

Guns don't don't kill people! People kill people! Clayton Prince

On Maggie, the surfing Hilton Head dog:

This brings back fond memories of Hilton Head's original surfing dog, Rumples, who surfed on South Forest Beach with his owner, Tim Doughtie! He was one awesome Bassett Hound! Kathy MacLellan Gray

My Cali used to be when she was still with us. She was a permanent fixture on the bow of my boat! Miss her. Linda Staffa Pettigrew

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This story was originally published December 6, 2015 at 7:56 PM with the headline "Rants & Raves: Beaufort County's pit bull rules, Walmart and cookie day."