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1:51 PM Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn commented on Listen Up, Gays: They're Coming to Recruit You.
Yeah, it's Cascadian "Five Large" Bacon.

I love these posters. They're like our own local Ted Nugent. Money in the bank for http://wagunresponsibility.org/

More posters, Five Large. More. Do one where you explain the "race problem". I love that bit.
1:46 PM Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn commented on McGinn Leads in New KING-5 Poll.
If McGinn isn't dead, then Seattle's pundits are wrong. But how can the pundits be so wrong? Unless there is some flaw somewhere in the way political journalism operates. But what flaw? What could it be?
1:30 PM Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn commented on Soldiers are Superheroes, Kids!.
My only question is how old is Ansel Herz? 15? 17?

He's at that age where everything seems new. The world is nothing but wonder, and joy, and yes, a little scary.

Maybe a lot scary in Ansel's case.
8:49 AM Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn commented on Gay Man Shot Dead Near Stonewall Inn.
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I know you think you're being bold but this is the classic tactic that smug white people use to dodge responsibly and avoid the ugly truth. Pretend it's a brown people problem and let the status quo stand.

Coward.
8:44 AM Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn commented on America's Epidemic of Toddler-on-Toddler Gun Violence Continues.
Leaving a gun unlocked is a misdemeanor in North Carolina. Let this be a lesson to all: if you can't pay a small-to-moderate fine, don't do the crime!
7:41 AM Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn commented on Gay Man Shot Dead Near Stonewall Inn.
@1

Why learn anything when you can spew stereotypes based on one data point? And the internet makes it so easy, and anonymous too!
May 18 Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn commented on New Gun Enthusiast....
@67

Yet somehow, every time one of these fuckheads "accidentally" shoots their kid, spouse, friend, neighbor, or self, no charges are filed. Why is that?

@65

What's so hard about punishing those who violate all four rules?

And then we have the problem that anybody who wants a gun may have one, regardless of how ignorant they are. Because the bizarre misinterpretation of the Second Amendment that the NRA has promoted in the last 10-15 years says that you can't make gun buyers meet any minimum standards. You have to let any fuckhead who wants one have a gun. Why can't we have mandatory training, and then punish those who don't follow the rules they were taught? Including stripping them of their right to a gun?

The both of you are twisting yourself in knots, pretending on the one hand you believe in responsible gun ownership, while on the other hand pretending that we can't hold gun owners accountable for their actions. And ignoring the role of the NRA in preventing meaningful reform that would make it possible to hold gun owners accountable.

The NRA tries to convince the public that they support enforcing exiting law, while at the same time exerting every influence they have to prevent law enforcement from doing their job. Which explains why most cops support the slate of various gun reforms that have been proposed, in spite of the NRA's lies.

The NRA is the criminal's best friend.
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May 18 Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn commented on New Gun Enthusiast....
@64

We somehow manage to put thieves and murderers in jail without assigning a cop to every human capable of stealing or killing. We even manage to punish people who run stop signs without having a traffic cop sitting in the passenger seat of ever car.

You know, every time these gun safety suggestions (or rules as you call them) are violated, there is a loud "bang" sound, and a hole appears in whatever was in front of the gun. The gun even smokes! You have evidence the "rule" was violated in the form of a fucking literal smoking gun. Doesn't take a Sherlock Holmes to solve the crime.

So I don't see the problem here. Punishing people who violate fundamental gun safety "rules" [sic] is, if anything, easier than most other laws that we enforce. Can you point out anything that might make this a difficult law enforcement task?

The only obstacle I see is the fucking NRA. They're the ones who continually insist on these being mere gun safety suggestions instead of letting us turn them into real rules.

The NRA thinks gun safety is nice, but not necessary. That's the whole problem.

A corollary is mandatory liability insurance for gun owners, which, again, would be absurdly cheap for responsible gun owners and unaffordable for all the heavily armed fuckheads we have running around. Which would tend to disarm the fuckhaeds, as it should be.
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May 18 Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn commented on New Gun Enthusiast....
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I like these suggestions very much. What if we made these 'four suggestions for gun safety' into actual rules? And enforced them? With laws? And penalties for violating them?

Responsible gun owners are already doing these four things, so they'd never even notice. It's only the fuckheads who would suddenly feel the intrusive hand of big government harshing on their fun. But what would be wrong with that?
 
 

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