Mar 4
jt commented on Because Guns Make Us Safer.
In 2000, 1416 children died from intentional and unintentional shootings and 1236 from drowning.
Mar 4
jt commented on Because Guns Make Us Safer.
If we had a tenth of the education, regulation and liability around gun manufacture and use as we do around pools, we would have less deaths, I'm a-wagerin'.
Mar 4
jt commented on Because Guns Make Us Safer.
Sodomy statutes impact two consenting adults in private. If gun owners want to keep their guns locked up safely in their bedrooms...then the analogy holds. I, however, have a right to know that the majority of people carrying guns in my community have been background checked. As it stands, almost half of them have not.
Where's my consent in that?
Where's my consent in that?
Mar 4
jt commented on Because Guns Make Us Safer.
@24, there's some data out there that says gun education programs don't work. Kids, especially boys, will pick up a gun no matter how many times Eddie the Eagle tells them not to. And most will pull the trigger. I'll try to find that study.
So no, in fact, educating children on "gun safety" doesn't work. The only way to keep children safe around guns is not to keep guns around children.
So no, in fact, educating children on "gun safety" doesn't work. The only way to keep children safe around guns is not to keep guns around children.
Mar 4
jt commented on Because Guns Make Us Safer.
"How could this happen?"
You didn't secure your guns. This is horrible and unintentional and TOTALLY PREVENTABLE. And now this poor family has to live with this tragedy forever.
If you're going to keep guns in your home, secure them all the time.
You didn't secure your guns. This is horrible and unintentional and TOTALLY PREVENTABLE. And now this poor family has to live with this tragedy forever.
If you're going to keep guns in your home, secure them all the time.
Feb 28
jt commented on Come and Hang Out with Authors This Weekend at Queen Anne Book Company.
I'm so excited that QAB is reopening with such great community support. This is really the sort of thing that makes me proud to be a Seattleite. Also, excited to visit with Lance Weller from 3-5 tomorrow. I've heard he's going to duel Jonathan Evison in full Civil War regalia.
Feb 25
jt commented on 2,282 Gun Related Deaths Since Newtown.
Yes, well, we have a GREAT opportunity to pass universal background checks this session - HB 1588. I would love to see it get a vote on the House floor.
Feb 25
jt commented on N. Carolina Student Censured for "Intimidating" Her Rapist.
@55: citation please.
Feb 20
jt commented on Super-Classy Republican Shoots Gun Control Bill to Shut It Up.
Also, according to his bio, he's active with Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ozarks. Good message to send to kids.
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Now that we know it's perfectly legal to walk up to someone on the street and buy a gun from them with no background check, it's become screamingly obvious that the so-called "gun show loophole" should actually be called "buy-a-gun-from-anyone". A background check takes less than a minute and won't prevent a law-abiding gun owner from getting a gun - so why would anyone be against that?