1:30 PM yesterday
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn commented on Soldiers are Superheroes, Kids!.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn commented on Soldiers are Superheroes, Kids!.
8:49 AM yesterday
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn commented on Gay Man Shot Dead Near Stonewall Inn.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn commented on Gay Man Shot Dead Near Stonewall Inn.
@7
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.
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 yesterday
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn commented on America's Epidemic of Toddler-on-Toddler Gun Violence Continues.
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 yesterday
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn commented on Gay Man Shot Dead Near Stonewall Inn.
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!
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....
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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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.
May 18
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn commented on New Gun Enthusiast....
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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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.
May 18
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn commented on New Gun Enthusiast....
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn commented on New Gun Enthusiast....
@51
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?
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?
May 18
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn commented on The Best of Slog: A Week of Poor People, Bigots, and Failed Candidates.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn commented on The Best of Slog: A Week of Poor People, Bigots, and Failed Candidates.
It's almost as if there is a disconnect of some kind between what big time pro sports team owners do and what pro sports fans want. Is it possible?
May 17
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn commented on New Gun Enthusiast....
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn commented on New Gun Enthusiast....
@45
Yes. Seriously. 5280 believes whatever some anonymous troll posts on the web. But that's not all.
He believes opt-in, internet pseudo-polls. (Debunked here, or anywhere polling is understood.)
I'm not just mocking his stupidity. Although, why not? He asks for it.
It's important to think about how guys like 5280 or your red-state uncle or your nutty grandma get their notions, and stubbornly cling to them. They lack a fundamental understanding of how you distinguish fact from propaganda. They're simply ignorant of common cons, like fake polls. Many of them are so invested in believing in somebody else's con that they can't back out now. They'd rather double down than admit they were conned by flim-flam like PoliceOne or the NRA publishes.
As I've mentioned many times, the number of gun owners is in steady decline even as the number of guns increases. They're getting crazier and more rigid in their fanaticism. Their own unstable behavior is bringing gun regulation down on their own heads.
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Yes. Seriously. 5280 believes whatever some anonymous troll posts on the web. But that's not all.
He believes opt-in, internet pseudo-polls. (Debunked here, or anywhere polling is understood.)
I'm not just mocking his stupidity. Although, why not? He asks for it.
It's important to think about how guys like 5280 or your red-state uncle or your nutty grandma get their notions, and stubbornly cling to them. They lack a fundamental understanding of how you distinguish fact from propaganda. They're simply ignorant of common cons, like fake polls. Many of them are so invested in believing in somebody else's con that they can't back out now. They'd rather double down than admit they were conned by flim-flam like PoliceOne or the NRA publishes.
As I've mentioned many times, the number of gun owners is in steady decline even as the number of guns increases. They're getting crazier and more rigid in their fanaticism. Their own unstable behavior is bringing gun regulation down on their own heads.
May 16
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn commented on Geographic Apostrophe Death.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn commented on Geographic Apostrophe Death.
@9
"Cascadia" has a flag. It's like the flag of Lesotho, blue white and green, but with a wide open beaver in the middle. Dorky.
So, no.
"Cascadia" has a flag. It's like the flag of Lesotho, blue white and green, but with a wide open beaver in the middle. Dorky.
So, no.
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