http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/14/is-that-a-pistol-in-your-pocket Comments On: Is That a Pistol In Your Pocket... by Dan Savage en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:15:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss I think you missed the point that the outrage is rather specifically focused on situations where children or white people are the victims.
When the victims are not-children and not-white then the outrage does not exist.
At least until those not-children and not-white victims have had the brown washed out of them and turned into sanitized statistics.
Posted by fairly.unbalanced]]> Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:31:25 -0800 The Stranger
And sure, @19, just because people know what the safety on a gun is (and how important it is) doesn't mean they'll engage it before plopping it on the front seat with their kid in the car. But at least then it's documentable recklessness.

Try killing your kid/passenger in a car while driving recklessly or without ever possessing a license. You are fucked. But reckless gun owners have a valid excuse: ignorance.

It's basically like a driver saying, "It's not my fault! No one told me what the BRAKE PEDAL was for!"
Posted by Free Lunch]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:45:27 -0800 The Stranger
However, that doesn't mean that the need for change isn't real. Does it suck that this is what we needed to get our sustained attention? Sure. It's still a good thing that we're now doing something about it.

Also: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_p…
Posted by clashfan]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:09:32 -0800 The Stranger
I can't tell you the names of any person shot in Seattle in 2013 without looking it up, regardless of the race. I'm sure most people who are not related to the victims are in the same boat.
Posted by SherBee]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:00:52 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Fnarf]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:53:39 -0800 The Stranger
Although I guess we could all ask fifty-two-eighty whether the dipshit from this story will be useful in this upcoming race war he seems to think is going to happen.
Posted by Bonefish]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:13:53 -0800 The Stranger
No. Throw them in jail when they recklessly endanger other people's lives.
Posted by keshmeshi]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:06:22 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Knat]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:03:21 -0800 The Stranger So, ban stupid people?

I could get behind that.
Posted by Urgutha Forka]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:57:05 -0800 The Stranger "It would be more productive than what you're doing now, and probably more satisfying too."

Does it bother you that you can't even identify the first brown person shot in Seattle in 2013 without looking it up?
How does that fit with your "liberal" beliefs?
But you shouldn't feel too bad, should you?
Judging by the coverage in The Stranger, there haven't been any.
Yet there will be stories posted about shootings across the nation.

Who is shooting whom with what and why?
Posted by fairly.unbalanced]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:38:19 -0800 The Stranger
No, this is why we need a "fucking idiots carrying guns around with them everywhere they go and don't even know how to properly carry them" ban.

There are other reasons why we need an assault weapons ban.


Posted by Fortunate]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:37:44 -0800 The Stranger right as an American.
Posted by Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:36:44 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Westside forever]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:10:10 -0800 The Stranger Posted by McGee]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:50:56 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Knat]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:49:13 -0800 The Stranger
Kitsap County sheriffs seem a bit wishy washy on the matter.
Posted by rob!]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:44:21 -0800 The Stranger In Kansas.
So where are the links to stories about shootings in Seattle for the past 2 weeks?
No one here can name the first (or latest) brown person wounded or killed in Seattle in 2013. Without looking it up.
Judging by the coverage in The Stranger, there haven't been any.
Yet there will be stories posted about shootings across the nation.

Who is shooting whom with what and why?
Posted by fairly.unbalanced]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:43:25 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Proteus]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:43:19 -0800 The Stranger
ah.

and pretty decent trolling/sarcasm, too, since it's actually a milder version of the sincere attempts at logic from gun nuts, e.g. "A man stabbed 22 children in a school and china (and none died) so how dare you ban assault rifles!" oh and "HAMMERS!"
Posted by Fried Worms]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:42:29 -0800 The Stranger Posted by blip]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:33:47 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Max Solomon]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:24:33 -0800 The Stranger it was trolling and sarcasm.
Posted by Urgutha Forka]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:23:03 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:21:27 -0800 The Stranger
dumb people are hurting other people with ALL kinds of guns and doing much more Harm than they could ever do Good with said guns of all kinds...

...therefor we shouldn't ban even a small amount of guns.

/trolling or sarcasm or actually sincere @1?
Posted by Fried Worms]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:20:07 -0800 The Stranger Posted by shabadoo]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:19:48 -0800 The Stranger