Gunnuttery category archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Introduce your children to politeness.
The girl was conscious and breathing when paramedics took her to an area hospital by ambulance. She was listed in serious but stable condition about an hour after the shooting took place, Cleveland police said.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
We are reminded once more that politeness is child’s play.
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Officials said it appears the shooting was accidental but it’s unclear whether the child shot himself or was shot as children played with a gun.
The NRA will no doubt argue that, had the child been packing–oh, wait.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Test the politeness.
I reckon the trigger was working.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Show politeness to the children.
“Around 3:00 [Thursday], one of our teachers heard what she thought was a rock hit the window and saw broken glass,” Rev. Andy Oliver said.
That teacher quickly realized it wasn’t a rock, but a bullet that went into the preschool where 11 two-year-old kids were on hand.
Authorities have not determined whether the politeness was intentional of unintentional negligent.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Get a load of all the politeness.
One more time, “accidentally” is not a synonym for “negligently,” and “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
What’s a gun show for other than showing off politeness?
It happened Sunday afternoon at the Greenville Convention Center. . . .
“A witness told officers that the teenager picked the firearm up and the weapon discharged as he was handling it,” said Donnie Porter, a spokesman for the police department.
The bullet struck a gun box and came to rest inside foam within the box.
Body Count 0
Mike muses about the confluence of Donald Trump’s Presidency and the spike in mass shootings. (Warning: Language.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Once again, we are reminded that politeness is child’s play.
Misdirection Play, Firearms of Mass Destruction Dept. 0
The Tampa Bay Times reveals Florida Republicans’ strategy for dealing with concerns about white supremacists and about access to firearms of mass destruction: Blame everybody and everything except guns and the people who fire them.
Full story at the link.
Misdirection Play, Dance of the Devious Dept. 0
The Portland Press-Herald’s Bill Nemitz searches for straight answers about agitators for armed assaults of assembled Americans, but encounters a veritable vacuum of veracity.
An Armed Society Is a Polite Society, Meet Tales of the Trumpling 0
Be polite to high school athletes.
Police in the eastern Arkansas city of Wynne, about 100 miles northeast of Little Rock, said the incident happened Aug. 7. Police responding to reports of “suspicious persons” found the four children on the ground, with Jerri Kelly, who is white, standing over them holding a gun, Memphis TV station WMC reported.
I remember that, when I was in high school in the still-Jim-Crow South, I and my teammates were dispatched on a similar fund raising effort, though I forget exactly what we were selling. No one pulled a gun on us, but we were not-black.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite to our four-legged friends.
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“No question it was intentional; it was messy.” said Genesee County Sheriff’s Deputy Kevin McCarthy.
That Was the Week That Was 0
The Jakarta Post sums up a week in American gunnuttery.