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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite as you outfit yourself for you angling expedition.
Gainesville Fire Rescue crews treated a man after he injured himself with a firearm. GFR says the man was carrying a gun in his pocket when it accidentally discharged twice, hitting his leg both times.
Misdirection Play, Firearms Fondlers Gun Nut Dept., Reprise
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Leonard Pitts, Jr., comments on the Republican dance of distraction. An excerpt (emphasis added):
Which suggests a cognitive bankruptcy that defies overstatement. Because while Kaepernick and Obama may be singularly American, this is hardly the only country where people play video games. It is not the only country where they watch zombies on television, suffer mental illness or use pot. It’s not even the only country where citizens keep and bear arms. But it is the only country where mass murder is routine. The only one.
Misdirection Play, Firearms Fondlers Gun Nut Dept.
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Thom points out the hypocrisy of Republicans’ blaming “mental illness” for gun violence while making it easier for persons with mental issues to obtain guns.
Misdirection Play, Its Not the Decay Dept. 0
At AL.com, John Archibald argues that “moral decay didn’t pull that trigger.” A nugget.
Moral decay is not killing us. We’ve been morally decayed forever.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite to those who deliver your furnishings.
The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said that when the delivery men arrived, the front door was open and Helton told them that he was upset he had to wait so long. When they asked him if he still wanted the furniture, he said, “do whatever you want” and went to his bedroom, according to the police report.
When they started to unload the furniture from their vehicle, Helton allegedly pointed a gun at the men and said, “You know, I’ve shot people for less,” the Bradenton Herald reported.
Scapegoats 2
One again, as predictable as glacier melts in Antartica, gun nuts and their dupes, symps, and fellow travelers are trying to blame something other than the proliferation of guns for the proliferation of gun violence.
At Psychology Today Blogs, Bill Eddy looks to the data (not that data will sway the gun strokers from their allegiance to craving for their portable penises). A snippet:
Follow the link for more detail and citations of the sources of his data.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Surprise your neighborhood with politeness.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
August 5th is the 217th day of the year.
“Mass Trauma of Our Own Making” 0
Deborah J. Cohen does the math of cruelty.
In a similar vein, Ravi Chandra suggests that the two primary underlying traits of white supremacists are narcissism and tribalism.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is a family value.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness takes the back seat.
The victim, a woman, told officers the shooting happened while she was in a car in the 1200 block of East Main Street, the report stated. The woman said she and another person had picked up a passenger, an acquaintance, who got in the back seat when the gun went off from the back, the report stated.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid,
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you, brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is an integral component of marital bliss.
Court records show Spivey called 911 at about 3 a.m. Sunday to request an ambulance, saying he and his wife had fought over a gun, and he accidentally shot her.