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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Exhibit politeness at the exhibition.
The shooting occurred in the parking lot of the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, which was hosting the Big Bore Gun Show from Friday until Sunday.
“Sit Down and Shut Up” 0
The Portland Press-Herald’s Bill Nemitz comments on the gyrations of one Maine school district to justify banning students from participating in any protest against school shootings. A snippet:
(snip)
My guess is those kids would not consider gun violence political at all. To them, and to their still-grieving families and friends, it’s literally a matter of life or gruesome death.
Yet here we have Superintendent Rebar, following a hastily called meeting with the SAD 13 school board on Tuesday, twisting and torturing everything from the First Amendment to basic logic.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite to the love of your life.
According to the man, after loading the gun he removed the magazine and went to pull back the gun’s slide to remove the live bullet. That is when the gun suddenly went off and the bullet traveled through the wall into the adjoining room where his wife was seated.
Had the wife been packing, no doubt she could have prevented this.
Just ask the NRA.
Afterthought:
The whole damn country is suffering from lead poisoning.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Surprise your neighbor with politeness.
She says the gunshot turns out to have been accidentally fired by a neighbor, who was cleaning their assault rifle.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is no joke.
Brown allegedly told police he grabbed the gun off of a coffee table and pointed at Crews and did not realize the weapon was loaded, police said.
Brown allegedly pulled the trigger and said he saw the flash from the gun and then realized Crews was shot in the face, police said.
Guns and stupid do seem to seek each other out, do they not?
Misdirection Play the NRA Way 0
Eugene Robinson spots a ploy:
The National Rifle Association and its vassals in the Republican Party would like you to exhaust your outrage on a possibility that is, from the start, impossible.
Follow the link for the rest.
“The Teacher Is in Custody” 0
A stable genius could not have predicted . . . .
The shooting, which took place around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, led to a frantic lockdown at Dalton High School. One student suffered a minor ankle injury while running down the halls, police said at a press conference.
Via Juanita Jean.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Play politely.
Police say that 3 males were in the desert drinking and playing with guns when one of them was shot.
The wounded person died.
Police believe that the shooting may have been an accident but they are still investigating.
One more time, there is no such thing as an “accidental” shooting.
The only choices are “intentional” and “negligent.”
Delta of Venal 0
Jay Bookman considers the Georgia’s Lieutenant Governor’s (and gubernatorial candidate) threat to deny Delta Airlines an (unneeded) tax break in retribution for Delta’s decision to stop giving NRA members discounts. An excerpt:
For Georgia Republicans, that creates a dilemma. In the hierarchy of lobbying groups at the state capitol, Delta ranks near the top. But at the very top, at the summit, sits the National Rifle Association. Delta is powerful; the NRA is sacrosanct.
Duck and Quiver 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Eric Dietrich muses on America’s love affair with guns. A snippet (emphasis in the original):
What do we fear? We fear abortion (as an essential component to women’s rights), animal rights, any religion besides conservative Christianity, bans on hunting, birth control, carbon footprints, the politics of caring, controlling energy use, controlling mining, discussions of sexism, diversity, economic crashes, education, euthanasia, evolution, flying planes into buildings, gay marriage, gender (and the word “gender”), getting mugged, gun control, home invasions, homosexuality, immigration, not logging, statistically not common sexual behavior, population control (and discussing same), protecting the environment, races other than the white one, restrictions on parenting, running out of gas and oil, science, sex, taking global warming seriously, talk of climate change, talk of social class, talk about the Second Amendment, terrorism, transgendered humans, types of governments besides ours, vaccinations . . . .In fact, we fear discussing gun control so much that Congress has prevented our Centers for Disease Control from conducting any research on gun control. Such willful blindness is not only immoral, it is illegal (trying getting away with willful blindness in a criminal case).
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Surround your children with politeness.
A 4-year-old girl is in critical condition after an accidental shooting in LaGrange, police said.
The handgun used Monday morning was within reach of the child’s 2-year-old and 7-year-old brothers and authorities told Channel 2 Action News they believe one of the siblings fired the shot.
True Believers 0
Meanwhile, Adam Gopnik comments on the latest NRA spin. A snippet:
I’m looking really really hard, and I don’t see any “socialist wave,” but I guess fighting the Cold War (flash! Communism lost!) never gets old.
Link to Gopnik via The Colorado Independent.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The drive for politeness:
The incident occurred around 5:30 p.m. while the woman was inside a car, was shown a gun and had shot herself, according to initial police scanner reports.
More guns no doubt would have prevented this.
