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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Get a drop on politeness.
The man told police his friend dropped a handgun that discharged and struck his leg then left when 911 was called.
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The hunt for politeness continues.
Does no one teach hunting safety any more?
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Be polite to your friends.
The gunman said when he pulled the trigger, the weapon fired and shot his friend in the head.
Anomie 0
Thom and Richard Wolff discuss American gun massacres and wonder what about American society produces these solitary wolf predators.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
About those responsible gun owners (emphasis added) . . . .
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The report says they parked and the arguing continued.
The woman said she pulled a gun out of her console but did not point it at anyone. The deputy asked her why she pulled out the gun and she said that she sometimes has a bad temper, according to the report.
Just the Facts, Ma’am 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Alice LoCicero provides an interesting set of links to studies about the positive correlation between the “presence of firearms and violence.”
I commend her article to your attention.
(When you read the article, you will understand why this happened.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Monetize the politeness.
The motive?
The sheriff’s office says the couple hoped to get cash from the company that manages their home. They contacted a personal injury law firm after being released from the hospital. Deputies said the claim of thousands missing from the “phantom” safe is unfounded.
Common Denominator 0
The New York Times wonders what could possibly account for the United States’s highest-in-the-world rate of mass shootings. Oh golly gosh gee, I wonder what it could be.
Let the Massacres Continue 0
Daniel Ruth excoriates the response of Donald Trump and many others to the most recent American gun massacre. If his column sounds kind of tired, the words “most recent” in the preceding sentence may give you a hint as to why. Here’s a snippet (emphasis added):
Even more bizarrely, Trump expressed astonishment that a gunman could enter a church in rural Texas and kill 26 people. “Who would think a thing like this could ever happen?” he wondered.
To answer Trump’s question there in second paragraph, anyone who pays freaking attention to the headlines, for Pete’s sake.
This is the very picture of weaponized imbecility.
Hollow Hearts and Empty Prayers 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Arthur Dobrin explores the hollow hypocrisy of “thoughts and prayers.” A snippet”
If all we say is “sorry for your loss” when that loss isn’t addressed by action that prevents further deaths, then the expressions of sympathy can actually be harmful. Saying isn’t the same as doing. Saying the right words may make the speaker feel good but it only helps if there is some action attached to it.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The hunt for politeness continues.
The wounded hunter was hit in the leg and was taken to a Tracy hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
No charges have been filed as everyone was wearing “blaze orange” and (I admit the following is my own addition, because I know how to shoot) stupid is not a crime. Bullets carry (a .22 will carry for a mile), and it is stupid not to make sure your shot is clear both before and after the target.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness takes practice.
Authorities said the victim was shot in the chest and died at the scene.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
From time to time, politeness may require empty gestures.
Kenny Payne, the police chief in Plaquemine, Louisiana, told news outlets that the shooting appears to be accidental.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Now, about those “responsible gun owners . . . .?
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite to your neighbor.
He then realized after seeing his arm bleeding and the hole in the wall that he had been peppered by a shotgun blast.
Rosette said his neighbors and the person who had shot the gun came running after they heard him yell.
Jesus, Mary, Joseph, some of this stuff makes Three Stooges shorts look like Shakespeare.
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The hunt for politeness progresses.
A woman has been killed in a hunting accident on the first day of deer season in Maine.
Karen Wrentzel, 34, was shot dead around 10.30am on Saturday morning in a heavily wooded area near Hebron, Maine, in the first hunting fatality the state has seen in four years.
Family members said that Wrentzel was on her own property digging for rocks and gems when the incident occurred.
The story goes on to say that the property was not “posted” and that she wasn’t wearing “blaze orange.” It implies (unitentionally, I believe) that it was her own damn fault for looking like a furry severeal-hundred-pound four-legged animal in the eyes of the shooter, who is held to a lower standard because he has a hunting license.