Gunnuttery category archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness plays “Catch Me If You Can.”
In a related item, Josh Marshall ponders the gun nut strategy to normalize gunnuttery. Follow the link, then consider whether that strategy has any bearing on this child’s father’s gunnuttery rendering the child fatherless.
Scare Tactics 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Roy Eidelson describes how the NRA and the gun lobby uses fear to line their pockets. A snippet:
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Of course, scientific evidence regarding gun violence isn’t popular with many beholden members of Congress. For them, propaganda is just fine. In fact, thanks to NRA lobbying, Congress prohibits the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from even conducting research related to guns and public health.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Expose your progeny to politeness.
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An Orange County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman said the boy’s father left him in the vehicle with access to the loaded gun while he went into Neighborhood Kids Academy preschool to pick up another child.
Falsehood Prophets 0
Using the Las Vegas shooting as a springboard, Mike discusses the venality and hypocrisy of the religious right.
Warning: Language.
Misdirection Play, “Politicization” Dept. 0
Monica Messe reveals the “don’t politicize this” scam. A snippet:
What “Don’t politicize this” often means is, Don’t politicize this if the shooter belongs to me.
Follow the link for her reasoning.
Las Vegas Roulette 0
Afterthought:
I do not agree with those who complain that the press has not referred to the shooter as a “terrorist.” True, he created terror, but a “terrorist” is someone who uses terror to advance a cause.
As I write this, reports indicate that he appears to have been apolitical.
The only cause in which he was interested seems to have been ammosexual release.
The Corner 0
Dick Polman comments on the latest mass shooting in the United States (follow the link for the rest):
Aside:
Speaking of the banality of evil, consider how blandly horrifying is the phrase, “the latest mass shooting.”
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Expose children to politeness (emphasis added).
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Captain Kevin Riley of the Parma Police Department says that it appears the boy gained possession of a gun that was inside the car and appears to have accidentally shot himself with it. Police believe that the shooting was an accident and no foul play is suspected.
“Gained possession of a gun” seems a somewhat convoluted way of saying “some jerk negligently left an unsecured firearm lying about.”