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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Draw a bead on politeness.
“This looks like a tragic accident,” Fontaine said.
The boy and his father, Patrick Ursiny, were target shooting in their yard at 4290 Melwood Road, Fontaine said. When they reset the target, the 15-year-old boy was attempting to reload the small caliber pistol when it accidentally discharged, hitting him in the head, Fontaine said.
No.
Unintentional, maybe, but, if you point a gun anywhere but at the ground as you reload it (or to do anything else except fire at your target), it can be called many things, but “accident” isn’t one of them.
Boys and Their Toys 0
In the Portland Press Herald, Bill Nimitz remembers the backyard games of his boyhood and has a moment.
But “modern sporting rifles,” as the National Rifle Association so euphemistically calls them? Manufactured and marketed to look like, sound like and feel like the same military hardware most recently used in Iraq and Afghanistan?
Why?
Here’s my theory: Some guys still like to play Army.
Do read the rest.
Twits on Twitter 0
Twits who know that a picture is worth 10,000 words.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness cleans up at the confluence of guns and stupid.
Deyton told deputies that when he put the rod down the barrel of the shotgun, it discharged.
Deyton suffered a non life-threatening injury to the left side of his face.
One Dare Call It Treason 0
Andy Parker, whose daughter was gunned down on live TV, minces no words. A snippet:
Their Mantra — “Thoughts & Prayers.”
My Mantra — “Treason.”
The definition of treason: “The act of betraying one’s country.”
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Just like in the aftermath of San Bernardino, Umpqua, or my daughter Alison’s murder, the likes of Mitch McConnell, Bob Goodlatte, Michael McCaul and their fellow traitors trot out their universal catch phase — “You’re in our thoughts and prayers”.
I’m sure it’s engraved on a plaque somewhere in their offices that came along with the monthly NRA check.
Read the rest.
Logistics of Lethal 0
Aside from Maddow’s main point, the commercial she discusses illustrates clearly the extent to which the NRA and its acolytes form a cult of the phallus.
Via Raw Story.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
There’s no politeness like well-trained politeness.
The man was attempting to re-holster his gun when he accidentally pulled the trigger, said Club President Rick Olson, who called the incident “regretful.”
Melted Pot 0
In a passing reference, Tony Norman emphasizes that the Orlando shooter was as American as baseball, hotdogs, apple pie, and certain automobile marques:
Follow the link for the rest.
In related news, Helen Ubinas bought a gun.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Meanwhile, day-to-day politeness proceeds per normal.
A Grand Rapids man who accidentally shot himself in the hand was hospitalized late Sunday, June 12.
The man, 26, was trying to unload and clean his gun when it discharged.
Just Another Day in NRA Paradise . . . . 0
At the Bangor Daily News, Gwynne Dyer sums up the speculation as of yesterday regarding the Orlando shooter, then wonders, “What’s the big deal?”
Read it. It answers John Romano’s question.
Stray Thought, Anthropology Dept. 0
The NRA is a cult of the phallus.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Get a drop on politeness.
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When officers arrived they learned the child had been shot when a man attempted to climb through the window to open the door because the family was locked out. As the man, a family friend, climbed through the window, a gun fell from his pants, discharged and hit the child.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The hunt for politeness proceeds apace.
Matthew Fluty and his friend Dale Long, 15, were preparing to go bird hunting about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at young Fluty’s house in Berlin Township when Dale discharged a pump-action shotgun he was trying to clear. The shot struck the Fluty youth in the back, Sheriff Sigsworth said.
What the hell was he doing not making sure the gun was pointed at the ground?
Guns and stupid–a magic combination.