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Legacy 0
Wayne LaPierre grew up in Roanoke, Va.
Roanoke Times columnist Dan Casey reflects on his legacy.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The hunt for politeness continues.
When I was a young ‘un, we used to set up tin cans on a log in the back yard to perfect our marksmanship. Except during hunting season, because there might be hunters in the woods beyond the field, and a .22 can carry for a mile.
We also didn’t go walking in the woods during hunting season, because there might be hunters in the woods . . . .
Merchants of Death 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, Fred Egan makes a persuasive case that our domestic bullet-based bloodbath is bankrolled by the Benjamins. A snippet:
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Why isn’t common sense being applied to gun laws in this country? Follow the money. The sale and lucrative aftermarket of 400 million guns carries a lot of influence into the pockets of many of those responsible for our gun laws.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” is polite to himself.
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.
How the Nonprofit Profited 0
Mike and Farron follow the money.
Aside:
I’m so old that I can remember when the NRA was primarily a proponent of gun safety for hunters, not a marketeer for merchants of death.
Indeed, when I was a teen, I attended one of their gun safety classes. That’s one reason what I know that guns are not toys. (The other reason is that we had guns in the house and, natch, my Daddy taught me well.)
You do not play with a gun and you never point one–loaded or unloaded–at any creature unless you intend to do harm–something of which our current generation of gun nuts seems unaware.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Man shoots hoops while toting his portable phallus. Portable phallus shoots hoopster.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid,
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you, brother,
You won’t find one without the other.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” who didn’t know his responsibility was loaded–and was too stupid to check.
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
What goes up must come down.
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
Yet another “responsible gun owner” exposes a child to politeness.
We are a society of stupid.
If you doubt that, here’s Daniel Ruth with more evidence.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” plays with his portable phallus,
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Asininity in Albuquerque:
Follow the link for the full saga of stupid, for, as we all know
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.
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
The get fiendlier every day.
The agency said approximately 93% of the weapons were loaded, which TSA Administrator David Pekoske said was “concerning.”
Much more at the link.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another random act of politeness.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid,
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you, brother,
You won’t find one without the other.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” exposes a child politeness.
Yet another child is sacrificed at the foot of the NRA’s leaden altar.