Gunnuttery category archive
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Thom makes a case that Republicans and the NRA are quite willingly orchestrating a misdirection play about gunnuttery to obscure their true intentions.
America’s original sin of chattel slavery continues to cast its shadow.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
We don’t just have gun problem in America. We also have a gun nut problem.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier remarks on the confluence of guns and stupid.
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 oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” exposes a child to his politeness.
There’s a common denominator to all these injuries and deaths both accidental negligent and purposeful:
The gun.
That’s the one constant in gunnuttery.
Stemming the Red Tide, Reprise
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To figure out why (mostly Republican) elected politicians refuse to take action against the flood of guns and gun violence, the Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini follows the money.
It’s a weapon elected officials refuse to ban, because they love the money and the support provided by the gun lobby more than they love innocent civilians.
Or police officers.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Once again, we are reminded that “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
Stemming the Red Tide
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Michael in Norfolk points a finger. Here’s a bit from his article:
A Modest Proposal 0
At The Roanoke Times, Karen Gilbert, who survived the mass shooting at Virginia Tech a decade and a half ago (how much more numb have have become since then?), offers a modest proposal for dealing with American’s red tide of gunnuttery. A snippet:
She is an optimist if she thinks that, as a society, we are willing to learn from others, especially as regards (some) Americans’ fervid fetish for portable phalluses.
After all, America is exceptional; just ask it.
Exceptional in that we can’t even learn from ourselves.
Why would we learn from others?
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American Exceptionalism America’s Exception
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Llewellyn King tries to understand (some) Americans’ fascination with portable phalluses. Here’s a bit from his article:
Regarding that other great national indulgence — guns — society has said safety doesn’t count.
I comment the entire piece to your attention.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
He just had to show his politeness.
Yet more evidence that “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron, as if we needed it.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Thus passeth another day in NRA Paradise.