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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Once again, politeness is child’s play.

We are a failing state.

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Stemming the Flow 0

As Congress lacks the will As the Republican Party resists any effort to curb guns and gun nuts, Marc Dion offers forth an immodest proposal.

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Suffer the Children 0

Child entering school through a TSA-like screening process says,

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Afterthought:

What is it that makes gun nuts want to shoot children?

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The Best Armor for the Body Politic 0

Frame One:  Man with an assault rifle running towards a school, captioned,

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

When visiting family in the hospital, treat the patient with politeness.

We are a society of stupider.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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“It Doesn’t Make Any Sense” 0

David discusses delusions.

Read the article that David discusses.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Targeted practice.

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Misdirection Play, Merchants of Death Dept. 0

Kevin McDermott deciphers the doubletalk.

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Kindergarten Kamakaze 0

Man labeled

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Afterthought:

I try to imagine any one of my elementary school teachers, all of whom were grandmothers or close to it, packing heat, and I just can’t.

It’s easier to visualize Curly Stooge teaching calculus.

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While Some Are Speechless . . . 0

. . . others are just silent.

Frame One, titled

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Misdirection Play, Invalid Syllogism Dept. 0

Thom gets into the weeds.

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“And Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Police put a stop to potential politeness.

We are a failing state.

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The Sacrificed Lambs 0

Man carrying assault rifle surveys graveyard filled with the Uvalde shooting victims and says,

Via Yellowdoggranny.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

At the Idaho State Journal, Nick Gier runs the numbers.

And, in related news, a cold shoulder.

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Twits on Twitter 0

Twits who would suffer the children.

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Facts Are What People Think 0

(Warning: Short commercial at the end.)

The stupid. It burns.

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Criminal Inactivity 0

Image One:  Texas lawman saying,

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Charles Blow thinks he may have uncovered a common denominator in America’s epidemic of gunnuttery.

No other country has the level of American carnage, but no other country has American Republicans.

Follow the link for his explanation of that statement.

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It’s All about the Benjamins, Reprise 0

At the San Jose Mercury-News, Louis Klarevas, Sonali Rajan and Charles Branas call out the absurdity of the NRA’s plan for the proliferation of portable phalli. Here’s a bit from their article:

. . . there are no elected officials claiming that the only way to stop a bad guy with a bomb is a good guy with a bomb.

One the same topic, the writer of a letter to the editor of The Roanoke Times calls out the misdirection play:

Shooting up a supermarket is not what a well-regulated militia does.

Follow the links for the rest.

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