Gunnuttery category archive
School Daze, Futile Fortification Dept. 0
Sam and Emma talk with a caller, an architect, who discusses how architects feel about hardening schools from mass shootings.
The Water Bearers 0
Aside:
Today’s Supreme Court is unprecedented. Except possibly by Justice Taney.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
We seem to be in dog days of politeness.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Once again, politeness goes to the dogs.
The Drop in the Bucket 0
Where It’s Always High Noon . . . . 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Scott Bonn takes issue with the notion mass shooters are “mentally unhinged individuals who simply ‘snap,'” pointing out that “the majority of mass public shooters are individuals who would not be classified as either clinically or legally insane . . . .” He thinks the problem is much larger, embedded in our very culture and mythos. An excerpt:
Methinks he may be onto something. Follow the link for his arguments.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yes, indeedy-do, one of those responsible gun owners shot himself in the foot.
We are a society of stupid.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Show politeness at the drive-thru window.
Teachers under the Gun 0
Once again, Republicans try to treat a symptom, rather deal with a cause. Sam and his crew discuss the potential for collateral damage.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another responsible gun owner–oh, you know the rest.
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.
America’s Exceptionalism 0
At the Hartford Courant, Karl E. Scheibe asks a (rhetorical) question:
Why is the United States uniquely troubled with gun violence?
Follow the link for his answer.