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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And still yet more random acts of politeness.
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Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
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” (Updated) 2
Sometimes the polite are hoisted on their own petards.
Aside:
Of course, no one these days really knows what a petard is. The only definitions I could find (here’s an example”) seem to have nothing whatsoever to do with hoisting.
Addendum:
See drouse’s comment below. drouse gave me a new perspective on that quotation from Shakespeare.
(Broken tag fixed.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another responsible gun owner–well, you know the rest.
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Politeness is a family value.
The NRA will no doubt argue that, had the victim been packi–oh, never mind.
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Yet another responsible gun owner ensures that his family gets a drop on politeness.
Opelika police say the shooting death of a 13-year-old was an accident.
(snip.)
Police say it appears that a loaded gun fell inside of the home and discharged, striking the victim.
The writer of a letter to the editor of my local rag yesterday listed many possible causes for the explosion in gun violence except one: too many guns in the hands of too many gun nuts.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And another child encounters politeness.
Incarceration Nation 0
At the Inky, Will Bunch uses the recent shooting (gang fight?) in Sacramento as a starting point to consider whether self-proclaimed tough-on-crime prosecutors, who tend disproportionately to target minorities and the poor (remember New York City’s “broken windows” policy?), make a difference. After crunching the numbers, he argues that they do not, despite their preening posturing and pandering to the prejudiced.
A snippet:
Fly the Fiendly Skies . . . 0
. . . and enjoy the politeness of your traveling companions.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And yet another child who didn’t know the gun was loaded.
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Yet another responsible gun owner . . . .