Gunnuttery category archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Still rising again after all these years, oh so politely.
The News Cycle Spiral
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The Pack of Lone Wolves 0
Thom eviscerates the myth of the “lone wolf” mass shooter.
The Fetishists 0
In the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Tony Norman tries to understand (some) Americans’ fascination with projectile-propelling portable phalli.
No excerpt or summary can do this article justice. Just go read the whole thing.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Ensure that your children are exposed to politeness at an early age.
Our Mounting Multiplicity of Massacres 0
Gina Barreca thinks it’s time to stop with the double-talk about America’s recent spate of racist, bigoted mass shootings, most of them by young white men, boys even. Here’s a tiny bit of her article:
This is not about mental health; this is about guns, race, anti-Semitism, misogyny, ignorance, and social media. They get onto distorted and deforming social media platforms and then—whoosh, they are gone—down the drain of cults, 4Chan, and conspiracy theory.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Draw Show your politeness to those in the next lane of the highway on which you conduct your motorized conveyance.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And yet another child is sacrificed on the NRA’s altar of lead.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
In a related piece at Psychology Today Blogs, Michael Austin exposes the fallacy underlying the quotation that forms the title of this series of posts. A snippet:
There is evidence that an armed society is not a polite society.
Follow the link for the evidence.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another responsible gun owner discharges his responsibility.
Yet another child is introduced to politeness.
And our society moves one more step to failure.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Share your politeness with your loved ones.
“An uncle was visiting the residence. He does not normally live there, and he had a gun. The 9-year-old male found the gun and accidentally discharged, striking the 4-year-old in the head,” said Major Susan Cotter of Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
And again we are reminded that the elusive “responsible gun owner” is a creature of myth.