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Yet more random acts of politeness . . . .

And thus passeth another day in the NRA’s Garden of Bleedin’.

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This first-grader was back-packin’ heat.

“A child brought a gun in a backpack. The weapon went off right at getting out of school time, accidentally. It hit a 7-year-old in the leg,” (Sheriff-ed.) Pennington said.

He told the newspaper that the backpack belongs to a first grader.

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Politeness is a family affair.

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Party politely.

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Practice random acts of politeness.

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Yet another child has been sacrificed on the NRA’s altar of armament.

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Be polite to the restaurant staff.

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Be polite at the while shopping for bargains at the big box store.

The shooting stemmed from an argument between the boy’s relative and two other people that turned physical around 1:57 p.m. Tuesday, Frazier said.

The child’s relative was accessing a gun when it discharged, striking the boy in his left foot.

Afterthought:

I do hereby nominate “accessing a gun” for mealy-mouthed euphemism of the month.

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The hunt for politeness continues apace.

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Celebrate the impending birth, but do so politely.

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Be polite to your neighbors.

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When you are walking with your child, demonstrate politeness.

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At Above the Law, Joe Patrice discusses the reasoning of a “Constitutional originalist” judge who has forcefully argued that the 2nd Amendment did not “originally” mean what the gun manufacturers and their dupes, symps, and fellow travelers claim it does. A snippet:

A lot of people forget that the “original” sources conservative jurists have relied upon for the current gun regime were written over four score and seven years after the Founding. If you’re wondering why they settled on a body of not-so-original testimony, it’s because they really did look into the original public meaning of the Second Amendment and learned that the reality of that legitimate originalist inquiry offended GOP lobbyists.

Follow the link for his full explication.

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Lowering the bar on politeness.

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The vigilante.

And, in more news of the polite . . . .

We are a society of stupid.

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Get a hold of some politeness.

After placing the call, Smith’s wife Nancy explained to the 911 dispatcher that she dropped the loaded handgun as she was handing it to her husband, causing the gun to fire and strike him in the chest.

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PoliticalProf provides a picture of politeness.

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Yet another child is sacrificed in NRA Paradise.

A 4-year-old boy fatally shot himself Friday night after finding a gun while visiting his grandmother, authorities said.

(snip)

The sheriff office said that the boy found a firearm inside an apartment and “accidentally shot himself.”

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Play politely.

When officers from the San Antonio Police Department arrived at the scene on Carlotta Avenue, they found EMS helping him. The man was transported to the hospital where he succumbed to the gunshot wound.

A witness at the scene told officers and investigators that the man had been playing with the gun when it accidentally went off.

One more time, “accidentally” and “negligently” are not synonymous.

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Be polite to your significant other.

According to an update from authorities, the man removed the pistol from his waistband and the gun went off, hitting his girlfriend in the chest.

Detectives at the scene overnight said the man had been unloading the gun when it discharged.

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Paramedics said the woman was dead by the time they arrived at the scene.

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