June, 2016 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Woo the damsel of your desires with politeness.
According to ClickOrlando.com, Sumter County sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of gun fire at the woman’s home and arrested 69-year-old Howard Sparber.
Deputies said that Sparber fired dozens of gunshots to gain entry to the house, but the woman turned out not to be home at the time.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Imagine this: you go to a yard sale and the Civil War breaks out.
Thomas Lee Campbell, 54, is facing charges of brandishing a firearm and vandalism for confronting Cierra Mayes in his yard after he had already shoved branches through her car windshield and left a nasty note reading: “F*ck you.”
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness. It’s catching.
Police said before handing the pistol to the 23-year-old, the 20-year-old man attempted to clear a live round from the firearm’s chamber and remove other bullets from the gun.
While taking out the magazine and attempting to eject a round, the gun apparently slipped out of the 20-year-olds’ hands. As he attempted to catch the gun, the pistol fired.
Afterthought:
Note how “he dropped the gun” somehow turned into “the gun slipped . . . out of his hands.”
Follow the reportage of gunnuttery closely and you will see it’s almost always the gun’s fault. It’s never the gun nut’s fault. The gun mysteriously “goes off” or “discharges” without intervention of human agency.
Words matter.
There is a reason that, some years ago, the National Safety Council stopped referring to automobile “accidents” and started referring to “crashes” in defensive driving courses (and I’ve taken a few–something do with reduced insurance rate). Until gun nuts are held responsible in the popular mind for their gunnuttery, gunnuttery will continue apace.
Merchants of Death 2
In related news, a letter-writer to The Roanoke Times reminds us that to the victor belong the spoils.
Video via Kos.
A. Trickle-On Econommics 0
Q. What’s the matter with Kansas?
“He Fits the Profile” 0
And he’s not who you think he is.
House of Card Sharks (Updated) 0
Josh Marshall thinks that there is no there, there.
Addendum:
Yup. Sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Conventional Wisdom 0
What happens when a Party can’t party?
Educational Priorities 0
Ah, the blissful innocence of school days, school days, good old Golden Rule days, in NRA Paradise (emphasis added):
(snip)
The $4 million upgrade is intended to streamline the lockdown procedure in the event of an emergency such as an active shooter. No need to put someone outside, go digging through drawers for a key or rely on one adult in a room full of kids to get a classroom door locked if a threat is imminent in the halls, said Michael Eaton, chief of department safety for DPS.
Follow the link to learn more about the joys of youth in the line of fire.
(I wonder how many books $4,000,000.00 would buy?)
