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Mike muses about the confluence of Donald Trump’s Presidency and the spike in mass shootings. (Warning: Language.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Once again, we are reminded that politeness is child’s play.
Misdirection Play, Firearms of Mass Destruction Dept. 0
The Tampa Bay Times reveals Florida Republicans’ strategy for dealing with concerns about white supremacists and about access to firearms of mass destruction: Blame everybody and everything except guns and the people who fire them.
Full story at the link.
Misdirection Play, Dance of the Devious Dept. 0
The Portland Press-Herald’s Bill Nemitz searches for straight answers about agitators for armed assaults of assembled Americans, but encounters a veritable vacuum of veracity.
An Armed Society Is a Polite Society, Meet Tales of the Trumpling 0
Be polite to high school athletes.
Police in the eastern Arkansas city of Wynne, about 100 miles northeast of Little Rock, said the incident happened Aug. 7. Police responding to reports of “suspicious persons” found the four children on the ground, with Jerri Kelly, who is white, standing over them holding a gun, Memphis TV station WMC reported.
I remember that, when I was in high school in the still-Jim-Crow South, I and my teammates were dispatched on a similar fund raising effort, though I forget exactly what we were selling. No one pulled a gun on us, but we were not-black.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite to our four-legged friends.
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“No question it was intentional; it was messy.” said Genesee County Sheriff’s Deputy Kevin McCarthy.
That Was the Week That Was 0
The Jakarta Post sums up a week in American gunnuttery.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite as you outfit yourself for you angling expedition.
Gainesville Fire Rescue crews treated a man after he injured himself with a firearm. GFR says the man was carrying a gun in his pocket when it accidentally discharged twice, hitting his leg both times.
Misdirection Play, Firearms Fondlers Gun Nut Dept., Reprise
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Leonard Pitts, Jr., comments on the Republican dance of distraction. An excerpt (emphasis added):
Which suggests a cognitive bankruptcy that defies overstatement. Because while Kaepernick and Obama may be singularly American, this is hardly the only country where people play video games. It is not the only country where they watch zombies on television, suffer mental illness or use pot. It’s not even the only country where citizens keep and bear arms. But it is the only country where mass murder is routine. The only one.
Misdirection Play, Firearms Fondlers Gun Nut Dept.
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Thom points out the hypocrisy of Republicans’ blaming “mental illness” for gun violence while making it easier for persons with mental issues to obtain guns.
Misdirection Play, Its Not the Decay Dept. 0
At AL.com, John Archibald argues that “moral decay didn’t pull that trigger.” A nugget.
Moral decay is not killing us. We’ve been morally decayed forever.
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Be polite to those who deliver your furnishings.
The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said that when the delivery men arrived, the front door was open and Helton told them that he was upset he had to wait so long. When they asked him if he still wanted the furniture, he said, “do whatever you want” and went to his bedroom, according to the police report.
When they started to unload the furniture from their vehicle, Helton allegedly pointed a gun at the men and said, “You know, I’ve shot people for less,” the Bradenton Herald reported.