Well there's your problem. Where was mom with her gun? An 11-year-old boy in White Pine, Tennessee, has been arrested for murdering his 8-year-old neighbor Saturday after she refused to show him a puppy. The boy shot the girl from the window of his family's mobile home using his father's 12-gauge shotgun, which was no doubt kept handy for home protection and, in a pinch, the deadly resolution to childhood disputes. As of Oct. 5,
This is horrible. Nothing more to say here. I can't call up any snark whatsoever. Maybe if the parents of the shooter were held responsible I'd feel like some justice is being done. But it doesn't bring the little girl back. So I guess that's even pretty empty.But I've increased my monthly contribution to the Brady Center for Gun Violence. It's not much. But I suggest yunz do the same. Hell, if we all give another $5/month, maybe we can make a difference. Oh...and VOTE!!1 Every election. Not just every four years. EVERY YEAR. Do it and stop whining. Even if it's just for School Board. You want schools that don't teach Intelligent Design in Science class. Vote for people who think like you do. You want your local council to stop cutting funds to fix roads, vote for people who won't. You want state representatives who won't introduce bills to ask God not to smite you because ghey? Vote for those who won't. Every....fucking....year. I love this place, but I would give my right arm if we had nothing to snark about.
WTF? I have in-laws who own guns. Lots of guns. And they would NEVER...EVER...EVER do anything so stupid as to leave them loaded where someone other than themselves can get hold of them. This is criminal irresponsibility, and should be treated as such.
The parents of the shooter asked for this.I hope they get what they deserve. But hey! At least they're free. Oh, yeah, and another person's child is dead. So there's that.
Just wait. The gun-scissorers are tightening their own noose by fighting any laws for new gun regulations. Things will get so bad, these shootings will be so regular that when something FINALLY changes, it will be so knee-jerk that it'll be 100 times worse for gun owners than if they looked around and acknowledged their fetish is going to cost them in the end. What's worse? The right is happy obstruct just because they like seeing us frustrated, regardless of the other consequences.
I am going to repost most of this, including those 2 images. I seldom engage in "controversy" via FB (seldom do anything on it), but we have to get to the point of critical mass.
The TN kid-gun law is perfection, and will hold adults accountable EACH AND EVERY TIME A KID SAYS "HEY DAD CAN I BORROW YOUR GLOCK I FEEL LIKE DOING SOME MURDERING TODAY" and they hand over their bangstick. And also too POLITE SOCIETY. Commies.
Here's one more: many states don't even have laws preventing people from firing guns while drunk! They rely on 'Disorderly Conduct' or 'Reckless Endangerment' statutes to cover that problem!!!!
This is horrible. Nothing more to say here. I can't call up any snark whatsoever. Maybe if the parents of the shooter were held responsible I'd feel like some justice is being done. But it doesn't bring the little girl back. So I guess that's even pretty empty.But I've increased my monthly contribution to the Brady Center for Gun Violence. It's not much. But I suggest yunz do the same. Hell, if we all give another $5/month, maybe we can make a difference. Oh...and VOTE!!1 Every election. Not just every four years. EVERY YEAR. Do it and stop whining. Even if it's just for School Board. You want schools that don't teach Intelligent Design in Science class. Vote for people who think like you do. You want your local council to stop cutting funds to fix roads, vote for people who won't. You want state representatives who won't introduce bills to ask God not to smite you because ghey? Vote for those who won't. Every....fucking....year. I love this place, but I would give my right arm if we had nothing to snark about.
WTF? I have in-laws who own guns. Lots of guns. And they would NEVER...EVER...EVER do anything so stupid as to leave them loaded where someone other than themselves can get hold of them. This is criminal irresponsibility, and should be treated as such.
That's why we need the guns, right?
The parents of the shooter asked for this.I hope they get what they deserve. But hey! At least they're free. Oh, yeah, and another person's child is dead. So there's that.
"What we should be doing is praying for the family."
Unless you're Obama.
Ok.
Just wait. The gun-scissorers are tightening their own noose by fighting any laws for new gun regulations. Things will get so bad, these shootings will be so regular that when something FINALLY changes, it will be so knee-jerk that it'll be 100 times worse for gun owners than if they looked around and acknowledged their fetish is going to cost them in the end. What's worse? The right is happy obstruct just because they like seeing us frustrated, regardless of the other consequences.
I can't hit my keyboard hard enough.
Agree! Makes perfect Spidey sense. :-)
I am going to repost most of this, including those 2 images. I seldom engage in "controversy" via FB (seldom do anything on it), but we have to get to the point of critical mass.
and don't forget to pray!
Wow, that's even crazier than my made-up scenario. Who thinks like that?!
The TN kid-gun law is perfection, and will hold adults accountable EACH AND EVERY TIME A KID SAYS "HEY DAD CAN I BORROW YOUR GLOCK I FEEL LIKE DOING SOME MURDERING TODAY" and they hand over their bangstick. And also too POLITE SOCIETY. Commies.
That chills me to the bone. What the fuck is wrong with us as a people?
No, I had a cup of tea.
Here's one more: many states don't even have laws preventing people from firing guns while drunk! They rely on 'Disorderly Conduct' or 'Reckless Endangerment' statutes to cover that problem!!!!
There are a LOT of armed liberals. We like to keep it on the DL.