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Cthulhu: Danger hugs!'s avatar

Therein lies part of the problem. The fetishisation of firearms. Through whatever means, be it media, movies, NRA and manufacturer propaganda, far too many people now believe that guns have the magical power to make you into Rambo/Chuck Norris/Arnold Schwarzenegger just by the sheer possession of it.

Jeffery Campbell's avatar

Just go throw a peanut on the lawn and wait for a rabid squirrel to come chattering by - it's the same thing.

Cthulhu: Danger hugs!'s avatar

Yes, yes they are. And for some goddamned reason, it's legal for them to carry around guns.

Cthulhu: Danger hugs!'s avatar

IIRC, the Seminoles never surrendered nor signed a peace treaty with the occupiers either.

Cthulhu: Danger hugs!'s avatar

You do? Might wanna check in with your dermatologist. j/k.

Jeffery Campbell's avatar

This is an area where I believe that our old friend Karma, the Bitch has control. Handicaps are not always visible, and confronting people these days can get your murdered as noted above. Although I did accost a woman at the grocery store who parked in a "mothers with children" spot and emerged from the then-empty car alone. When I suggested the spot was not for her, she snapped, "I HAVE children." I could only respond that I was very sorry to hear that she's managed to reproduce.

LadyLaz's avatar

Jees... this guy INSTIGATED THIS. This is complete bs. He should go to jail for second degree murder, not manslaughter.

peteywheats's avatar

Stand your Klansman Ground, Florida, stand your Klansman ground.

Mandorlind's avatar

Farts Legos and then steps on them?

fawkedifiknow's avatar

The shooter would have had a better chance on appeal if he had argued that he was exercising his First Amendment religious liberties rights, particularly in the US Supreme Court. It works every time since Roberts, Thomas and Alito took over.

DDB9000's avatar

Yep. Just wait until the eye is over Mar-a-Lago.

DDB9000's avatar

Him accidentally being shot and killed as he's walking out of the prison might be nice.

DDB9000's avatar

What worked? New York was not an open carry state then, like California once was (before the Black Panthers).I don't remember any new gun laws right after 1969.

DDB9000's avatar

Well, yeah. The shooter was afraid of the victim's big non-gun.