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dslindc's avatar

How dare Congress do something! Especially something the NRA doesn\&#039t like! Obviously everyone has to go buy six more guns to make up for it. For freedom.

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schmannity's avatar

What could the American College Of Emergency Physicians know about gun injuries that an eye doctor doesn't?

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Monsieur_Grumpe's avatar

And what about tongue/flag pole injuries?

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Monsieur_Grumpe's avatar

Murthy sounds Irish, is he sober?

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Olav_Pompatus's avatar

I don't get it. He's not the Overall-Stay-Healthy General; he's the <em>Surgeon</em> General. And has there ever been a better job creator for surgeons than the NRA?

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The Quirk's avatar

When the NRA learned it could rake in money from paranoia.

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Fitzgerald Chesterfield's avatar

Is "Surgeon General's Warning on guns and ammo" already a right-wing trope?

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Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

The Big Book of Democratic Excuses keeps getting bigger and bigger every day. It takes a real talent to keep losing races to a group as dysfunctional as the GOP

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

"Vivek’s confirmation makes us better positioned to save lives around the world and protect the American people here at home."

"from guns," he added under his breath.

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

Any scientific problem the Rethugs would prefer to ignore becomes a "political" issue. If they were flat-earthers, they'd be trying to defund NASA, because taking pictures of Earth from space is "politcal activism."

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

Certified by the Rand Paul Board of Certification of Rand Paul. You can't get more authoritative than that -- I mean, who knows more about Rand Paul than Rand Paul?

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