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"But, if you don't need an AR-15, then you don't need any gun, and you don't need a second amendment."

Makes sense to me.

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There's tons of A 10s at the base here in Tucson. Ugly as sin, but a seriously nasty tank killer. Low and slow, but they're heavily armored- a whole bunch of titanium under the pilot so you can't shoot his ass off. All you'll do is pods him off before he takes you out.

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Don't phase me bro!

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Only because MLK Jr. didn't bring his weapons. If they had been armed, things would have turned out very differently.

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I've had the privilege of sitting in on School Board meetings where the subject of arming teachers has come up. Most of our local Board is of the opinion that "Nope, not gonna do it. And even if we did, we'd give the authority to allow it only to the Superintendent." The principals, teachers and staff don't want anything to do with it because it honestly scares the crap outta them.

But we have one holdout who said, I kid you not: "We protect our President with guns. We protect our Governor with guns. We protect our money with guns. But to protect our kids with a sign saying 'This is a gun-free zone' is ridiculous." I nearly bit my tongue in half to keep from issuing a sarcastic retort, since I'd probably lose my job over it.

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Yeah - flexible hours, a good boss who often lets me do much more than my job title indicates, and a top-notch medical benefit plan. Only complaint is I have to deal with angry parents and the local crackpots far more than I would care to.

Why do you think I hang around this place? It's to let loose all the snark I have to keep in during my 8-5 workaday world.

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What good is a gun absolutionist? Guns never feel guilty. (Because they don't kill people, doh!)

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tl;dr;<3 guns

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Isn't Ranchretardistan the place where you're allowed to discriminate, if you have a "deeply-held belief" in your right to discriminate?

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Yeah, I saw a pimped-out Ford pickup the other day, called an Avenger or Retaliator or somesuch macho name. Dual rear tires, jacked up so I could almost driver under it, and an exahust system that looked like a pair of sewer pipes sticking up from the truck bed. Just the thing for off-roading in the Long Island suburbs.

How tiny a dick do you have to have, to want something that ridiculous?

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"Violently overthrow the federal government in the name of the Constitution."

FIFY.

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"What is Monster?" would be my guess. Based on no actual knowledge, but the fact that I've heard of it at all suggests that it's been marketed relentlessly. Or else it's the one with enough caffeine in it to kill people. (Yay, unregulated free markets!)

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"But, but ... I didn't know it was loaded with stupidity!!"

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At least phasers have a "stun" setting.

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To survive in the world, pally, sometimes means having to keep your mouth shut even when it's really hard to. You could do to learn that lesson.

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on one of the recent Raytheon shows I did, I got to mic up a Phalanx gun. Those things are actually quite annoying sounding when they dry fire...

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