Tag: Adam Lanza
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There’s No Such Thing As “Responsible Gun Ownership”
Sorry, gun owners, but calling yourselves “responsible” is really just a nicety you apply to yourselves. I totally appreciate that you aspire to be responsible with your firearms. If you spent money on a gun locker or safe in which to store your weapons when not in use? Good on ya! That was a (relatively)…
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In America, It’s Always Human Hunting Season
Another day, another mass shooting in America. That’s because here in America, it’s always “human hunting season”. As of three days ago, we were on a record-setting pace where mass shootings are concerned. There were “131 with four or more people wounded or killed so far in 2023 compared to 113 this time last year.…
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The Bondage Of Bad Ideas
What makes a character like Wylie Coyote so universally funny that he transcends time is that he epitomizes the bondage of bad ideas. Even before he sets out on his latest attempt to catch the Roadrunner (who, frankly, doesn’t look like much of a meal to begin with), the Coyote is doomed to fail. The…
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What If We Stopped Calling Them “Guns” And Started Calling them “Death Machines” Instead?
Stone cold fact: from the get-go, guns were imagined as a way to kill living things more efficiently than the technologies preceding it could. One can mass murder people with a bow and arrow but it’s way harder than doing it with an AR15. Way harder. Yeah, sure, one can take out a crowd with…
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When Gun Owners Call Themselves “Responsible” What They Mean Is “Lucky – So Far…”
Sorry, “responsible gun owners”, but you’re probably the worst possible judges of your “responsible-ness”. The proof? You call yourselves “responsible gun owners” like it was a magic protective shield against accidents or life’s unpredictability. You seem to honestly believe that you are truly “responsible” – the exception to the rule. Oy… every time a “responsible…
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Wait- We Mandate Auto Insurance Because Cars Can Kill People But We DON’T Mandate Insurance For Guns – Which Are DESIGNED To Kill?
Fact: if every gun owner had to insure every gun in their possession (and the penalties for NOT insuring were crushingly astronomical), America would not have a gun problem today. The gun lobby has so bamboozled America that we’ve forgotten what guns are and what they aren’t. Forget what nonsense anyone uses to explain their…
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“Responsible Gun Ownership” Is Wishful Thinking At Best
I know and have known people who I believe are absolutely responsible in their approach to life. I know gun owners, too. Many. Now, I’m just talking about perception here – how a gun NON-owner perceives gun owners when those gun owners use the word “responsible” to describe themselves. I’m certain my gun-owning friends believe…
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“Responsible Gun Owners” Are Responsible Until They’re Not; THAT’S The Problem
Don’t get me wrong. I’m sure there are plenty of “responsible gun owners” who genuinely want to be responsible with their guns because they comprehend that guns kill people. And, up to this point, they can claim to have behaved responsibly (as far as we know) because their weapons haven’t hurt anyone. So, yeah —…
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America’s Love For Guns Is Directly Related To America’s Love for Racism
America isn’t the only country with a racist past. We are however the only (first world) country to have both a racist past and a deep, abiding love for guns and gun culture. America didn’t have to succumb to racism at its birth; that was a choice we made – an economic choice. But for…