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July 4th, 2024 - 5:42 pm § in Law and Courts, Republicans

Girl, 13, shot to death by teen at Alderwood Mall

She wasn’t the intended victim. When an argument erupted between two groups of kids, and a 16-year-old boy pulled a gun and fired at someone, the bullet hit her instead and now her family has to bury her. The shooting happened at Alderwood Mall in Lynnwood, Washington, on July 3, 2024 (read st[...]

February 23rd, 2019 - 9:31 pm § in Uncategorized

NRA suggests using Pelosi for “target practice”

The NRA once claimed to be an organization that teaches gun safety. Now they sound more like terrorists plotting assassinations. Read story here. (Click on image to enlarge)  [...]

May 18th, 2018 - 8:37 am § in Donald Trump, Politics, Schools & Colleges

Another Day, Another School, 10 More Dead Kids

Law enforcement sources confirm “multiple fatalities” at the high school in Santa Fe, Texas (near Galveston) and say a shooter is in custody. News sources report 9 deaths and say an officer was injured. Meanwhile, President Trump is heading today to an NRA speaking engagement, seeking vo[...]

March 27th, 2018 - 1:40 pm § in Donald Trump

NRA took Russian money

Revealed today: The NRA accepts money from foreign sources. An NRA delegation visited Moscow in 2015. The NRA denies violating election laws. Read story here.[...]

March 25th, 2018 - 11:57 am § in Politics

Yes, the NRA is this odious

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March 24th, 2018 - 3:03 pm § in America, Politics

Nauseating NRA video mocks Parkland kids

They’re just kids. They’ve been through a horror. They deserve our compassion, sympathy, and support. But the NRA is viciously attacking them because they dare to question the laws that allow crazed killers easy access to guns. The gun used to kill their classmates and endanger their li[...]

March 17th, 2018 - 9:02 pm § in Donald Trump

How a waiting period affects gun sales to deranged people

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June 9th, 2016 - 6:41 pm § in Politics

Watch Obama demolish rightwing gun arguments

This idiot has memorized all the rightwing talking points about guns. Watch President Obama take him apart point-by-point. His gist is that we’ve drastically reduced car accident deaths by studying the problem and then taking common-sense actions, such as seatbelts and improved road design, bu[...]

October 18th, 2014 - 8:58 am § in Hypocrisy, The Ave Scene

Yes on 594: Lets Stop The Gun Trade Between Thugs

Who is the real target of 594?  The NRA says it is the hunting buddy who want to try out out Jim’s shotgun or the dad who wants to give his daughter a Glock to defend herself at college.  This is silly.  Jim’s friend and Mary will havbe some inconmvenoience under 594.  But the real [...]

March 3rd, 2013 - 11:28 am § in Misc.

From the Intertubes: A Better Way To Control Guns

CAFE HAYAK: Should gun owners be required to buy liability insurance? by Russ Roberts on January 2, 2013 in Crime Planet Money asked Justin Wolfers, Robert Frank and me whether gun owners should be required to buy liability insurance. One of these is not like the other and sure enough, two wrote in [...]