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‘My kid made a mistake’…
Source: Father: ‘My kid made a mistake’ in school – USATODAY.com. Authorities say the boy brought a .45-caliber handgun he got from his mother’s house to an elementary school in Bremerton on Wednesday,...
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And The Ranting Goes On….
Source: NYT: NRA gathers amid storm over gun laws – US news – The New York Times – msnbc.com. Simply put gang, when guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns. You will NEVER take mine. I am NOT the...
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A Picture is…..
If a picture is worth a thousand words this one is certainly it. Our current congress is so afraid of the NRA that they panic when ordinary citizens bring up the topic of gun control. Yes, the...
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The Slippery Slope…..
I am totally sick of the “slippery slope” that my conservative friends so often cling to!! If I hear another person give me a slippery slope story I just might punch them. The idea of the slippery...
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NRA Solution to Gun Violence — More Guns
Source: NRA press conference: Put armed guards in schools (+video) – CSMonitor.com. Mr. LaPierre offered the NRA’s assistance in putting together safety programs in schools that include arming...
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Why the US military is fighting with the NRA…
via Gun control: Why the US military is fighting with the NRA – CSMonitor.com. US military commanders are trying to cope with an epidemic of suicides within the armed forces. Officials say they are...
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What We Don’t Know Is Killing Us
Source: What We Don’t Know Is Killing Us – NYTimes.com. That Mr. Obama had to make such a decree at all is a measure of the power of the gun lobby, which has effectively shut down government-financed...
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Rate of Gun Ownership Is Down…
Source: Rate of Gun Ownership Is Down, Survey Shows – NYTimes.com. The household gun ownership rate has fallen from an average of 50 percent in the 1970s to 49 percent in the 1980s, 43 percent in the...
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Beam Me Up Scottie….
Ferguson has been dominating the news lately. Especially after the grand jury decisions. This post is not going to be about that except to say that needlessly taking another life is as tragic as all...
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Evangelicals and the NRA
I think everyone knows that a significant part of the NRA are evangelical Christians. To me that association seems to be a Jekyll/Hide thing. How can you be so irrationally in favor of all guns without...
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Why the US military is fighting with the NRA…
via Gun control: Why the US military is fighting with the NRA – CSMonitor.com. US military commanders are trying to cope with an epidemic of suicides within the armed forces. Officials say they are...
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What do mass shootings and police killings have in common? America’s sick gun...
If we want to see police killings drop, no matter the victim, if we want to see an end to mass shootings (and Australia has proven that it’s possible to actually end them), we have no choice but to...
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Move Along…
Sometimes it seems that the NRA is a police force who forces “their” laws on the rest of us. They have such a strangle hold on so many politicians as to get their way even when it is opposed by a vast...
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Killed by the NRA…
The title for this post should be used every time another senseless death occurs because of unstable people getting their hands on guns. If the current batch of politicians are so afraid of the NRA...
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Directly Responsible…
STAND BACK… this is one of my flaming posts!!! I guess since a nut job is now at the top of the GOP everyone else in that party feels the need to follow suit. John McCain included. I can’t believe I...
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On The Wrong Side Of Yet Another Issue…
It seems that the GOP is on the wrong side of yet another issue important to U.S. voters. 85% of us want congress to act to keep guns out of the hands of terrorists. So what does the GOP do? As usual...
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Sante Fe Texas joins the list of tragedies in local high schools. The scenario is all too familiar. A disgruntled teen is depressed and wants to go out in a flash of attention. This time he got his...
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