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Agree 100% on your second point. I hesitate to say it, but what does this portend for DeSantis to do next week? He’s got to be beside himself seeing...

In that veign my take has been Republicans love children, but not as much as they love their guns. -Mike G

One serious point and then I'll explode with some frustration. First Heller vs D.C. has destroyed this country. Could not have been more wrongly...

In 2016, some dark-horse, long-shot, jack-ass, fat-fuck, comb-over, serial-rapist carnival barker politician said “They're laughing at us, at our...

Interesting article yesterday on this topic. Too many fat middle age GI Joes coopting the Seal Team Six appearance. If active/retired actual special...

I know the history of Black Panthers weaponizing themselves as an act of empowerment drove anti-gun legislation in the 70’s and 80’s…basically...

I doubt that would work because it would “prove out” what they say about people not guns in that crowd’s mind….I can see the headline in the NY Post ...

So does it take a gunman at an RNC convention? A Oklahoma City style explosion at an NRA event? I mean…the radicalized right is seemingly...

Jason, I wish that what you were suggesting (although there are lots of other things like just common decency and respect to other living beings)...

Greetings from Hillsdale, NY. May 26, 2022 by SPP™ SlowPokePete, on Flickr SPP

drummer Alan White passed away today, so I'm listening to some of his best known -- and least known -- recordings: "Instant Karma" with John...

Forgive me if this has been suggested before. America has a wonderful way of distancing ourselves from the realities our policy decisions...

Mr. Madison describes 2022 pretty well, seems little has changed in human nature. Federalist #10 The latent causes of faction are thus sown in...

Increasingly it's part of the spree shooter package du jour. Get your AR-15, strap on some body armor, and go to town. James Holmes, the Aurora...

Time for a whole new document. It’s not 1787 anymore and we’re seeing too many people acting as if what was relevant then must be the same today. The...

Just out of curiosity, why the limit on body armor? I only learned that body armor was even regulated when I wanted a vest for myself for safety...

“Oleaginous.” That’s the best (family friendly) adjective for Cruz.

Isn't that how he always looks?

We already know what works. Look at the rest of the developed world. Everything that's been put forward has been rejected by gun nuts as...

No sane person can deny that there is a problem with inappropriate use of guns in the US. It is time to clear the elephants from the room who insist...

One of the graphics: Nicholas Kristof's piece also had some very compelling statistics, and graphics by Bill Marsh: How to Reduce Shootings ...

The statistics here are plenty incentive to regulate gun safety, which includes but is not limited to who is legally allowed to own a gun of any...

I'll gladly loan you the staging that I purchased and lost the nerve to use. I'm not as fearless as I once was (that includes when I bought the...

A literal pile of dead first graders didn't spur anyone to change a decade ago. Nothing will change now. I hope future generations do better than...

Armed teachers, guns in locked boxes distributed in schools for use of other staff members, already exist. And back packs that convert to body...

Nice scissor lift. Can I borrow it when you’re done? Mike

Disgraceful. SPP

I would absolutely, positively expect some elected official to propose this within the next week. We've reached that level of absurdist theater.

Abbott's recent appearances make me want to vomit. This from a guy who has practically declared war on the most vulnerable children in the state, and...