Saturday, May 7, 2011

Shared Responisbility According to Robert Farago

Robert came out in a big way for "shared responsibility."  This is important considering the effect he has on his readership, the "armed intelligentsia." Joe Matafome, for example, carries a gun all the time, even at home, since reading Robert's blog posts.

I'm excited, because if the controversial concept of shared responsibility can be applied to police shooting accidents, how difficult a jump would it be to blame gun-rights activists for the problems of gun violence due to lax or non-existent laws?

The Reality of Urban Gun Violence in the United States





McCain and Maddow at the NRA Convention





NRA Conventioneers Regurgitating the Party Line


The Funniest Thing You've Heard All Day

via The Washington Post quoting a typical blowhard gun rights supporter who's basically whistling in the dark and spouting nonsense. Referring to the president he has this to offer.

“He’s been dead silent on guns because he’s scared to death of us,” said William Shelley, 58, an electrical lineman from Liberty, Mo., attending his 12th NRA meeting. “He’s learned not to talk about guns.”
I suppose that terrible shellacking Obama took in the polls last time due to the NRA influence really taught him a lesson.

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Guns in Bars - Texas Style

The Houston Chronicle reports on how allowing guns in bars makes perfect sense.
Police said the two men had been inside the bar and then had a confrontation when they left. They were arguing while they stood in Sawyer and the suspect pulled out a gun and fired several times,
What do you think? Does it matter if he'd been a licensed gun owner or a convicted felon?

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"From My Cold Dead Hands" in Tucson



I can't wait to learn what the warrant was for. But doesn't a story like this highlight how foolish all that Molon Labe nonsense is?

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