In response to U.S. gun carnage, Canada to enact tough laws

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

   oh, so the EXPERTS are back at it again??  this rag has less cred than mad magazine.  this paper leaked like a backwoods tin shed from 2016-2021.  now it's tighter than a frogs ass stretched over a drum on a hot summer day.  who's in epsteins lil black book?  once they leak that, i will consider reading their sports pages

Lol.

[Uncle Rico]

   oh, so the EXPERTS are back at it again??  this rag has less cred than mad magazine.  this paper leaked like a backwoods tin shed from 2016-2021.  now it's tighter than a frogs ass stretched over a drum on a hot summer day.  who's in epsteins lil black book?  once they leak that, i will consider reading their sports pages

7 of 10

[MU82]

   oh, so the EXPERTS are back at it again??  this rag has less cred than mad magazine.  this paper leaked like a backwoods tin shed from 2016-2021.  now it's tighter than a frogs ass stretched over a drum on a hot summer day.  who's in epsteins lil black book?  once they leak that, i will consider reading their sports pages

Seek help before you start shooting up schools.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

   oh, so the EXPERTS are back at it again??  this rag has less cred than mad magazine.  this paper leaked like a backwoods tin shed from 2016-2021.  now it's tighter than a frogs ass stretched over a drum on a hot summer day.  who's in epsteins lil black book?  once they leak that, i will consider reading their sports pages

[Bo Ryan's Massage Therapist]

Full disclosure I've only read about 2/3 of the pages on this thread so not sure if this has been mentioned or not... 
the only way we can get some common sense laws passed is if what happened in Australia happens here.  In Australia, the laws were actually shockingly spearheaded by a conservative president/prime minister and conservative government in 1995/1996.  The evidence is ample that the laws worked.  Just look at the data of mass shootings before and after the laws were enacted.  We need some conservatives to have the balls to do the right thing despite all of the gun lobbying money.  It worked in Australia and can work here if enough break party lines to do the right thing.

[Jockey]

Full disclosure I've only read about 2/3 of the pages on this thread so not sure if this has been mentioned or not... 
the only way we can get some common sense laws passed is if what happened in Australia happens here.  In Australia, the laws were actually shockingly spearheaded by a conservative president/prime minister and conservative government in 1995/1996.  The evidence is ample that the laws worked.  Just look at the data of mass shootings before and after the laws were enacted.  We need some conservatives to have the balls to do the right thing despite all of the gun lobbying money.  It worked in Australia and can work here if enough break party lines to do the right thing.

Yes. And unicorns are real.

[MU82]

We need some conservatives to have the balls to do the right thing despite all of the gun lobbying money.

Then we are screwed.

Hell, one congressman spoke up just last week and his party canceled him so quickly that he had to quit his re-election bid.

[Bo Ryan's Massage Therapist]

Then we are screwed.

Hell, one congressman spoke up just last week and his party canceled him so quickly that he had to quit his re-election bid.

Yep.  I'm aware.  We are indeed screwed but this is the only hope or it aint happening

[Pakuni]

Some may look at these numbers and say they're troubling. I say it's evidence our schools are doing a fantastic job preparing kids for the workplace. Or going to the movies. Or grocery shopping. Or the mall. Or a concert.

More than half of parents say their school-aged children sometimes worry about gun violence while attending school, including more than a quarter who say they worry about it a lot.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gun-violence-schools-parents-children-opinion-poll-2022-06-05/

[MU82]

Some may look at these numbers and say they're troubling. I say it's evidence our schools are doing a fantastic job preparing kids for the workplace. Or going to the movies. Or grocery shopping. Or the mall. Or a concert.

More than half of parents say their school-aged children sometimes worry about gun violence while attending school, including more than a quarter who say they worry about it a lot.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gun-violence-schools-parents-children-opinion-poll-2022-06-05/

The kids don't have those fears because there are hundreds of thousands of guns out there, Pak. Blame the media. Or CRT.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Some may look at these numbers and say they're troubling. I say it's evidence our schools are doing a fantastic job preparing kids for the workplace. Or going to the movies. Or grocery shopping. Or the mall. Or a concert.

More than half of parents say their school-aged children sometimes worry about gun violence while attending school, including more than a quarter who say they worry about it a lot.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gun-violence-schools-parents-children-opinion-poll-2022-06-05/

Duh. The obvious solution is to allow them to conceal carry.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Duh. The obvious solution is to allow them to conceal carry.

Maybe they could carry a locked door around. But only a single door.

[tower912]

Bulletproof backpacks.   Do they come in Phineas and Ferb patterns?

[jesmu84]

Duh. The obvious solution is to allow them to conceal carry.

Ohio just passed a bill to allow teachers to do just that.

So the narrative is that teachers are liberal groomers who teach CRT and aren't to be trusted.....but you want them to carry firearms around your kids.

[Uncle Rico]

Ohio just passed a bill to allow teachers to do just that.

So the narrative is that teachers are liberal groomers who teach CRT and aren't to be trusted.....but you want them to carry firearms around your kids.

Only in America

[Jockey]

Ohio just passed a bill to allow teachers to do just that.

So the narrative is that teachers are liberal groomers who teach CRT and aren't to be trusted.....but you want them to carry firearms around your kids.

ANY teacher carrying a gun in school becomes both a supplier and a target.

A kid no longer would even need to acquire a gun or risk getting one into the school. The supply will already be in schools waiting for any troubled kid who wants to kill other teachers or students.

[MU82]

18 more shot to death this past weekend.

In Philly, an argument breaks out at street festival ... but because the arguers have easy-to-get guns, you have a hail of bullets instead of a shoving match or fistfight. So people are dead, and they weren't even involved in the argument.

What was needed were more guns! If only everybody in the crowd of thousands had more guns, think of all the lives that would have been saved when hundreds of them opened fire.

Only in Gunmerica, where "life is sacred" takes a backseat to "from my cold, dead hands."

[Uncle Rico]

ANY teacher carrying a gun in school becomes both a supplier and a target.

A kid no longer would even need to acquire a gun or risk getting one into the school. The supply will already be in schools waiting for any troubled kid who wants to kill other teachers or students.

I’d prefer arming teachers with tools to help teach our children but that isn’t happening anytime soon. 

[tower912]

Books are dangerous.

[Uncle Rico]

Books are dangerous.

It’s part of America’s proud history of being as ignorant as possible despite all the worldly advantages of any civilization in the history of the world.  Our fight against knowledge by some is astounding.

[forgetful]

I’d prefer arming teachers with tools to help teach our children but that isn’t happening anytime soon.

I’m sure they will make the teachers buy their own guns too, just like they have to buy teaching supplies for class.

[muwarrior69]

18 more shot to death this past weekend.

In Philly, an argument breaks out at street festival ... but because the arguers have easy-to-get guns, you have a hail of bullets instead of a shoving match or fistfight. So people are dead, and they weren't even involved in the argument.

What was needed were more guns! If only everybody in the crowd of thousands had more guns, think of all the lives that would have been saved when hundreds of them opened fire.

Only in Gunmerica, where "life is sacred" takes a backseat to "from my cold, dead hands."

Meanwhile those people with easy access to guns despite tough gun control laws in Philadelphia are not being held accountable.

https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-gun-arrests-2021-convictions-vufa-20210330.html

[MU82]

Quite a scene in Season 3, Episode 2 of The Boys.

Butcher shows up at the 33rd Annual Firearms Convention, run by the superhero-management corporation, Vought. He's looking for a "supe" called Gunpowder.

There are scanners at the entrance, and attendees place their cellphones and keys in containers to be examined. As he's ready to step through, Butcher realizes he hasn't checked his gun. He takes it out of his belt, but before he can put it through the scanner, the security guard just says, "Nice piece -- welcome!" and sends him through.

Inside the convention hall, kids are using crayons on gun-themed coloring books. Some are sitting on their mommies' laps while they point rifles around the room.

Butcher goes into one of the conference rooms and sits down to hear Gunpowder, who is the featured speaker. Waving a huge pistol around as he addresses an audience filled with parents holding their little kids, Gunpowder shouts:

And I tell you something, if Dakota Bob Singer gets elected president, well, you say hello to left-wing socialism! Cuz I’ll tell you this right now, he’s gonna follow the George Soros globalist playbook to a tee:

Step 1, oppress the citizens and confiscate their firearms.

Step 2, have it all gleefully reported by the so-called "news media."

And step 3, in every classroom around the country they’re gonna teach your kids to hate America, the Constitution and the 2nd Amendment!

Good for us, the Silent Majority, and the Vought Rifle Association, let me tell you something: We are armed and we’re ready to fight back!!!

Thanks for coming, ladies and gentlemen. Don’t forget, 2-for-1 on hollow points on the way out. Use the promo code "Gunpowder"!

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Meanwhile those people with easy access to guns despite tough gun control laws in Philadelphia are not being held accountable.

https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-gun-arrests-2021-convictions-vufa-20210330.html

Why do you think that is?

[Pakuni]

Udalve native Matthew McConaughey published an op-ed today advocating for things like universal background checks, age limits for semiautomatic rifles, red flag laws and waiting periods ... basically the kind of stuff nearly everyone here is on board with. Except he reframes the discussion as "gun responsibility" instead of gun control.
Potayto-potahto, far as I'm concerned, but if changing a word will get more people on board and something accomplished, then I'm all for it.


https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2022/06/06/matthew-mcconaughey-editorial-time-responsible-choices-guns/7523836001/