I figured it was a “Hey, Joe” reference, but I wasn’t sure if he was joking about there being an incident. — Noah Te Stroete
An incident... which occurred whilst he was designing a bird costume for camouflage? :brow: — S
In Gun We Rust.Few crimes are more harshly forbidden in the Old Testament than sacrifice to the god Moloch (for which see Leviticus 18.21, 20.1-5). The sacrifice referred to was of living children consumed in the fires of offering to Moloch...The gun is our Moloch."
— Maw — Maw
Fuck. :shade:There is no American gun control debate. The debate is settled. It is settled on the side of being totally OK with murdering children, regularly. The rest is performance. — Streetlight
the US should ask the other countries to the left which seem to have it all figured out. — Mr Bee
Tim Fischer was leader of the National Party and Howard’s deputy prime minister in the Coalition government, charged with persuading sceptical country voters to support, or at least accept, reforms. “Port Arthur was our Sandy Hook,” he said. “Port Arthur we acted on. The USA is not prepared to act on their tragedies.”
The police and the armed forces are equipped with a wide range of guns. Who's done a study on how many lives an armed officer or soldier has saved? — Agent Smith
It's a truly vicious circle - more guns breeding more fear, spuring more guns. And the NRA circles, feeding off the corpses like the vultures they are. — Wayfarer
You can’t kill a classroom full of schoolchildren with chewing tobacco, although the subtlety of the argument might elude you. — Wayfarer
I misunderstood you, but it’s a rather tortuous analogy, let’s leave it — Wayfarer
When mass shootings occur, somehow the debate is always about gun control and never about why kids are massacring kids.
It's not normal, obviously. I would be wondering what kind of rot has seeped into society that's causing it. — Tzeentch
There is no American gun control debate. — Streetlight
When mass shootings occur, somehow the debate is always about gun control and never about why kids are massacring kids. — Tzeentch
Given the last and the current US presidents, and the recent propensity in the US and the world towards authoritarianism, I'd say keep the second amendment right where it is. — Tzeentch
Given the last and the current US presidents, and the recent propensity in the US and the world towards authoritarianism, I'd say keep the second amendment right where it is. — Tzeentch
Civilians with guns are not going to stop the US military, there have been a number of militia uprisings within the US in the last two decades and they have all been handily defeated by federal forces. This is just role-playing fantasy. — Maw
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