Right-wing gunmen

what about chickens who can operate heavy machinery?  how many people need to be killed by forklift certified poultry before we take a stand.  Why did they chicken cross the road? To impale some redhats with his forklift. #cuckcluck

What about double standards and the assumption one side is evil while the other is noble and pure?  (and you wonder why the other side won't talk to you or have dialogue?)

Prediction: Within 5 posts 'Chicago' will get mentioned and within 10 the phrase "Didn't do nothin" will get used. Also, >95% chance Thomas Sowell and Candace Owens get cited.

hopefully somebody doesn't teach him the slang "Chiraq" (whoops)

What about double standards and the assumption one side is evil while the other is noble and pure?  (and you wonder why the other side won't talk to you or have dialogue?)

what about salads, just being the a front for big lettuce and trying to sell us their overstock of kale.  i remember when kale was that green shit the filled the gaps between the bowls at the pizza hut buffet. 

what about using the phrase, perhaps also consider.
perhaps also consider that,

Hangook, I still want to know why you haven't turned over evidence of the Las Vegas shooter's motivations over to the police. Clearly they were interested in it. But you're just sitting on valuable intel, unwilling to share it with law enforcement. Why?

What about double standards and the assumption one side is evil while the other is noble and pure?  (and you wonder why the other side won't talk to you or have dialogue?)

Poor, poor 77. The world is against him, but he's fighting back, alone and perpetually aggrieved. And nothing's going to get him down because:

Next time you're found, with your chin on the ground
There a lot to be learned, so look around

Just what makes that little old ant
Think he'll move that rubber tree plant
Anyone knows an ant, can't
Move a rubber tree plant

But he's got high hopes, he's got high hopes
He's got high apple pie, in the sky hopes

Apparently a crazy transgender went and shot up a school in Tennessee.  Is he a right winger too?

Apparently a crazy transgender went and shot up a school in Tennessee.  Is he a right winger too?

Conservatives can't have gender issues? That's not very open-minded of you.

Am I right that your post implies you are in support of gun safety legislation?

Apparently a crazy transgender went and shot up a school in Tennessee.  Is he a right winger too?

is this the one that finally got him muted?

There are more guns than cars or smartphones in the US. 646 mass shootings in the US last year; 131 and counting this year.

I detect a trend.

is this the one that finally got him muted?

Nah, he spent the day fuming and frothing about other crap after posting that. He might have posted something else on the topic but it likely wouldn't have shown the same restraint.

There are more guns than cars or smartphones in the US. 646 mass shootings in the US last year; 131 and counting this year.

I detect a trend.

There are 43,375 gun deaths in the USA each year, on average. 27 people have died in mass shootings so far this year. 27 tragedies, for sure, but an absolutely tiny proportion of the total.  Why are certain people so fixated on the relatively small number of mass shootings? This is a genuine, good faith question. If the motivation behind pushing gun control was harm reduction mass shootings wouldn't even get mentioned in the debate, as they contribute such a minuscule amount of the harm people cause using guns.

Slightly out of date data, I think.
According to US census, as of April 2nd, 197 people have died in US mass shootings so far this year (a mass shooting defined as 4 or more people injured or killed by a single shooter).
Also, American gun deaths in general have increased sharply over the last few years, which is a worrisome trend that is drawing a lot of attention
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2023

In my opinion, the reason why people are fixated on it is probably because mass shootings are high profile crimes that garner a lot of media attention. Also, as the US is the only developed country where mass shootings regularly occur, they are seen as one of the more prominent symptoms resultant of America's gun control policies and are therefor at the very centre of the push towards changing those policies.
Also, American gun death stats in general have increased sharply over the last few years, which is a worrisome trend that is drawing a lot of attention.

There are 43,375 gun deaths in the USA each year, on average. 27 people have died in mass shootings so far this year. 27 tragedies, for sure, but an absolutely tiny proportion of the total.  Why are certain people so fixated on the relatively small number of mass shootings? This is a genuine, good faith question. If the motivation behind pushing gun control was harm reduction mass shootings wouldn't even get mentioned in the debate, as they contribute such a minuscule amount of the harm people cause using guns.

1) Because kids getting shot is pretty effed up. It's not just that people are getting shot en masse, it's who the victims are. There's a basic element of safety thing. It's the same phenomenon as conservatives freaking out over one random school a month deciding to have some vaguely LGBTQ/Other left-leaning event and treat it as a mass phenomenon. Both instances hit emotional buttons for their respective bases although their frequency is not what is believed. Also, for people on "the other side" there are genuine concerns over the issues. Conservatives genuinely hold the right to capable personal self-defense as an important right and Liberals genuinely hold the right to equality and freedom of expression, regardless of orientation as a vital right. And get this....there's even some people who think BOTH have a good point and while perhaps you should do things like not have open carry in a Walgreen's or graphic sexually explicit content in schools, that these are important freedoms.

2) It's a thing because it gives non-Americans a way to crap all over America and feel like they've won an argument, even though the argument has nothing to do with guns/school shooting.

There are 43,375 gun deaths in the USA each year, on average. 27 people have died in mass shootings so far this year. 27 tragedies, for sure, but an absolutely tiny proportion of the total.  Why are certain people so fixated on the relatively small number of mass shootings? This is a genuine, good faith question. If the motivation behind pushing gun control was harm reduction mass shootings wouldn't even get mentioned in the debate, as they contribute such a minuscule amount of the harm people cause using guns.

The NUMBER ONE cause of death among children and adolescents in the US in 2022 is firearms.  Which means those deaths are 100% PREVENTABLE.

We cannot be considered a sensible civilized society if we allow this bullshit to continue.  I think that's what a lot of people focus on firearms (whether mass killers or otherwise.)

"Lawn darts" were responsible for TWO deaths and their sales were banned in 1988.

To date, drag shows have not killed a single person but there is a loud outcry for their banning.  AKs?  Not a peep--just thoughts and prayers.

To date, drag shows have not killed a single person but there is a loud outcry for their banning. 

kinda apples and oranges, no? a better comparison would be drag shows and child beauty pageants

Is there a loud outcry for the banning of child beauty pageants? If not, there ought to be. Pretty creepy stuff, there.

kinda apples and oranges, no? a better comparison would be drag shows and child beauty pageants

The argument for both from their respective detractors would be such events leading to negative mental health outcomes, whether there is actually any evidence to support their claim or not.

Not to go all (was it LI? Van? Kyndo?) but if I really wanted to improve kids' lives in a broad, meaningful way, it would be to do something about both nutrition and exercise. And my ideas would probably tick off people on both sides of the aisle. You want something that is killing Americans both with physical issues and mental issues leading in turn to more physical issues, it's that.

kinda apples and oranges, no? a better comparison would be drag shows and child beauty pageants

I don't think anyone is claiming child beauty pageants actually kill people, but right-wingers actually claim drag shows kill.

They do, of course, but that's only when right-wingers show up with AKs ...

Is there a loud outcry for the banning of child beauty pageants? If not, there ought to be. Pretty creepy stuff, there.

not a loud outcry but the majority of people (pretty much everyone who isnt directly involved with them) agree that they are creepy, lol. which is definitely a step up from when they were so popular that one show with honey boo boo or w.e was airing on primetime tv

Not to go all (was it LI? Van? Kyndo?) but if I really wanted to improve kids' lives in a broad, meaningful way, it would be to do something about both nutrition and exercise.

I'm shocked! How could you ever accuse me of this?
I would never advocate for improving the lives of children in a broad, meaningful way.