The practical consequence of living for nearly two-and-a-half centuries under the almost universally benevolent protection of the Second Amendment is a society in which there are hundreds of millions of guns…Those upset with the order of things are welcome to try, and doomed to fail, to repeal the Second Amendment via the constitutional process. But the guns of America aren’t going anywhere any time soon, and generic calls to “do something” — even insofar as doing something is desirable — must reckon with this fact. On Friday, the president promised “meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics.” We doubt that something like this is possible, in a way consistent with the principle and the fact of the Second Amendment. If the possibility of terrors like Newtown are a reminder of why we need politics, their reality is a reminder that politics can do only so much.
After Newtown, and Before It: Because the only way to protect ourselves and our children is by having EVEN MORE guns. WTF??
Texas Gun Store Owner Is Offering Teacher Discounts: Because nothing says security than teachers packing heat and potentially firing shots in a confined space. No ricochet or collateral damage issues there….
6 Worst Reactions to the Newtown Massacre: Just when I’d thought humanity had scraped the bottom of the barrel, I learn all over again that this barrel HAS no bottom.
9 Horrible Gun Laws Backed by the Right Wing: Because when you get right down to it, they don’t give a damn about innocent human lives. It’s about the money.
Conservatives eye arming school officials: More guns makes EVERYTHING better, right? If only they made people safer.
Tea Party Group Blames Connecticut Shooting On Teachers, Unions, And Sex: ‘Tis better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and…oh, never mind.
Right Wing Bloggers Blame Everything but Guns: Do they REALLY this that massacres would still happen if guns were taken out of the equation?
Gohmert: ‘I wish to God’ Connecticut principal had an M4 assault rifle: And “I wish to God” that Louie Gohmert had a brain and a functional sense of simple human decency.
7 Unhinged Right-Wing Responses to Connecticut Massacre: What else could one expect from the reality-, decency-, and compassion-deprived? How about the same tired old guns-and-God argument?
CNN Anchor Destroys Gun Advocate’s Call To Abolish Gun Safety Laws: Victims’ Families ‘Would Be Stunned’: The insensitivity and ignorance of some gun apologists in truly stunning.
How the Right Has Twisted the 2nd Amendment: For some reason, the Right seems to think the 2nd Amendment is a license to turn America into a free-fire zone.
Every Single Pro-Gun Rights Senator Declined To Appear On Meet The Press: So much for having the courage of your convictions.
