Bear that in mind while you read this from the April newsletter of the Republican Party of Benton County: We need to let those who will come in the future to represent us [know] that we are serious. The 2nd amendment means nothing unless those in power believe you would have no problem simply walking […]
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“A Pretty Shameful Day for Washington”
The US Senate today put down—in a bipartisan filibuster—a watered-down compromise on expanded background checks for gun purchases. President Barack Obama, responding to the news today, dropped his usual professorial act. In a blistering 13-minute speech, flanked by families touched by gun violence, he accused the gun lobby of “willfully” lying about the bill and […]
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Gun Nuts + Car Nuts + Booze =
Irony is sometimes reality… suicide by gun in infield of NRA 500 NASCAR race.
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Two Year Old Shoots Mother In the Stomach With Significant Other’s Glock
Because guns make us safer. No, wait. They don’t: Myth #5: Keeping a gun at home makes you safer. Fact-check: Owning a gun has been linked to higher risks of homicide, suicide, and accidental death by gun. • For every time a gun is used in self-defense in the home, there are 7 assaults or […]
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Republicans Regard First and Second Graders As Expendable
I wish Harry Reid felt the same way about the fucking filibuster. In other gun news: a four-year-old boy shot a six-year-old in the head with a rifle yesterday. It was the same day that a four-year-old shot and killed a 48-year-old woman. If the only thing that can stop a bad man with a […]
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Watch President Obama’s Speech on Gun Control
Yesterday, President Obama traveled to Hartford, Connecticut to speak about the importance of gun control. It’s a good speech, reminiscent of Obama’s State of the Union address from earlier this year, when he called for a simple up-or-down vote for the families of Newtown victims. During the speech, Obama urges Americans to call their representatives […]
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Five Stupid (But Genuine) Questions For Gun Lovers
I heard a news program last week interviewing people as they left a gun store and they had a lot of really stupid things to say. I’m sure if you asked people leaving the KEEN store their opinion on guns, it would be equally stupid on the other side, but since I live a More […]
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Thumbs Up to “Thumbs & Ammo”
Guns don’t kill people? Umm… yes, they do. But would you like to know what really doesn’t kill people? THUMBS! Especially thumbs that are UP! On the hilarious site “Thumbs & Ammo,” participants erase the guns from classic movie and TV stills, and show the characters expressing a far more positive attitude! Thumbs UP, gun […]
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True Crime: “Gun Located in Suspect Vagina”
Guns don’t kill people… An Oklahoma woman arrested Monday on drug charges had a loaded handgun hidden in her vagina, according to police. The weapon was discovered during a search of Christie Dawn Harris, 28, by a female officer with the Ada Police Department. According to a police report, the cop spotted the handle of […]
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Don’t Forget! National “Hug a Gun Nut” Day is TOMORROW!
Get those hugs ready! (And don’t forget to stretch out first.)
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Bill to Ban High-Capacity Magazine Cartridges Dropped
Just in time for this week’s story on a bill by State Senator Ginny Burdick that would ban high-capacity ammo clips in Oregon—complete with quotes from Burdick calling it “good policy,” the Portland Democrat has been told it won’t be happening this legislative session. The Oregonian reported today that Burdick’s bill on ammo will join […]
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Super-Classy Republican Shoots Gun Control Bill to Shut It Up
Here’s a shorter version of this video starring Republican State Rep. Eric Burlison: “Says here, this bill gon’ take our guns! LET’S SHOOT IT!” This is exactly what our Founding Fathers were thinking about when they wrote the Constitution. Reasoned arguments are the lifeblood of democracy.