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“More Guns” Theory Disproved During Presser
Because I’m tired of illustrating these posts with mean-looking guns. During his presser today, Wayne LaPierre touted the hoary old fantasy that the gun industry has been using to sell more guns for decades now, that if an armed civilian or security guard was on-scene during a shooting, that’s all…
Mentally disabled man playing with Legos fired upon by Seattle cop
A police officer in King County, Washington opened fire on a mentally disabled man on Thursday, believing he was brandishing a gun, but later discovering the object was actually made out of Legos. The Seattle Times reported that the incident occurred in the morning hours, after several motorists reported a…
Former ‘Guns & Ammo’ editor charged in Arizona slaying
The former editor of Guns & Ammo magazine was accused of murdering a friend with a gun and ammo in Golden Valley, Arizona on Wednesday. Mohave County sheriff’s charged 53-year-old Richard Erick Venola with second-degree murder for the killing 39-year-old James Patrick O’Neill, who was found dead at the scene.…
Gun sales fall off as wingnuts realize Obama is not actually coming to take their guns
Media Matters has put together an interesting report on how the right wing-driven gun bubble has burst. Basically, there was a feeding frenzy after Obama was elected, and paranoid white men around the country had to buy some bigger and louder phallic symbols to stave off anxieties caused by the…
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