Quote of the Day: Bad Landing, Wrong Airport Edition
"Because the vast majority of mass shooters possess and use large capacity magazines to kill and maim innocent people, laws like this are critical to safeguard our city’s residents." - Los Angeles City Councilman Paul...
Quote of the Day: Mike Rowe’s Response to the NYT’s Modern Man Guidelines
NYT: The modern man has no use for a gun. He doesn’t own one, and he never will.
MR: A Man’s Man owns at least one firearm. He knows how to use it, clean it,...
Quote of the Day: Some Pigs Are More Equal Than Others
It’s one thing to accept that my husband’s mostly-safe job has a slightly increased risk of death by psychopath. It’s quite another to accept that he can’t do anything about it. Granted, it isn’t likely that...
Quote of the Day: Enforcing Laws is the Problem Edition
“What we have seen not work is increasing penalties on people who are found to be in possession of illegal firearms. Those policies are in the spirit of many of the mandatory minimums that...
Quote of the Day: None of That is True Edition
"When used, (assault) weapons tend to result in more numerous wounds, more serious wounds, and more victims. These weapons are disproportionately used in crime, and particularly in criminal mass shootings. They are also disproportionately...
Quote of the Day: Don’t Confuse Them With Facts Edition
Like most campus arguments, however, the debate is much more about feelings than facts. Since so many students feel icky about guns, they can’t bear the thought that the person beside them might be armed....
Quote of the Day: Bring It On Edition
"As of last year there was 73% opposition to (a semi-autmatic firearm) ban, and 63% said that a home was safer if there was a gun in the house. Those numbers don’t shift when there is a...
Quote of the Day: I’m So Confused! Edition
"But without that gun, am I not vulnerable to evil? Yes. And I am vulnerable with the gun. That’s where the gun-nuts have a point. Evil cannot be defeated by gun control. What they...
Quote of the Day: The New Yorker Gets It Right on the NRA Edition
"In many accounts, the power of the N.R.A. comes down to money. The organization has an annual operating budget of some quarter of a billion dollars, and between 2000 and 2010 it spent fifteen...
Quote of the Day: Incrementalism
"While working for broader change, the country shouldn’t turn up its nose at incremental progress." - Washington Post Editorial Board in What the president can do on gun laws
Quote of the Day: Simple Calculus Edition
“The Arabs have absolutely no fear from our army .…but when I started carrying our gun, I realized that they do have fear from the civilian response. As they say, it’s better to visit...
Quote of the Day: Here to Stay Edition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=75&v=SwEyBItsXkw
“Whatever you’re waiting for, whatever you face, whatever you’re looking for, there are things we all share: love, family, connection, a sense of purpose, and also… guns.” - Voiceover from Saturday Night Live skit.