Quote of the Day: Adam Weinstein Gets It Right – Until He Gets It...

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"Conservatives led by lobbyists and luddites like Joe the Plumber have abandoned talk about the good and replaced it with talk about the right. The good can be negotiated as hard cases arise. The...

Quote of the Day: So Then What? Edition

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bFIY9-mjU4 "This is almost the kind of event that's impossible to prevent and almost impossible to predict." - UC President Janet Napolitano at Laney College in Oakland, California  

Quote of the Day: How’s That Working Out For You? Edition

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"We can only stop people who are dangerously mentally ill from buying guns if every gun sale includes a background check. And those background checks will only be effective if states submit the hundreds...

Quote of the Day: And Your Point Is…? Edition

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"Second Amendment fundamentalism rests powerfully on the idea that an empowered individual — armed to protect himself (gender definitely intended) and his family — is the morally virtuous way to live." - Michael Waldman...

Quote of the Day: I Love the Smell of Tannerite in the Morning Edition

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edRbcTXAijY "To us at TANNERITE® Binary Exploding Targets, ‘the essence of the outdoor experience’ is founded upon near sensory-overload of sight, sound, feel, smell and taste. The sight and sound of a direct hit; feel...

Quote of the Day: There Really Is Life Outside of Chicagoland Edition

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“Not only would allow easy access to buying a gun, it would likely increase gun ownership in Skokie. With more guns comes more gun problems, and we don’t have to look very hard...

Quote of the Day: Where’s Amanda Marcotte When You Need Her Edition

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“Even the NRA would agree that sex toys are less dangerous than guns so there is even less reason for the government to regulate sex toys.” - Attorney Gerry Weber in 'Guns in...

Quote of the Day: Whole Cloth Edition

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"But for internet sales and gun show sales, we've gotta make sure that the congressman understand the vast bulk of Americans want them to vote for sensible gun regulation. Not control, not banning, just...

Quote of the Day: That Said, He Lives in England Edition

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"I have an 11-month-old daughter. Her house will not have guns, and I will never, ever, allow her to go to a home where there are guns. That is my DIVESTMENT plan, and I...

Quote of the Day: Doctor Knows Best Edition

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"The NRA’s influence has peaked. Surveys of NRA members show that they’re a little tired of their leadership . . . There are 60,000 of us and we see almost every American child almost...

Quote of the Day: Say It Again With Feeling Edition

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"For the last damn time, 'assault weapon' is a purely invented term, designed by politicians to mislead the public into thinking consumers can buy machine guns at Wal-Mart. They can't. In the political world at least,...

Quote of the Day: Ignorance Is Anti-Ballistic Bliss Edition

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"The ease with which one can acquire automatic weapons and cop-killer bullets in the United States has created a very violent country. It makes sense, then, that rational citizens would want practical regulations limiting...