I’d think you’d just shoot your selections on your paper ballot - no hanging chads that way.
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So are lawn darts…not really a fan of those either.
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As seen on NCIS:LA.
There’s a whole lot of ridiculousness on that show, One step removed from advertising a shoe phone: “As seen on Get Smart.”
What was she thinking? She could have killed someone.
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Actually the kydex doesn’t actually touch the trigger. My problem with the Glock Sock is that they are designed to let you just stick the pistol in your waistband. They prevent the accidental discharge problem, but not the problem of it falling out if you suddenly have to run, which if a gun is just jammed in your waistband can tend to happen (thus the police shorthand everywhere of “he’s holding his side” when calling in a foot chase).
I think the gun industry and the NRA are dangerous institutions and the gun fetishists are dangerous dupes – but holy hell that bra/kitten gif is repulsive. Using it shows the sort of crass lack of taste, judgment and empathy that I’m much more accustomed to observing in the aforementioned dupes.
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Me use a gun? I am the original author of Gun nuts are liberals who hate America, you know. It’s probably my most notorious work.
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It is highly likely my family has more guns than yours. Probably by an order of magnitude.
We also believe that regulations and laws are a necessary part of civil society.
This is not the first time I’ve mentioned the guns-in-the-family thing. Why do you jump to the conclusion that I am against all guns in all ways at all times?
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The linked article has a photo of the dead woman. At least the kitten GIF preserves the individual’s privacy in some trivial sense.
Also, reverence. Is that a thing on BB? But, on the other hand, I could easily see gun fetishists mocking someone’s death in a similar way, so dunno.
Could have been worse, though, the headline could have been “Boobie Gun Bullet Brains Blonde” or some such.
Ok- you may be intentionally caustic- but that’s just great. Reminds me of a friend’s essay entitled “The lost art of pistol whipping.”
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I honestly don’t remember, but bringing up your point I guess leads to: Then what? While probably true I don’t see anything one can do about it. Of the scenarios of gun crimes, suicides, and accidents, suicides are going to be the least preventable. If they want a gun to kill themselves they can jump through what ever hoops you will present. Unfortunately some of them just rent them and off themselves at the range :o/
And I am not against all regulation. I think what we have now is pretty good. Other than getting rid of all the guns, I haven’t seen other proposed laws that I think would DO any good reducing gun violence. At least not in a prudent, balanced manner.
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I’m tempted to make a comment about Bond not #living# in constant fear, but apparently that would be tasteless.
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I am almost certain that Bond could have worn that holster 24/7 for decades with no ill effects. Hint: the holster didn’t kill her.
(which is also why I’m scratching my head about the suggestion to ban poorly designed accessories. The logic there appears to be “lets do anything except actually address the issue.”)
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This is my favorite response in this thread.
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See that’s kind of a big part of my point. That sort of circumstance is vanishingly rare, to the point where noone really needs to plan for, prepare for, or expect it. In the rare cases where it does happen, adding a gun in just escalates the risk of death or injury for everyone involved (the guys you’re worried about and you and you’re family). Its a sort of myth, largely originating in marketing efforts by gun manufacturers. Unfortunately I’ve met very, very few gun owners (even the most responsible and safest ones I know) who don’t at least pay lip service to it. Its dangerous thinking. The same exact dangerous thinking that leads people to think they need a loaded, chambered gun nestled between their tits when they go off to work in the morning. It also feeds into all the other stupidly unsafe things people do with guns. Storing them loaded, resisting the idea of trigger locks, leaving them in easily accessible place where kids or the drunk and mopey can get at them etc.
There really just are bands of roving murder maniacs actively planning to shoot random families and people around town. In all likelihood the only armed people expecting or looking for a shootout at any moment in time are the sort of fine, upstanding, 'Merican gun owners who buy into that line.
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I think these should be standard issue for every politician.
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I don’t own guns because I’m worried about prowlers. I own guns because they’re fun to shoot. But if I have a gun – and I have several – I’ll grab it before I call the police should I decide the circumstances merit it.
And then fuck around with it while looking down the barrel trying to get it to sit comfortably. Like, tragic loss of life and everything, but with that level of stupid it was probably her or someone else before too long.
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If I die in an accident and there’s something to be learned from my death that helps prevent someone else’s needless death, than I don’t really care if you all talk unclassy or classy. Just make sure my mistakes aren’t repeated.
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Over 2,000 people were shot in 2014 in the city I live in, its rare, but not so much depending on where you live or work.
