https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/28/us/nra-donations-spike-parkland-shooting-trnd/index.html

posted by justincredible

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/28/us/nra-donations-spike-parkland-shooting-trnd/index.html

Not surprised at all. 

posted by O-Trap

But, but, Indiana!

posted by justincredible

But, but, Indiana!

Doesn't explain Indiana's lower rate of gun crime, though, does it?

Oh for fucks sake, now black Parkland students are saying they don’t feel safe w extra cops on campus bc cops shoot people... gtfo.  Clearly the Broward county cops don’t actually shoot anyone. 

posted by iclfan2

Clearly the Broward county cops don’t actually shoot anyone. 

reps

And reps to the black students who saw an opportunity to make this about them - the white douche shouldn't get to have all the fun.

posted by iclfan2

Oh for fucks sake, now black Parkland students are saying they don’t feel safe w extra cops on campus bc cops shoot people... gtfo.  Clearly the Broward county cops don’t actually shoot anyone. 

They will complain when they are not there.....part of the victim culture.

posted by gut

reps

And reps to the black students who saw an opportunity to make this about them - the white douche shouldn't get to have all the fun.

I was wondering when the left was going to bring up how the face of this "movement" mostly consists of white kids.

posted by iclfan2

Oh for fucks sake, now black Parkland students are saying they don’t feel safe w extra cops on campus bc cops shoot people... gtfo.  Clearly the Broward county cops don’t actually shoot anyone. 

At some point, I'd love to hear someone ask these kids what they think should be done.  Sounds like they think the law should prevent citizens AND police from owning guns, if they have their way.

Also sounds like they don't get how laws ... or the black market ... work.
 

posted by like_that

I was wondering when the left was going to bring up how the face of this "movement" mostly consists of white kids.

But wait!  There was the one fair-skinned girl who apparently has a Cuban heritage.

I mean, she's about as ethnically diverse as George Zimmerman, but hey ...

posted by O-Trap

At some point, I'd love to hear someone ask these kids what they think should be done.  Sounds like they think the law should prevent citizens AND police from owning guns, if they have their way.

Also sounds like they don't get how laws ... or the black market ... work.
 

posted by like_that

I was wondering when the left was going to bring up how the face of this "movement" mostly consists of white kids.

But wait!  There was the one fair-skinned girl who apparently has a Cuban heritage.

I mean, she's about as ethnically diverse as George Zimmerman, but hey ...

 

 

 

 

But she is a lesbian so she fits the narrative.

When you don't know what to say, just disagree and post a meme.

I wish the Australia meme would die already. There are more guns in Australia now than there were before the buyback. Only around 20% of the guns in the country were actually turned in initially. Their violent crime rate was already trending down, and it continued to follow the downward trend that was happening across the globe, so it likely had nothing to do with the buyback. Also, no gun violence does not mean no violence. Look at the UK and their outbreak of knife crime. Also, they're having a nice little bout of gun violence right now.

Basically, facebook is cancer and Tai is ignorant.

posted by O-Trap

When you don't know what to say, just disagree and post a meme.
 

So, you go by "Josh Gale" on another social media outlet?   

posted by Zunardo

So, you go by "Josh Gale" on another social media outlet?   

Tai should've responded: tldr;

posted by Zunardo

So, you go by "Josh Gale" on another social media outlet?   

Just saw it on Facebook.  Why?

High school students hold rally in support of gun rights, amid 'pressure' from gun control supporters

Students in Colorado who support the Second Amendment staged a walkout Wednesday, in an effort to counter pro-gun control rallies taking place across the nation following the shooting at a Florida high school in February.

posted by QuakerOats

High school students hold rally in support of gun rights, amid 'pressure' from gun control supporters

Students in Colorado who support the Second Amendment staged a walkout Wednesday, in an effort to counter pro-gun control rallies taking place across the nation following the shooting at a Florida high school in February.

As much as I might agree with the sentiment, for the purpose of ideological consistency ...

High school students shouldn't be influencing legislation.

posted by O-Trap

Just saw it on Facebook.  Why?

It just struck me as something you might have posted, aka I liked it.

posted by justincredible

Tai should've responded: tldr;

Lol - good one.  

Yeah, she ran out of gas on the back stretch and hit the wall coming into the final turn.  Getting ready to work a track meet this afternoon, and I can only think in running metaphors right now.

posted by Zunardo

Lol - good one.  

Yeah, she ran out of gas on the back stretch and hit the wall coming into the final turn.  Getting ready to work a track meet this afternoon, and I can only think in running metaphors right now.

Have fun in the cold, windy weather! At least if your climate is similar to what I've got.

posted by Heretic

Have fun in the cold, windy weather! At least if your climate is similar to what I've got.

Thanks.  Yes, it'll be a brisk and raw afternoon, but I'll be in a nice, warm, dry pressbox with a baseboard heater behind me, and a portable ceramic heater at my feet!  I feel bad for the officials and volunteers working out in that weather, though.  

posted by Zunardo

Thanks.  Yes, it'll be a brisk and raw afternoon, but I'll be in a nice, warm, dry pressbox with a baseboard heater behind me, and a portable ceramic heater at my feet!  I feel bad for the officials and volunteers working out in that weather, though.  

That is definitely much better.

posted by Zunardo

Lol - good one.  

Yeah, she ran out of gas on the back stretch and hit the wall coming into the final turn.  Getting ready to work a track meet this afternoon, and I can only think in running metaphors right now.

She is a he.  I'm going to enjoy telling him that he was called a she.

posted by Zunardo

Thanks.  Yes, it'll be a brisk and raw afternoon, but I'll be in a nice, warm, dry pressbox with a baseboard heater behind me, and a portable ceramic heater at my feet!  I feel bad for the officials and volunteers working out in that weather, though.  

Now that is how you deal with Ohio weather.

posted by O-Trap

She is a he.  I'm going to enjoy telling him that he was called a she.

 

 

 

My fox pass, lol.  I was picturing Tai Babilonia. 

In my defense, Ms. Babilonia did pair up with a then-Bruce Jenner in 2006 for a celebrity skating competition.  No wonder I can't tell the she's from the he's anymore.