Six weeks after getting shot at a Fourth of July parade, an 8-year-old left paralyzed feels 'hopeless' and angry as new reality sets in

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

I was once part of that camp. 

 Red_Dragon wrote:

It's interesting to note that the MAGAs around here disavow the NRA as being a liberal stronghold.

Connecticut dad shoots teen son while instructing him on guns

How the NRA Rewrote the Second Amendment

Music Midtown Festival In Atlanta Canceled, Decision Linked To Georgia Gun Laws

So much virtue, so little space.

House passes semi-automatic gun ban after 18-year lapse

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
"That is, of course, assuming that this increasingly political Supreme Court cares about consistency."

Gavin Newsom’s plan to save the Constitution by trolling the Supreme Court

A new California gun law should force the Supreme Court to confront the enormity of its worst decision in decades.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

The other possibility is that they say, "See, everyone is doing it, must be ok." Overall, I think the republicans are happy to let the country devolve as long as they can control the sparsely populated states.

 islander wrote:

I'm not defending it, but in this case it's only peripherally about guns. It's Newsom playing his cards across state lines to deliver some unintended consequences to the pro-lifers who thought they were so smart. Maybe the thought is that Texas will go "oh shit!" and drop their law. Your last comment illustrates how that will work out.

yeehaw!

 islander wrote:
Yes, and it raises the stakes. We have to win at any cost because look what they'll do to you if we don't.

Add dog-sue-dog to dog-eat-dog.

 Lazy8 wrote:
Yes, this ^^^^^^

"well  being an asshole seems to be effective for those guys, let's roll out a platform of assholery of our own" is not a great response. How about "You're clearly being an asshole, let's close up the loopholes that let you be an asshole and get a bunch of people to routinely vote assholes out of office".

One approach hopefully reduces assholery, no guarantee, but it's a hope. The other approach not only guarantees assholery, it encourages the assholes to dig in ('see you did it too' ) and to go looking for a way to be a bigger asshole next time around. 

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Yes, there appears to be a race to the bottom. You abuse process to hurt people we care about, we abuse process to hurt people you care about. That otherwise law-abiding people get financially ruined in the process is just gravy, because we don't like them and want them to suffer.

It's political hostage taking.

 islander wrote:
Sure but that's Newsom saying "two can play that game." 

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In a only sort-of related turn, our Wyo legislature has passed a law saying it's illegal for a local cop to arrest someone in violation of a federal gun law. I don't think that was a problem but anyway, it's the same sort of law that's behind "sanctuary cities," which our same legislators would be howling about except now they have CRT to worry about.

 Red_Dragon wrote:


I get the appeal of this, but I don't like it.  Doesn't this just validate that approach?