Guns.

tbergs · January 16

C'mon guys, face it, you got owned by that non gun related story about some nice cops. Damn woke defund the police liberals.

BF25394 · January 16

tbergs said:

C'mon guys, face it, you got owned by that non gun related story about some nice cops. Damn woke defund the police liberals.

I recognize your sarcasm, but for those who don't:

Very few people want to defund the police. It's a minority position even among progressives. In a 2021 Pew poll, 25 percent of respondents who identified as Democrats or leaning Democratic favored decreasing funding for police. By the same token, very few people believe that all cops are bad.

Spunkie · January 16

Send some. And money. And lawyers.

Merkin Baller · January 16

BF25394 said:

tbergs said:

C'mon guys, face it, you got owned by that non gun related story about some nice cops. Damn woke defund the police liberals.

I recognize your sarcasm, but for those who don't:

Very few people want to defund the police. It's a minority position even among progressives. In a 2021 Pew poll, 25 percent of respondents who identified as Democrats or leaning Democratic favored decreasing funding for police. By the same token, very few people believe that all cops are bad.

Shhhhhhhh.... that blows up the "rAdICaL lIbS" narrative some have to hang their hats on.

Gern Blansten · January 22

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/us/antioch-high-school-shooting-nashville/index.html

Another day, another school shooting

thanks trump

mickeyrat · January 24

https://www.threads.net/@shannonrwatts/post/DFLGpoOvFQb?xmt=AQGz77a-Lg8qjlYJzjbloQimtMNjnMAml3V01EOiS-JHwA

mickeyrat · January 24

https://www.threads.net/@phil_williams_nc5/post/DFLiiXkSdxo?xmt=AQGzvfssehUekz25ONLCVg1QIQOi2zcpy6rZ-zb1wmLcSw

mickeyrat · January 24

mickeyrat · January 25

https://www.propublica.org/article/madison-nashville-school-shooters-online-extremism?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1737765830&utm_medium=social&utm_source=threads

mickeyrat · January 27

guns thread? us extremists thread? need to merge the two at this point?

https://www.threads.net/@phil_williams_nc5/post/DFVFyONOC8i?xmt=AQGzQKz90vMSm7HZyuiqkJHj5oVtWlW_EFU2Mh-grCS7SQ

Merkin Baller · January 27

mickeyrat said:

guns thread? us extremists thread? need to merge the two at this point?
https://www.threads.net/@phil_williams_nc5/post/DFVFyONOC8i?xmt=AQGzQKz90vMSm7HZyuiqkJHj5oVtWlW_EFU2Mh-grCS7SQ

The Christchurch shooter specifically referenced trump as inspiration did he not?

Along w/ the El Paso Walmart shooter and the Tree of Life Synagogue shooter, if I recall correctly, but I could be mistaken.

hunterh75 · January 27

PJ played Antioch in 2000 and 2003. Starwood Amphitheater. And my point? Don't have one , just an interesting tidbit. Now back to your regular scheduled TRUMP bashing and other anti-America nonsense.........

Merkin Baller · January 27

Merkin Baller said:

mickeyrat said:

guns thread? us extremists thread? need to merge the two at this point?
https://www.threads.net/@phil_williams_nc5/post/DFVFyONOC8i?xmt=AQGzQKz90vMSm7HZyuiqkJHj5oVtWlW_EFU2Mh-grCS7SQ

The Christchurch shooter specifically referenced trump as inspiration did he not?

Along w/ the El Paso Walmart shooter and the Tree of Life Synagogue shooter, if I recall correctly, but I could be mistaken.

Went back & had a look, because I recalled there was some mention of trump in his manifesto… he did not directly cite trump as inspiration, but he made sure to mention he appreciated what he was doing for the white race.

“The manifesto also included a single reference to President Donald Trump in which the author asked and answered the question of whether he was a Trump supporter: “As a symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose? Sure. As a policy maker and leader? Dear god no.”
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-shootings-ap-top-news-international-news-australia-1e19fefcb2e948a1bf7ce63429bc186e

Go Beavers · January 27

hunterh75 said:

PJ played Antioch in 2000 and 2003. Starwood Amphitheater. And my point? Don't have one , just an interesting tidbit. Now back to your regular scheduled TRUMP bashing and other anti-America nonsense.........

If you don’t comply, you’re anti-American.

Merkin Baller · January 30

Go Beavers said:

hunterh75 said:

PJ played Antioch in 2000 and 2003. Starwood Amphitheater. And my point? Don't have one , just an interesting tidbit. Now back to your regular scheduled TRUMP bashing and other anti-America nonsense.........

If you don’t comply, you’re anti-American.

There’s nothing more anti-American than exercising one’s 1st Amendment right to criticize the government.

Halifax2TheMax · February 7

Freedumb, baby. Might as well get that man a drivers license as well.

To protest Indiana’s gun laws, a blind man got a handgun license

Terry Sutherland stirred debate about blind people’s right to carry firearms after he obtained a handgun license to make a statement about Indiana’s gun laws.

When Terry Sutherland argued about gun laws with family and friends over the years, he would often joke about whether he — a legally blind man — should get a gun permit.

Everyone would laugh. Sutherland didn’t think it was possible.

“But eventually it kind of started weighing on me,” Sutherland told The Washington Post. “And I started thinking, ‘I wonder if it’s actually possible, and what would it mean if I could?’”

So last fall, Sutherland applied for an Indiana license to carry a handgun. He expected someone to stop him at some point in the application process, he said, or at least test if he could shoot at a target.

A few months later, Sutherland received his permit, as Indianapolis news channel WISH-TV first reported. He put it in a clear case and wears it on a yellow lanyard around his neck in hopes of starting conversations about Indiana’s gun laws, which he said are too lenient toward blind people. Sutherland hasn’t changed anyone’s opinions, he said, but some people have been shocked that he received the license.

Whether blind people in the United States should be allowed to carry guns has been debated for decades. Some blind people, like Sutherland, say they can’t aim at a target. Others say blind people should be allowed to own and use guns under the Second Amendment, and note that many blind people use their guns to hunt with the aid of unimpaired friends.

Sutherland, who said his family members taught him how to use a gun as a teenager in northern Indiana before he lost his vision, said all visually impaired people shouldn’t be prohibited from carrying guns. But he said Indiana should test if applicants can shoot a target accurately before approving licenses — a policy some states enforce.

“It’s just an absurd notion, common-sense wise, for me to have a gun that I should be able to use for personal protection, when I’m more likely to shoot someone who’s not involved — shoot an innocent person — than I am my own attacker,” said Sutherland, 58.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/06/blind-people-gun-laws-indiana/