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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 Posts: 23,303
    gohmert is a buffoon. can't wait for him to be out of office after his term ends. there are gonna be some pretty big clown shoes to fill. my money is on boebert or maggie crossfit at this time but there is plenty of time for me to change my mind.
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    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 Posts: 23,303

    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • BentleyspopBentleyspop Posts: 10,746
    "Mass shooting " at a funeral....


  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 48,878
    edited June 2022
    ^^^
    Little haphazard use of an exclamation point there, no?

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  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 38,955
    edited June 2022

    Before a man killed at least four people Wednesday at a hospital in Tulsa, there had already been 231 mass shootings this year in the United States, according to the Gun Violence Archive. It is the twentieth since last week’s shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Tex., left 19 children and two teachers dead.

    Mass shootings, where four or more people — not including the shooter — are injured or killed, have averaged more than one per day so far this year. Not a single week in 2022 has passed without at least four mass shootings.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/06/02/mass-shootings-in-2022/

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    09/15/1998 & 09/16/1998, Mansfield, MA; 08/29/00 08/30/00, Mansfield, MA; 07/02/03, 07/03/03, Mansfield, MA; 09/28/04, 09/29/04, Boston, MA; 09/22/05, Halifax, NS; 05/24/06, 05/25/06, Boston, MA; 07/22/06, 07/23/06, Gorge, WA; 06/27/2008, Hartford; 06/28/08, 06/30/08, Mansfield; 08/18/2009, O2, London, UK; 10/30/09, 10/31/09, Philadelphia, PA; 05/15/10, Hartford, CT; 05/17/10, Boston, MA; 05/20/10, 05/21/10, NY, NY; 06/22/10, Dublin, IRE; 06/23/10, Northern Ireland; 09/03/11, 09/04/11, Alpine Valley, WI; 09/11/11, 09/12/11, Toronto, Ont; 09/14/11, Ottawa, Ont; 09/15/11, Hamilton, Ont; 07/02/2012, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/04/2012 & 07/05/2012, Berlin, Germany; 07/07/2012, Stockholm, Sweden; 09/30/2012, Missoula, MT; 07/16/2013, London, Ont; 07/19/2013, Chicago, IL; 10/15/2013 & 10/16/2013, Worcester, MA; 10/21/2013 & 10/22/2013, Philadelphia, PA; 10/25/2013, Hartford, CT; 11/29/2013, Portland, OR; 11/30/2013, Spokane, WA; 12/04/2013, Vancouver, BC; 12/06/2013, Seattle, WA; 10/03/2014, St. Louis. MO; 10/22/2014, Denver, CO; 10/26/2015, New York, NY; 04/23/2016, New Orleans, LA; 04/28/2016 & 04/29/2016, Philadelphia, PA; 05/01/2016 & 05/02/2016, New York, NY; 05/08/2016, Ottawa, Ont.; 05/10/2016 & 05/12/2016, Toronto, Ont.; 08/05/2016 & 08/07/2016, Boston, MA; 08/20/2016 & 08/22/2016, Chicago, IL; 07/01/2018, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/03/2018, Krakow, Poland; 07/05/2018, Berlin, Germany; 09/02/2018 & 09/04/2018, Boston, MA; 09/08/2022, Toronto, Ont; 09/11/2022, New York, NY; 09/14/2022, Camden, NJ; 09/02/2023, St. Paul, MN; 05/04/2024 & 05/06/2024, Vancouver, BC; 05/10/2024, Portland, OR;

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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 41,954
    gimmesometruth27 said:


    Funny, right spot on, and sad as hell.
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  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 48,878
    brianlux said:
    gimmesometruth27 said:


    Funny, right spot on, and sad as hell.
    We're dumbest country on earth. 
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 41,954
    The Juggler said:
    brianlux said:
    gimmesometruth27 said:


    Funny, right spot on, and sad as hell.
    We're dumbest country on earth. 
    Sad, isn't it?  We've always had an element of stupid and racist, but those elements seem to be spreading faster than a pandemic.

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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 Posts: 23,303
    The Juggler said:
    brianlux said:
    gimmesometruth27 said:


    Funny, right spot on, and sad as hell.
    We're dumbest country on earth. 
    we had a good run. i never thought we would lose the republic in my lifetime.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • BentleyspopBentleyspop Posts: 10,746
    Iowa church..  


  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 38,955
    Damn, ‘Murica has a lot of shitties.
    09/15/1998 & 09/16/1998, Mansfield, MA; 08/29/00 08/30/00, Mansfield, MA; 07/02/03, 07/03/03, Mansfield, MA; 09/28/04, 09/29/04, Boston, MA; 09/22/05, Halifax, NS; 05/24/06, 05/25/06, Boston, MA; 07/22/06, 07/23/06, Gorge, WA; 06/27/2008, Hartford; 06/28/08, 06/30/08, Mansfield; 08/18/2009, O2, London, UK; 10/30/09, 10/31/09, Philadelphia, PA; 05/15/10, Hartford, CT; 05/17/10, Boston, MA; 05/20/10, 05/21/10, NY, NY; 06/22/10, Dublin, IRE; 06/23/10, Northern Ireland; 09/03/11, 09/04/11, Alpine Valley, WI; 09/11/11, 09/12/11, Toronto, Ont; 09/14/11, Ottawa, Ont; 09/15/11, Hamilton, Ont; 07/02/2012, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/04/2012 & 07/05/2012, Berlin, Germany; 07/07/2012, Stockholm, Sweden; 09/30/2012, Missoula, MT; 07/16/2013, London, Ont; 07/19/2013, Chicago, IL; 10/15/2013 & 10/16/2013, Worcester, MA; 10/21/2013 & 10/22/2013, Philadelphia, PA; 10/25/2013, Hartford, CT; 11/29/2013, Portland, OR; 11/30/2013, Spokane, WA; 12/04/2013, Vancouver, BC; 12/06/2013, Seattle, WA; 10/03/2014, St. Louis. MO; 10/22/2014, Denver, CO; 10/26/2015, New York, NY; 04/23/2016, New Orleans, LA; 04/28/2016 & 04/29/2016, Philadelphia, PA; 05/01/2016 & 05/02/2016, New York, NY; 05/08/2016, Ottawa, Ont.; 05/10/2016 & 05/12/2016, Toronto, Ont.; 08/05/2016 & 08/07/2016, Boston, MA; 08/20/2016 & 08/22/2016, Chicago, IL; 07/01/2018, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/03/2018, Krakow, Poland; 07/05/2018, Berlin, Germany; 09/02/2018 & 09/04/2018, Boston, MA; 09/08/2022, Toronto, Ont; 09/11/2022, New York, NY; 09/14/2022, Camden, NJ; 09/02/2023, St. Paul, MN; 05/04/2024 & 05/06/2024, Vancouver, BC; 05/10/2024, Portland, OR;

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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 41,954
    You know what's really pathetic?  I am beginning to feel slightly jaded about shootings.  Don't get me wrong- every one is a bummer- but it's gotten to the point where it's just the mass shootings that I give much attention to.  Why?  Because just in Sacramento, California alone (the closest city to where I live- about 45 minutes from here), in Sacramento alone, in the first 4 months of 2022, there were 132 shooting incidents.  That averages a little over one a day.  One shooting every fucking day in one fucking town in America.  What more can I say?


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  • BentleyspopBentleyspop Posts: 10,746
    Sad that is necessary...  


  • nicknyr15nicknyr15 Posts: 8,405
    Bentleyspop said:
    Sad that is necessary...  


    Tough to watch 
  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Posts: 36,901
    Bentleyspop said:
    Sad that is necessary...  


    I know words are so hollow these days, but that is literally chilling. 
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  • BentleyspopBentleyspop Posts: 10,746
    Chickens over children....


  • Gern BlanstenGern Blansten Posts: 20,103
    Bentleyspop said:
    Chickens over children....



    these arguments are so fucked up...I can't believe they even go there
    Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)

    1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
    2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
    2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
    2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
    2020: Oakland, Oakland:  2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
    2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
    2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana
  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Posts: 36,901
    "yes, I am such a poor fucking shot with my single shot rifle I need to riddle my yard with 150 bullets to hit one raccoon. THAT's why I'm ok with children being blown to bits in the classroom, ok?"
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  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 38,955
    $32B in cost to the taxpayers to buy back 20M AR15s at $1,600.00 per bang. Let's do it over 3 years. Ban the production, importation and sale now and possession within 3 years with a buy back.

    If you can't possess an AR15, are you unable to defend yourself or shoot coyotes, raccoons, foxes, gophers, rattlesnakes, alligators, bears, wolves, Sasquatches or feral pigs with the firearms still available to you and would you consider such a ban and buy back a violation of your 2A?

    Or

    Just give every baby born in the US an AR15 when they get their SS#?
    09/15/1998 & 09/16/1998, Mansfield, MA; 08/29/00 08/30/00, Mansfield, MA; 07/02/03, 07/03/03, Mansfield, MA; 09/28/04, 09/29/04, Boston, MA; 09/22/05, Halifax, NS; 05/24/06, 05/25/06, Boston, MA; 07/22/06, 07/23/06, Gorge, WA; 06/27/2008, Hartford; 06/28/08, 06/30/08, Mansfield; 08/18/2009, O2, London, UK; 10/30/09, 10/31/09, Philadelphia, PA; 05/15/10, Hartford, CT; 05/17/10, Boston, MA; 05/20/10, 05/21/10, NY, NY; 06/22/10, Dublin, IRE; 06/23/10, Northern Ireland; 09/03/11, 09/04/11, Alpine Valley, WI; 09/11/11, 09/12/11, Toronto, Ont; 09/14/11, Ottawa, Ont; 09/15/11, Hamilton, Ont; 07/02/2012, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/04/2012 & 07/05/2012, Berlin, Germany; 07/07/2012, Stockholm, Sweden; 09/30/2012, Missoula, MT; 07/16/2013, London, Ont; 07/19/2013, Chicago, IL; 10/15/2013 & 10/16/2013, Worcester, MA; 10/21/2013 & 10/22/2013, Philadelphia, PA; 10/25/2013, Hartford, CT; 11/29/2013, Portland, OR; 11/30/2013, Spokane, WA; 12/04/2013, Vancouver, BC; 12/06/2013, Seattle, WA; 10/03/2014, St. Louis. MO; 10/22/2014, Denver, CO; 10/26/2015, New York, NY; 04/23/2016, New Orleans, LA; 04/28/2016 & 04/29/2016, Philadelphia, PA; 05/01/2016 & 05/02/2016, New York, NY; 05/08/2016, Ottawa, Ont.; 05/10/2016 & 05/12/2016, Toronto, Ont.; 08/05/2016 & 08/07/2016, Boston, MA; 08/20/2016 & 08/22/2016, Chicago, IL; 07/01/2018, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/03/2018, Krakow, Poland; 07/05/2018, Berlin, Germany; 09/02/2018 & 09/04/2018, Boston, MA; 09/08/2022, Toronto, Ont; 09/11/2022, New York, NY; 09/14/2022, Camden, NJ; 09/02/2023, St. Paul, MN; 05/04/2024 & 05/06/2024, Vancouver, BC; 05/10/2024, Portland, OR;

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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,424
    For the love of all things holy, someone please think of the chickens!!!
    hippiemom = goodness
  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 38,955
    cincybearcat said:
    For the love of all things holy, someone please think of the chickens!!!
    They just need a door. A big, beautiful door.
    09/15/1998 & 09/16/1998, Mansfield, MA; 08/29/00 08/30/00, Mansfield, MA; 07/02/03, 07/03/03, Mansfield, MA; 09/28/04, 09/29/04, Boston, MA; 09/22/05, Halifax, NS; 05/24/06, 05/25/06, Boston, MA; 07/22/06, 07/23/06, Gorge, WA; 06/27/2008, Hartford; 06/28/08, 06/30/08, Mansfield; 08/18/2009, O2, London, UK; 10/30/09, 10/31/09, Philadelphia, PA; 05/15/10, Hartford, CT; 05/17/10, Boston, MA; 05/20/10, 05/21/10, NY, NY; 06/22/10, Dublin, IRE; 06/23/10, Northern Ireland; 09/03/11, 09/04/11, Alpine Valley, WI; 09/11/11, 09/12/11, Toronto, Ont; 09/14/11, Ottawa, Ont; 09/15/11, Hamilton, Ont; 07/02/2012, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/04/2012 & 07/05/2012, Berlin, Germany; 07/07/2012, Stockholm, Sweden; 09/30/2012, Missoula, MT; 07/16/2013, London, Ont; 07/19/2013, Chicago, IL; 10/15/2013 & 10/16/2013, Worcester, MA; 10/21/2013 & 10/22/2013, Philadelphia, PA; 10/25/2013, Hartford, CT; 11/29/2013, Portland, OR; 11/30/2013, Spokane, WA; 12/04/2013, Vancouver, BC; 12/06/2013, Seattle, WA; 10/03/2014, St. Louis. MO; 10/22/2014, Denver, CO; 10/26/2015, New York, NY; 04/23/2016, New Orleans, LA; 04/28/2016 & 04/29/2016, Philadelphia, PA; 05/01/2016 & 05/02/2016, New York, NY; 05/08/2016, Ottawa, Ont.; 05/10/2016 & 05/12/2016, Toronto, Ont.; 08/05/2016 & 08/07/2016, Boston, MA; 08/20/2016 & 08/22/2016, Chicago, IL; 07/01/2018, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/03/2018, Krakow, Poland; 07/05/2018, Berlin, Germany; 09/02/2018 & 09/04/2018, Boston, MA; 09/08/2022, Toronto, Ont; 09/11/2022, New York, NY; 09/14/2022, Camden, NJ; 09/02/2023, St. Paul, MN; 05/04/2024 & 05/06/2024, Vancouver, BC; 05/10/2024, Portland, OR;

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  • Merkin BallerMerkin Baller Posts: 11,423
    Halifax2TheMax said:
    cincybearcat said:
    For the love of all things holy, someone please think of the chickens!!!
    They just need a door. A big, beautiful door.

    The door is how the raccoons get in tho... we need to make chicken coops a harder target.


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  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Posts: 36,901
    stupid chickens propping open the coop door. 
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  • Gern BlanstenGern Blansten Posts: 20,103
    Halifax2TheMax said:
    $32B in cost to the taxpayers to buy back 20M AR15s at $1,600.00 per bang. Let's do it over 3 years. Ban the production, importation and sale now and possession within 3 years with a buy back.

    If you can't possess an AR15, are you unable to defend yourself or shoot coyotes, raccoons, foxes, gophers, rattlesnakes, alligators, bears, wolves, Sasquatches or feral pigs with the firearms still available to you and would you consider such a ban and buy back a violation of your 2A?

    Or

    Just give every baby born in the US an AR15 when they get their SS#?
    Fuck the buyback. Require licensing and registration. Title every fucking gun like an automobile. Restrict sales. 

    Then tax the motherfuck out of the ammo
    Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)

    1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
    2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
    2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
    2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
    2020: Oakland, Oakland:  2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
    2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
    2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana
  • Merkin BallerMerkin Baller Posts: 11,423
    Gern Blansten said:
    Halifax2TheMax said:
    $32B in cost to the taxpayers to buy back 20M AR15s at $1,600.00 per bang. Let's do it over 3 years. Ban the production, importation and sale now and possession within 3 years with a buy back.

    If you can't possess an AR15, are you unable to defend yourself or shoot coyotes, raccoons, foxes, gophers, rattlesnakes, alligators, bears, wolves, Sasquatches or feral pigs with the firearms still available to you and would you consider such a ban and buy back a violation of your 2A?

    Or

    Just give every baby born in the US an AR15 when they get their SS#?
    Fuck the buyback. Require licensing and registration. Title every fucking gun like an automobile. Restrict sales. 

    Then tax the motherfuck out of the ammo
    Require insurance too. 
  • Lerxst1992Lerxst1992 Posts: 6,614
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Bentleyspop said:
    Sad that is necessary...  


    I know words are so hollow these days, but that is literally chilling. 


    Brian’s flow chart covered this, it’s not a gun issue, it’s a mental health issue and they should stop using innocent children for political propaganda.

    When I’m in the office, two on my lunch crew are loyal GOP voters. They believe this with full force. There is no getting thru to them.
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 41,954
    Related to what I said yesterday above, this is from a NY Times article this morning:

    "Shootings that kill multiple people are so common in this country that they often do not even make national news. They are a regular feature of American life. Tulsa has become the latest example — yet another gun crime that seems almost ordinary here and yet would be extremely rare in any other country as wealthy as the U.S."

    Yet it happens again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and...

    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
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  • oftenreadingoftenreading Posts: 12,845
    Lerxst1992 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Bentleyspop said:
    Sad that is necessary...  


    I know words are so hollow these days, but that is literally chilling. 


    Brian’s flow chart covered this, it’s not a gun issue, it’s a mental health issue and they should stop using innocent children for political propaganda.

    When I’m in the office, two on my lunch crew are loyal GOP voters. They believe this with full force. There is no getting thru to them.
    Do they really think that the US has such markedly worse mental health than basically every other country in the world? 
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  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,340
    Bentleyspop said:
    Chickens over children....


    We could buy a mini14 then.  Same ammo just not all the bells and whistles.
  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,340
    brianlux said:
    Related to what I said yesterday above, this is from a NY Times article this morning:

    "Shootings that kill multiple people are so common in this country that they often do not even make national news. They are a regular feature of American life. Tulsa has become the latest example — yet another gun crime that seems almost ordinary here and yet would be extremely rare in any other country as wealthy as the U.S."

    Yet it happens again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and...

    Usually because it was with a handgun and not an AR.  The AR story is newsworthy and a handgun is not.
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