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What’s wrong with this picture?

Posted on by Kelly Welles
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“Our Nation is unalterably committed to protecting our citizens, routing terror wherever it exists, and building a safer, better world of greater opportunity and freedom for all peoples. We will not rest until we succeed.”

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The Argument For Gun Control: In Pictures

Posted on by Kelly Welles

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Mad. Image via manlyweddingblog.

As we know, it’s tremendously convenient to portray supporters of the right to bear arms in the United States as intolerant, irresponsible right wing lunatics who’ll shoot your face off with an AK-47 if you even think about trying to pry it out of their hot, sweaty hand.

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The ‘I’m Sorry, What?’ Files

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I like to think that if I apply myself, I can find, or at least hazard a guess at the intended rationale behind most examples of ass-hattery one stumbles across while browsing the information superhighway.

Today I concede defeat.

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NRA: Fear In A Flack Jacket

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In the wake of the Sandy Hook school shooting, the NRA suggested that armed guards should be posted at all schools. This week, they’ve pressed that assertion with claims that President Obama is elitist because his kids have armed protection, but he opposes the right of everyone else to do the same.

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Oak Creek, Aurora, Virginia Tech: And The Hits Just Keep On Coming…

Posted on by Kelly Welles

Images: REUTERS/Tom Lynn.

Six people were shot dead yesterday morning at a Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.

This is less than three weeks after 12 people died in Aurora, Colorado, and brings the total number of civilians murdered in spree killings in the US in the last five years to 86. That tallies nicely with the 85 civilians PER DAY killed in incidents involving firearms

I began this post imagining I would round it off by asking how many deaths would have to accrue before gun control reform would be enacted. I’m not going to bother now, because clearly casualties have no influence on a situation with so much power is at stake.

What a dumbass I am.