Tag Archives: gun control

“The only way to stop a bad guy with a nerve agent is a good guy with a nerve agent.”

By Mark | March 29, 2018

The only way to stop a bad guy with a nerve agent is a good guy with a nerve agent. — Alan Traxler (@traxattack) March 29, 2018 [Occasionally people get my sense of humor. I now have documentation.]

Posted in Mark's Life | Also tagged Alan Traxler, good guys with guns, gun rights, nerve agents, second amendment, Twitter | 3 Comments

On the road with my 13 yer old daughter… marching for stricter gun laws in DC, learning about the holocaust, and getting to know one another as adults

By Mark | March 26, 2018

In an attempt to further radicalize my 13 year old daughter, I whisked her away on a last-minute road trip to D.C. Friday afternoon so that we could attend the big March for Our Lives demonstration. Having spent much of the past few days behind the wheel, I’m pretty exhausted at the moment, but I […]

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“The Committee to Defraud America”

By Mark | March 3, 2018

In a move that the conservative Wall Street Journal said would “hurt the economy and his voters,” Donald Trump announced on Thursday that the United States would be imposing steep tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. [The tariff on steel would be 25%, while the tariff on aluminum would be 10%.] As for why Trump […]

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Do all of us older folks need to die before things get better?

By Mark | February 28, 2018

A few days ago, in response to a post that I’d written about the young leaders emerging from the tragedy in Parkland, Florida, there was an interesting exchange between two of our favorite commenters, Jean [the first comment above] and Lynn [the second comment above], about, among other things, the idea that sometimes, for true […]

Posted in Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged aging, aging population, assault weapons, Barack Obama, Climate Change, DAY, Defend Affordable Ypsi, fear of death, Grace Lao, international youth movements, Jean Henry, life and death, Linette, Lynn, Martin Luther King, meditations on death, Moms Demand Action, moral arc, on facing death, Parkland, Theodore Parker | 248 Comments

Despite what Marco Rubio and his fellow NRA shills may say, gun bans are both popular and effective

By Mark | February 22, 2018

One of the biggest applause lines at last night’s CNN town hall on American gun policy came from Florida Senator Marco Rubio. Attempting to make the case that an assault weapon ban wouldn’t be effective, the Senator said “you would literally have to ban every semi-automatic rifle.” He, of course, thought that members of the […]