Tag Archives: second amendment

They execute babies, don’t they?

By Mark | April 28, 2019

Yesterday in Green Bay, Wisconsin, after referring to leaders of the FBI and DOJ as “scum” and “dirty cops”, Donald Trump went on to reiterate the dangerous falsehood that, after women give birth in the United States, they have the option of killing the child. “(Babies are) wrapped in a blanket,” Donald Trump told the […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged abortion, call to violence, Cesar Sayoc, dirty cops, DOJ, enemy of the people, FBI, Green Bay, hate crimes, incitement to violence, infanticide, irresponsible rhetoric, Julia Pulver, MAGA, MAGA bomber, political violence, racism, rhetoric, scum, Unite the Right, violent rhetoric, white nationalism, Wisconsin | 78 Comments

“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 control, gun rights, nerve agents, Twitter | 3 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 […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1994, 2004, assault weapons, assault weapons ban, Australia, automatic weapons, background checks, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Federal Assault Weapons Ban, Florida, gun control, gun rights, gun violence, Marco Rubio, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, mass shootings, NRA, Obama, Pam Bondi, Parkland, polling, polls, Sandy Hook, school shooting | 132 Comments

The new, young, and hopefully-more-effective face of American gun reform

By Mark | February 19, 2018

Quite a bit has happened over the past few days, since we first learned of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida that left 17 people dead. While it doesn’t look as though the 19 year old killer had connections to a white nationalist hate group, as was first reported, it […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alfonso Calderon, assault weapons, assault weapons ban, automatic weapons, background checks, blame the victim, call to action, Cameron Kasky, Christin Yared, Christine Yared, collusion, David Hogg, Donald Trump, Emma Gonzalez, FBI, Florida, gun control, gun reform, gun violence, high school, inaction, inspiration, lobbying, Make America Great Again, Mar-a-Lago, March for our Lives, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, National Rifle Association, National School Walkout, Nikolas Cruz, NRA, obstruction of justice, Parkland, protest, Republic of Florida, Russia, Russiagate, school shooting, speaking truth to power | 109 Comments

It took him half a dozen years, but Obama is finally coming for our guns

By Mark | January 4, 2016

Perhaps worrying that not enough self-described “patriots” were heading out to join the well-armed Christian militia members who are massing in that abandoned Oregon gift shop to fight federal “tyranny”, President Obama just announced that, starting tomorrow, he’d finally be coming for our guns… If that doesn’t light a fire under the asses, nothing will. […]