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   feverjr said, 5 months ago

   Taxidermy of Dummies.
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   lonecat said, 5 months ago

   What?
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   Ms. Ima said, 5 months ago

   A locked gun in every legal citizen’s hands makes for a safe America.
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   Gore Bane said, 5 months ago

   Liberals are so fascinating. With one breath, they quote Eldridge Cleaver and exclaim “All power to the people!” Then in the very next breath they echo Sun Tzu, Mao Tse-Tung, and Lenin, crying that “All power derives from the barrel of a gun”. But never, never, do they take the next step and connect the two thoughts.
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   Krazy Ig Katz said, 5 months ago

   The former owner—a prepper— shot himself and is now stuffed & mounted. The current one is a dummy because he has not learned to secure his weapon properly — it’s about to tip over and blow his head off.
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   minos said, 5 months ago

   One week after Sandy Hook, and lo! – the creatures that live under that big, flat NRA rock come creeping back out of hiding. And here is their best argument, the fantasy of yet another dickless wonder trying to compensate for his inadequacy with too much gun for the likes of him.

   Gotta love it. He (in his dreams) bagged the elementary-school shooter! Problem solved. Or is that a SWAT Team guy? How many kids, teachers and cops got killed by those high-velocity rounds? That’s the nice thing about fantasy – no cleanup costs.

   Nobody needs those kinds of guns. If you bought ‘em to resist the government, dude, it’s not enough. If you bought ‘em because you don’t see how it’s any of your neighbors’ business if you want to be the RL incarnation of “ Call of Duty,” it’s too much. If you think a firefight between untrained idiots is a good thing to have around children, you’re a lunatic loser, kinda like the guy who shot up Sandy Hook. No guns for you. Repeal the 2nd Amendment.
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   vwdualnomand said, 5 months ago

   i thought that conservatives hated teachers. they say teachers are the scum of the earth, lazy, incompetent, drain on society…and they want to arm them?
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   Respectful Troll said, 5 months ago

   The man reading has an “assault weapon” at ready behind him. Is the trophy shooter on the stand wearing bulletproof armor, which would justify the ownership and use of a military weapon, or was he just masked and wearing an overcoat? Does this cartoon reference the “daydream” of the gun owner who kills in order to save lives and has mounted his kill to celebrate the moment?
   Does Mr. Lester suggest a person who would use a gun to stop a killer would also WANT to keep such a trophy?
   curiously,
   C.
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   Ransom D Stone said, 5 months ago

   @minos

   Right on, except for the 2nd Amendment which was distorted by the SCOTUS who leaped from an ‘organized militia’ to ‘everybody can have and carry a weapon’ in one deadly act of misinterpretation.
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    mickey1339 said, 5 months ago

    @Ransom D Stone

    “In 2008 and 2010, the Supreme Court issued two landmark decisions concerning the Second Amendment. In District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), the Court ruled that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to possess a firearm, unconnected to service in a militia¹² and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes.”

    It’s always frustrating when the SCOTUS rules against your personal beliefs, but it is binding nonetheless. Obviously “lawful purposes” is the key here, but extremists on both sides will interpret that according to their personal agenda…
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    mickey1339 said, 5 months ago

    @minos

    More animosity and name calling, that will be sure to help resolve a very complex and contested issue in our country…
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    Fourcrows said, 5 months ago

    I have no problem with someone owning a handgun to protect their home, or even getting a conceal carry permit to protect themselves on the street (although I do find that a bit paranoid and fearful). What I do have a problem with is someone who thinks an automatic rifle is necessary in the hands of a civilian in public. I fear the vigilante, who legally buys a gun and looks to stop crime himself. That is called Münchausen syndrome. It is dangerous and the easy availability of high capacity high power weapons makes them more dangerous. I have known two people diagnosed with this, and both owned guns. The last one I knew, one of my wife’s former students, is now in jail because he set fire to a dorm. He felt the students did not take the last fire drill seriously enough, so he started the fire, called the fire department, and organized the evacuation. He saw nothing wrong with his actions. He owns (or owned) six guns and carried a loaded AR-15 in his back seat. Does the fact that he was undiagnosed until his arrest make you feel safer? To all people who knew him, he seemed like a very active community leader who did what he could to improve the world around him, but would put lives at risk to look like a hero. Imagine if he had been driving by and THOUGHT he saw a crime and opened fire. That is what I see in this toon. A wanna be hero who thinks it is his duty to stop the next massacre, ready to open fire on the first “suspicious” person in his neighborhood. Ask George Zimmerman how well that worked out.
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    ruff said, 5 months ago

    You have here a prime example of “A well regulated Militia”…
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    cubefarmer said, 5 months ago

    @mickey1339

    Did you really expect a rational argument from a guttermouthed hate troll like him?
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    mickey1339 said, 5 months ago

    @Fourcrows

    " I fear the vigilante, who legally buys a gun and looks to stop crime himself. That is called Münchausen syndrome."

    What you recount is clear evidence that we have evolved into a sick society. Now we want to be able to pass a few laws, make speeches about how outraged we are and continue to ignore the cause of the problem.
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