Gary Varvel for April 23, 2013

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    echoraven  almost 11 years ago

    Actually the toon is spot on; it leaves it to the individual reader to determine how “feel good” laws will affect the common gun toting criminal.

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    I Play One On TV  almost 11 years ago

    I understand now. It is all coming clear. Any current gun law will not be enforced. Any proposed gun law is exactly the same as confiscation. There is no way to reduce gun violence. None.

    Allow everyone to have every weapon they want. Wait until they use it inappropriately and punish them. (Isn’t it interesting to see all the pro-gun posters talking about how the FBI didn’t prevent the Boston bombers from completing their task? I see a disconnect here…)

    It is time to accept the fact that gun laws will never change. Your right to be ready to blow the bejeezus out of the US Armed Forces when they come a-callin’ trumps the rest of our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Happy days are here again.

    When there is another mass shooting, and there will be many more in the future, remember to keep our priorities straight. Guns always good. Laws bad; criminals don’t obey the law.

    And if we could get rid of all laws, since criminals obey NONE of them, we wouldn’t have any prisoners. Think of the money we’d save….no courts, no prisons….

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    Fourcrows  almost 11 years ago

    You’re right.Put laws in place that cap CEO and executive bonuses, allowing people to work and not be laid off to “protect profits”. Tax the Hell out of companies that move their labor force overseas, making it more profitable to keep production here. Increase welfare benefits so nobody has to lose their home/car becase they got laid off and can still feed their families. Outlaw microsecond transactions on Wall Street – you must own a stock for thirty days before being allowed to sell it; put the risk back in the hands of the stockholders, not the hourly employee.Reducing poverty reduces crime. Countries with a more efficient social system and education system (Sweden, Germany, Finland, Switzerland) have much less crime. Pure unregulated capitalism causes crime, as everyone wants theor piece of the pie, which means those with the money can deny it for those without. Lower wage gaps mean less crime. Higher wages means less crime. If the lowest class can still live without starving, they will not resort to drugs or crime to survive. Costco is now beginning to outperform Walmart – Walmart raised bonuses for the executives at the cost of cutting labor to meet profit expectations. Costco raised employee wages, and has seen profits rise. Coincidence?

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    phdtogo  almost 11 years ago

    Instead you project your Trotsky-like thoughts on us?

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    Tempus Fugit Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    OH Please!!!!!!

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    Fourcrows  almost 11 years ago

    Crime stems from poor people getting desparate to survive. You’re correct in the sense that more jobs can lower the crime rate. However, since the tax rate on businesses and the super rich have been lower, the unemployment rate has gone up. Perhaps the opposite approach is the answer? If companies want to do business with the US, they must be willing to have their production facilities here. Let the rich people themselves leave – they make no money without the American consumer. They can go where they want if they leave the jobs here. Lower the taxes on the company but not the individual. If they want to make money, they have to turn an honest profit, not a false one by laying off the workforce.

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    SAStiner  almost 11 years ago

    What I’d like to see outlawed is alcoholic beverages. My wife and I have been involved in two accidents with drunken drivers; the last time was a head-on collision from which it took me months to recover. My wife still has nightmares about it and that was ten years ago. I didn’t take the time to look up statistics but I’d be willing to wager that there are far more innocents killed by intoxicated drivers than there are by gun owners.

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