Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 24, 2019

I see a Greek tragedy in this.

It’s what cops do.

I think Des will be ok. Ray has his number: It’s all just a big teenage rebellion act.

A 15 year old kid was in his friend’s house and found a gun. Loaded it and wound up killing himself. Now they’ve made a law about storing guns. I am for gun control and I feel bad for the kid’s family. But let’s face it, the kid earns a Darwin Award! At 15 you should know not to play with real guns.

Wow, sort of a commitment and a threat in one breath.

dated a honey like that once, watched with satisfaction as deputies from 2 counties came to arrest him, funny I only called the one county…..

If Ray gets stopped by a white cop it’ll be the end of this arc.

cuts down on the idiots

I had more than one guy disappear after he met my teenage boys. And, one who offered me the “them or me” choice. Don’t recall his name. Of course, that was when they were going though the stage when my highest hope for the oldest one was time off for good behavior, so can’t blame them that much. They turned out great— I have no idea what I did right.

I wouldn’t be saying “it’s me or him”. I would tell her to stop rationalizing the kid’s bad behavior, stand up to him or I’m out of here. I don’t need to have a companion who lets her kid abuse me, verbally or otherwise.

Oh now that’s reassuring!!!!! Lol!

I live in the Chicago area. There is nothing funny about this mother.