Ted Rall for December 24, 2012
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Transcript:
After yet another mass shooting, right-wing politicians call to arm students and teachers. (Man: This wouldn't have been as bad if our adorable dead children had been able to defend themselves.) Which prompts the psycho-killers' lobby to ask: (Man 2: What about the rights of herotofore law-abiding mass shooters? Is it fair to ask one psycho to take on two dozen rugrats with assault rifles?) Congress acts to restore weapons parity in the nation's schools. (Man 3: Registered nutcases can buy an RPG and mortars, subject to a 15-minute waiting period, which is the average drive time to a school.) But then- (Man 4: This massacre might have been mitigated if the kids had had WMDs) (Man 3: Will the madness ever end? We hope not!)
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Ted Rall creator
I support the Second Amendment. I don’t trust the government to be the only people who own weapons. That said, you are selectively referencing the incident in China. Yes, a nutcase stabbed 22 students in China. But they all lived. That’s the difference. No one wants to be stabbed, but it sure beats being shot by an AR 15 assault rifle.
