I think we have a problem in our culture not with “realistic weapons” but with being realistic about reality. After all, we already “fear guns,” at least in the hands of NRA members. Otherwise, why would we ban them from so many areas of life? Virginia Tech, remember, was a “gun-free zone,” formally and proudly designated as such by the college administration. Yet the killer kept his guns and ammo on the campus. It was a “gun-free zone” except for those belonging to the guy who wanted to kill everybody. Had the Second Amendment not been in effect repealed by VT, someone might have been able to do as two students did five years ago at the Appalachian Law School: When a would-be mass murderer showed up, they rushed for their vehicles, grabbed their guns and pinned him down until the cops arrived.
But you can’t do that at Virginia Tech. Instead, the administration has created a “Gun-Free School Zone.” Or, to be more accurate, they’ve created a sign that says “Gun-Free School Zone.” And, like a loopy medieval sultan, they thought that simply declaring it to be so would make it so. The “gun-free zone” turned out to be a fraud — not just because there were at least two guns on the campus last Monday, but in the more important sense that the college was promoting to its students a profoundly deluded view of the world.
Thank goodness we have smart and gracious celebrities generous enough to take time out from their busy lives to fly around the country in executive jets and provide the little people like us with proper instruction on wiping our @sses.
I wonder if she’ll use a whole roll herself, but buy teepee offsets?
Thank goodness we have smart and gracious celebrities generous enough to take time out from their busy lives to fly around the country in executive jets and provide the little people like us with proper instruction on wiping our @sses.
I wonder if she’ll use a whole roll herself, but buy teepee offsets?
Thank goodness we have smart and gracious celebrities generous enough to take time out from their busy lives to fly around the country in executive jets and provide the little people like us with proper instruction on wiping our @sses.
I wonder if she’ll use a whole roll herself, but buy teepee offsets?
The attack occurred as the train from the Bay Area neared the I Street Bridge to Sacramento’s rail station and slowed for a signal, said Eugene Skoropowski, managing director of the Capitol Corridor, said. A group of people stood on the tracks to block the train, which stopped. When the engineer went downstairs and opened the door, he was dragged off the train and assaulted, Skoropowski said.
It wouldn’t hurt to let the engineers have firearms, either, if they’re trained.
The attack occurred as the train from the Bay Area neared the I Street Bridge to Sacramento’s rail station and slowed for a signal, said Eugene Skoropowski, managing director of the Capitol Corridor, said. A group of people stood on the tracks to block the train, which stopped. When the engineer went downstairs and opened the door, he was dragged off the train and assaulted, Skoropowski said.
It wouldn’t hurt to let the engineers have firearms, either, if they’re trained.
The attack occurred as the train from the Bay Area neared the I Street Bridge to Sacramento’s rail station and slowed for a signal, said Eugene Skoropowski, managing director of the Capitol Corridor, said. A group of people stood on the tracks to block the train, which stopped. When the engineer went downstairs and opened the door, he was dragged off the train and assaulted, Skoropowski said.
It wouldn’t hurt to let the engineers have firearms, either, if they’re trained.
Can someone explain to me how a man with as much negative charisma as Reid ended up being Senate Majority Leader? I mean, it’s like he almost sucks the charm out of a room.