Report: Connecticut gunman tried to buy rifle — but was denied

get your act together. we’re talking about civilians, not the military.

sesquipedalian on December 15, 2012 at 2:59 PM

The 2nd Amendment makes no distinction, unfortunately for you.

as we all know, a black guy named hussein would never be elected potus.

sesquipedalian on December 15, 2012 at 3:00 PM

LMAO. Okay dude, sure, you’re right, all those states that went for Romney are going to ratify a complete reversal of the 2nd Amendment.

Other things that are going to happen:

1. Roe v. Wade will be overturned tomorrow and we’ll get a national right to life amendment in the Constitution, which will be ratified by Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon and California.

2. We’ll get national right-to-work legislation that will eventually turn into a Constitutional amendment banning all unions, authored by Senators Trumka and Hoffa.

3. A Constitutional amendment defining marriage as one man and one woman will be passed and signed into law by President Anderson Cooper, and ratified by all 52 states, including Guam and Puerto Rico.

4. President Hu Jintao (installed after the US was sold wholesale to China) introduces legislation to repeal the 1st Amendment. His Vice-President, Tom Friedman, is ecstatic at this news.

5. President Al Gore signs into law the “Carbon Sucks Act,” restricting all Americans to one car, one child and one kitchen appliance per household. He then leaves in his giant private jet, billowing plumes of acrid black smoke.

Good Solid B-Plus on December 15, 2012 at 3:08 PM

Things more likely to happen than a Constitutional Amendment repealing the 2nd/restricting gun ownership:

1. George Zimmerman is named Time’s Man of the Year the same day he becomes President of La Raza.

2. Mitt Romney gives the commencement address at the University of California at Berkeley, receives a record two hour standing ovation.

3. President Barack Obama proudly shakes the hand of each member of the Super Bowl Champion Cleveland Browns.

Good Solid B-Plus on December 15, 2012 at 3:18 PM

average fatality rate: .23. we’re way worse than even fookin china.

sesquipedalian on December 15, 2012 at 3:49 PM

According to a study by the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, based on data collected by the Center for Disease Control, 1.5 white Americans in 100,000 were shot and killed in 2007 — still higher than the Canadian rate of 0.6, but, given the population densities of the two nations, at least in the same ballpark.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/10/02/an-honest-debate-about-gun-violence/#ixzz2F9mm6PMV

Unless you think the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence is in some sinister conspiracy with the CDC to support us darn rednecks, it looks like you’re wrong. We have less violent murders than our peers in Germany, the U.K., Spain and other similar developed republics/democracies.

There’s a reason I’m only looking at white Americans, by the way, and it’s not because Hispanics and African-Americans have higher rates of gun violence. It’s because, with the exception of Cho, most of these spree killers fit the same profile: young white males with a history of mental illness. So if you really want to say this is an epidemic, compare them to their peers.

Good Solid B-Plus on December 15, 2012 at 4:07 PM

people used to be against legalizing gay marriage and cannabis. now majorities support both. things change.

sesquipedalian on December 15, 2012 at 4:07 PM

Yeah, but they’ve changed in the wrong direction for your side. The SCOTUS just recently incorporated the 2nd Amendment to the states. Gun ownership is at an all-time high. Check blink’s .gif map; your side lost the battle on the 2nd Amendment, just like my side lost the battle on gay marriage.

Within 50 years, gay marriage will be in all 50 States, abortion will still be legal, and gun ownership will continue to grow. There’s nothing either of us can do about that.

Good Solid B-Plus on December 15, 2012 at 4:11 PM

cause i’m not interested in the elaborate tactics gangs have to employ because guns happen to be illegal.

sesquipedalian on December 15, 2012 at 4:10 PM

Yes, ‘elaborate tactics.’ Because it’s just soooo hard for gang members to acquire illegal items.

Sesqui, trust me, I know it sucks to lose. It sucked to lose big on November 6th.

Your side has lost, is losing, and will continue to lose your crusade against guns. Standing on the bodies of newly-murdered children to buttress your case is despicable, but predictable.

Good Solid B-Plus on December 15, 2012 at 4:13 PM

ooooh, statistics? hoo boy do i have statistics for you.

sesquipedalian on December 15, 2012 at 4:13 PM

Wow, 4 studies, which found gems like this:

people in states with many guns have elevated rates of homicide, particularly firearm homicide.

WHOAMG!!1! Places with more guns have more gun violence?! Next you’re going to tell me that places with more cars have more automobile accidents!

Of course, what the studies don’t account for is:

1. Decreased crime rate in the US from the 1970′s to the present, even though gun availability has gone way up.

2. Doesn’t compare rates of similar non-gun violence (assaults, rapes) in areas with less gun access.

3. Newest study uses data almost a decade old.

4. None of these studies relate to incidents like today, because spree killings are incredibly rare and isolated.

Good Solid B-Plus on December 15, 2012 at 4:18 PM

perhaps. i wonder, though, who president hillary will nominate to replace the then-late justices thomas and scalia.

sesquipedalian on December 15, 2012 at 4:15 PM

I wonder who President Wolverine is going to nominate to replace Cyclops and Storm on the Supreme Court when he finishes his 5th term in the year 2134.

Oh, wait, you weren’t sharing your fanfiction with me? You actually think people are going to elect another Democrat, especially one as tarnished as Hillary, after four more years of economic stagnation?

Lulz.

Good Solid B-Plus on December 15, 2012 at 4:21 PM