14 kids dead in Texas School shooting

[PLATO]

This is reductive bullcrap.

Cars are tools. Weapons are tools. Drugs are tools. Property rights are tools. Hell, even war and genocide are tools. It's a dumb argument: guns are a tool designed for killing.

The "we've always had guns" arguments is also reductionally simplistic. Over the last ~50 years the amount of households with guns went from ~50% to ~30%, and yet in the same period the amount of guns per Capita went from ~0.5 to 1.2.

Guns are a problem.

I checked my gun in my closet last night. It seemed to be doing fine on its own and was having no problems lying there in its lock box. Hmmmm...wonder if mine is just special?

[PLATO]

Sure you can describe it that way, but you could say the same about cars, and we regulate them all the time in various ways, from their tech specs, their security aspects, to who can drive them (otherwise we wouldn't need licenses), how you need to behave in traffic etc etc.

I agree. I am not against regulation. The way things are going, then it seems we need some pretty stringent ones. Beyond that though, we need to really start addressing the problems in society. The administration likes to talk about addressing "root" causes on immigration...why don't we hear anything on addressing root causes on gun violence? It isn't the gun folks...it is the wielder. We do need regulations to control things until we can address the real reasons we have gun violence.

[Uncle Sparky]

Re: Highland Park... Didn't we have Polytubbies from there once upon a time? Ming?

[Ming]

I still live 2 towns over from Highland Park... and rabbit lives close by as well.
Our 4th of July celebrations were cancelled, as well as almost every other celebration on the North Shore.

[PLATO]

I still live 2 towns over from Highland Park... and rabbit lives close by as well.
Our 4th of July celebrations were cancelled, as well as almost every other celebration on the North Shore.

Just glad you all are safe.

Also...impressed by you responding in 2 hours to a summoning!

Do you actually read all this stuff?????

[Uncle Sparky]

He read my comments... they're always insightful and important..

[Ming]

I try to check in multiple times each day. But no, I don't read everything... but generally, a large majority of it.

[Buster Crabbe's Uncle]

So AAHZ - that Highland Park killer looks kinda familiar. Got anything to add?

[EPW]

So AAHZ - that Highland Park killer looks kinda familiar. Got anything to add?

Do YOU have anything to add?

[ZEE]

I gained weight since my last pictures 10 years ago

[-Jrabbit]

Still trying to figure out whether Crimo was radicalized to a cause or just wanted to promote his "Awake The Rapper" quasi-career.

Weird that he drove to Madison WI and back afterwards before getting arrested. Didn't put up a fight despite being armed. Makes me think he fully expected to be caught.

[ZEE]

Yup I am now fat, happy, fully medicated, and not bothered by internet trolls

Hence why I outgrew the Apolyton Jester role, rather than not being able to handle it. Unlike the new guy who lasted all but a week

[ZEE]

See how I did that? I took a troll about me, spun it about me, and I have now thradejacked the entire thrade. I am a professional.

IMITATED BUT NEVAR DUPLICATED

[ZEE]

One last thing, I was looking for a good thrade to poast that video clip for about 3 days now, and I even got to be the starter of a brand new page to boot!

Thanks BCU!

[Buster Crabbe's Uncle]

Anytime, my fat friend.
(I don't see a Salute smilie in our lineup - that needs a Salute smilie.)

[ZEE]

I agree we need a salute smile.

And I don't look like Oerdin or anything but I am moar pudgy than I was for sure (side effect of my meds actually.)