11 dead in shooting at Virginia Beach municipal building

I get what you’re trying to do here, but America’s gun problem is not about a lack of manliness. (And I don’t own a gun.)

 

Well, some of it's about compensation.

The persistence of the mythical Old West quote 'God created man; Sam Colt made them equal' is evidence of that.

 

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All the accessories I previously mentioned are for people who picture themselves as some sort of Rambo Billy Badass. They don't serve any other useful purpose.

 

Garry Wills, 2012, still the best.

https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2012/12/15/our-moloch/

 

• Call the roller of big cigars,

The muscular one, and bid him whip
In kitchen cups concupiscent curds.
Let the wenches dawdle in such dress
As they are used to wear, and let the boys
Bring flowers in last month's newspapers.
Let be be finale of seem.
The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream.

Take from the dresser of deal,
Lacking the three glass knobs, that sheet
On which she embroidered fantails once
And spread it so as to cover her face.
If her horny feet protrude, they come
To show how cold she is, and dumb.
Let the lamp affix its beam.
The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream.

Wills' essay made me think of Wallace Stevens' "The Emperor of Ice-Cream." Let be be finale of seem.

 

I know this guy doesn't reach the threshold of significance, but he makes a lot of sense to me.

 

Every NRA member and hardcore Second Amendment believer stands by that argument: We need everyone to be armed -- and have the freedom to do so -- JUST IN CASE there is ever someone coming in guns blazes.

I've yet to read any reports of someone gunning down a heavily armed, would-be mass shooter in a public place. Many of these attacks are unexpected. You can't reasonably expect the population to be armed and ready to fight at a moment's notice at all times. They are not soldiers.

 

Okay then you can't cite this as reasonable support for unfettered access to all weapons.

 

I don't. No one should have 100 percent access to all weapons. I support tighter laws.

 

Who has 100 percent access to all weapons?