All Hail the Second Amendment

[Minimalist]

WTF!!!

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/gunmaker...rotection/

Gunmaker Colt files for bankruptcy protection

Its current troubles are in part due to the fact that Colt lost out on the M4 US army contract to FN Herstal in 2013. Additionally, despite increase in support of gun rights , number of US households that owned guns has dropped to a 40-year low in 2014 . Last year, 32% U.S. households owned guns compared to 54% in 1977.

And with the speed with which gun nuts are offing themselves that number should drop even faster!

[Minimalist]

I think IATIA makes a very good point about these gun "accidents."  There is little accidental about them.

Take this shithead.

http://tbo.com/news/florida/man-checking...-20150615/

Man checking to see if gun was loaded accidentally kills self

Apparently it was.

[Longhorn]

How to check whether your gun is loaded in 4 easy steps:

1 do NOT pull the trigger
2 do NOT pull the trigger
3 do NOT pull the trigger
4 do NOT pull the trigger

Fucking Darwin Award to this moron. It's precisely people like this that shouldn't be let near a gun.

[The Grand Nudger]

You've got to pull the trigger to properly clear the firearm.  If you don't properly clear the firearm you increase the risk of an ad.  You point it at the ground...of course, not your stomach or your toddler.

[Salacious B. Crumb]

I'd agree, there are virtually no accidents with guns, just plain stupidity. Real accidents, may consist of less than 0.5% of many of these stories.

[Rhondazvous]

Boy, these conservatives are really something, aren’t they? They’re all in favor of the unborn. They will do anything for the unborn. But once you’re born, you’re on your own. Pro-life conservatives are obsessed with the fetus from conception to nine months. After that, they don’t want to know about you. They don’t want to hear from you. No nothing. No neonatal care, no day care, no head start, no school lunch, no food stamps, no welfare, no nothing. If you’re pre-born, you’re fine; if you’re preschool, you’re fucked.

What we have here is a nail that has been hit squarely on the head. Maybe they just want to save the fetuses so Pat Robertson will have his little Hitlers to send to his Heavenly Farter.

[Minimalist]

Another Car-Wash related death....

http://www.wsav.com/story/29326614/man-s...o-car-wash

STATESBORO, GA -  Officials at the Statesboro Police Department say a man was killed in what they believe was an accidental shooting.  It happened at the Flash Car Was on Fair Road.  48-year-old Timothy Hal Cartee died from a gunshot wound.  He was cleaning out his car when it happened.  Foul play is not suspected and the death is being investigated as an accidental discharge.

Bye, Tim.  Say "hi" to fucking jesus.

[Minimalist]

You're now short one grandkid.

http://www.myfoxphilly.com/story/29330839/accidentally

Nine-year-old boy killed in Texas hunting accident

Sherriff Walker says the ranch has had an impeccable safety record.

Not so much anymore, sheriff.

[Minimalist]

We already knew this....even if the NRA doesn't.

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/guns-rar...-shooting/

Guns rarely used for self-defense in US — there are 32 criminal homicides for every 1 justifiable killing

Put another way, for every justifiable homicide involving a gun, 32 criminal homicides carried out with a firearm occurred. And that does not take into account “tens of thousands” of gun-related suicides and unintentional shootings.

[The Grand Nudger]

A baseball bat is cheaper and won't blow a gaping hole in your toddlers chest, asleep in the next room, while you valiantly "defend" her against the bad men. Hell, even if you have a gun, the best bet for defending your home with it...is to leave the bullets in your pocket, Andy, and give him a buttstroke to the mouth. Promise, you'll have all the time in the world to call the cops after one good hit. The only time it's even -remotely- safe to shoot an intruder...is when he's already laying on his face with his arms stretched out - though I get that it would be difficult to explain that to the cops (if you get the chance...after all, when they show up and see a guy with gun..........).

(for those psychotics who think that a baseball bat isn't menacing or effective - enough-....go get a hatchet for all I care, see what happens when a burglar finds himself in an unfamiliar home with a naked lunatic waving a hatchet at his neck. Get your hands wet, if you just have-to-have that penetrative fix.)