http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/11/check-out-what-these-republican-dickbags-want-to-do-about-guns Comments On: Check Out What These Republican Dickbags Want to Do About Guns! by Goldy en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:00:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss to be teachers. I swear, the nutjobs I've encountered...
Posted by DRF]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:15:46 -0800 The Stranger
That said, I'm sure everyone here has had at least one teacher who serves as a living counterargument that teachers should be packing heat in the classroom. Perhaps these teachers would simply fail the proposed mental health evaluation, but that's quite a risk to bet on an imperfect test.

Although apparently being pragmatic makes me a fake "progressive" whereas a REAL, quotation-free progressive should believe that guns will solve every problem, ever, despite no concrete evidence to suggest this (what percentage of crimes are "solved" by armed bystanders, again?).

Hey, in Somalia they rely exclusively on "good guys with guns." I bet that's why it's such a haven of peace where nobody crosses anyone else for fear of getting shot, right?
Posted by Bonefish]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:29:19 -0800 The Stranger Posted by horatiocain]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:00:03 -0800 The Stranger Great70.com
Posted by mas789]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 03:28:36 -0800 The Stranger
@52, what's your mental health care proposal?
Posted by jt]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 14:29:31 -0800 The Stranger Posted by auntie grizelda]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 14:01:29 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Mister G]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 12:44:17 -0800 The Stranger
Speaking of nutty people, isn't it about time we started talking about mental health care? Or are people on both sides of the aisle afraid of what THAT conversation might mean for them?
Posted by treehugger]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 10:42:39 -0800 The Stranger This is jumping the gun. Why not do a pilot study, requiring state legislators to carry guns when in session? We have such a program. It's called "Senator Pam Roach".

I did have to chuckle at Klippert's boss, Sheriff Keane, who thought the job of teachers is to...teach! Imagine that.
Posted by Teslick]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 09:00:09 -0800 The Stranger Posted by pat L]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 08:13:39 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Ballard Pimp]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 06:48:24 -0800 The Stranger
one real threat we face is a very small subset of angry, depressed, suicidal young males with fairly unlimited access to high powered semi-automatic weaponry and ammunition. these men are spread randomly through american society, and there are very few tools for identifying them prior to their rampages available to law enforcement.

@everyone else: see, i told you the pro-gun side really thinks this will help. more guns, and more guns in schools. when all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
Posted by Max Solomon]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 06:46:55 -0800 The Stranger
Why can't we just split the country up so that people who don't want to be sitting at cafes next to concealed weapons can do just that, and the paranoid gun owners can go live in constant fear of a bad guy with a gun (but feel safe because they are a GOOD guy with a gun)!


Posted by Gun owners are creepy and have anger problems]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 02:47:57 -0800 The Stranger Posted by floater]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 01:12:47 -0800 The Stranger IF any Israeli school teachers are armed, it is only after they have undergone 2 YEARS OF MILITARY TRAINING. I would probably trust an armed teacher who had had 2 years of military training.

Great! So you're in favor of arming any American teacher who's a military veteran. Let's get going!
Posted by Mister G]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:52:30 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Ebenezer]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:12:03 -0800 The Stranger http://messiahsmandate.org/are-israeli-t…
There is a picture going around the Internet that I have seen about a dozen times today that claims that Israeli teachers are packing heat. Well, are they? The answer is “NO.”

IF any Israeli school teachers are armed, it is only after they have undergone 2 YEARS OF MILITARY TRAINING. I would probably trust an armed teacher who had had 2 years of military training. But in the US, where the states compete to have the most lenient gun laws of all (AZ and Utah win! Take your gun to a bar! Get a permit with maybe 8 hours of training!), arming teachers is fucking asinine.

Posted by StuckInUtah]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:03:38 -0800 The Stranger reduced by whatever amount they can reasonably expect to take in from knocking over liquor stores and ripping off drug dealers -- you know, like with waiters and tips in some states. It's a complex issue with pros and cons and it merits thorough study and debate in the legislature.
Posted by PCM]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:58:59 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Mister G]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:51:49 -0800 The Stranger Posted by katallred]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:51:13 -0800 The Stranger
The purpose of this bill is not to arm teachers but to redirect the legislative agenda away from sanity. They don't really care if it passes or not, just that it occupies everyone's attention.

The exact same bill with the exact same language has been or is about to be submitted in all fifty state legislatures.
Posted by Fnarf]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:49:26 -0800 The Stranger
*joke* We should all get to own grenade launchers
*serious response* Yes.

The end. I don't need to talk to that person anymore. Game over. I'm out.
Posted by watchout5]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:48:01 -0800 The Stranger
Posted by Phoebe in Wallingford]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:27:44 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Curtis Interruptus]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:58:38 -0800 The Stranger Posted by So pitted]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:38:13 -0800 The Stranger