http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/29/obama-should-be-attending-this-funeral Comments On: Obama Should Be Attending This Funeral by Chicago Fan 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) Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:45:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss The volunteers would know they have lived half their lives for starters, while at the same time they know what they have done to society and what society has done to them. The program would provide a final stage for retirement for people too old to hold a job or something as degenerating for a wise mind as bagging groceries. these volunteers would be equipped with a "black box" with blood pressure, heart rate, audio, video, and time recording. with todays technology this equipment isnt impossible.
Posted by intervention]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:05:27 -0800 The Stranger Posted by jeaninejeanine]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2013 07:41:21 -0800 The Stranger Posted by GermanSausage]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:32:23 -0800 The Stranger

Posted by No snitchin' yo!]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:24:11 -0800 The Stranger
The gangbangers she was hanging with. all took off of course. No snitchin' yo!

You think Obama will use political capital on what is a thug cultural problem?
Posted by You don't see hillbillies shooting up parks with kids]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:19:46 -0800 The Stranger
Is it you I should blame for being a racist? Or is it your parents' fault?
Posted by GermanSausage]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:34:08 -0800 The Stranger
A park where gang bangers gather everyday? A shitty parent.
Posted by Parent (s)]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:19:05 -0800 The Stranger
it appears that the current situation is both unacceptable and intractable. watered-down federal laws do nothing, well-intentioned local laws do nothing.

is the answer then for concerned citizens to throw up our hands and do nothing also, and just hope that one can run away from a shooter like a stranger writer? is the price of liberty, of a theoretical resistance against a theorectical tyranny this carnage of gang shootings, firearm familicides, firearm suicides, and rampage shootings, unequaled in the western world?

stop analyzing. start synthesizing.
Posted by Max Solomon]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:01:17 -0800 The Stranger
Instead we're going to waste political capital on a feel-good AWB ban that is not going to have any effect on overall gun violence and then, in the following elections we're going to lose Democrat seats to Republicans, which will reduce social services and make the root problems even worse.

And with 10-20 million or more "assault weapons" out there, a ban that doesn't involve confiscating existing weapons, you're not even going to reduce the existing availability in any meaningful way, no matter how many "gun buybacks" you run.

And yes, I know that the gun-control-nuts want to do SOMETHING, but please, could we do something that has a net positive effect rather than a net negative one?
Posted by randoma]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:35:50 -0800 The Stranger Posted by RobG]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:34:22 -0800 The Stranger
When will people learn that in order to solve the gun problem, we need to ban children and parks?
Posted by GermanSausage]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:31:09 -0800 The Stranger
Did this killer use an assault weapon?
Did this killer use a high capacity magazine?

All the current proposals for gun regulation are next to worthless. Propose something meaningful or just stfu.

"Ban assault weapons!" what a meaningless, pointless, emotional, feel-good, masturbatory waste of time.
Posted by Urgutha Forka]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 09:50:27 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Lew Siffer]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 09:48:58 -0800 The Stranger
"You should have a curfew in your house so your children aren't out in the streets all night. You should meet with the teacher and find out what the homework is and help that child with the homework. And if you don't know how to do the homework, don't be embarrassed, find someone to help you."
"Fathers, be fathers," he added. "Be a part of your child's life. Be a part of your child's life and try to make them proud.
"And the last thing is, if your child is misbehaving at school don't curse out the teacher. You know who you are. It's not the teacher's fault that your child is misbehaving. That's some home training."
Posted by That's the only speech that will change anything]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 09:22:20 -0800 The Stranger
@8 ChrisTampa, We can ban the NRA as soon as we can ban the ACLU. Mkay?

Posted by GeneStoner]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 09:20:35 -0800 The Stranger
Q: Why does anyone need these guns?
A: I CAN HAZ THEM!!!!#!!

Don't apologize for assholes: you'll spend your life apologizing.
Posted by Catherwood]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 09:03:04 -0800 The Stranger One woman, Shirley Chambers lost her 4th child to a gunshot murder.

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/technolog…

This is a national tragedy.
Posted by lark]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:57:16 -0800 The Stranger
First off all "assault rifle". The AR-15 is modelled on the automatic M16, but it is not automatic because those are banned. It's semi automatic because it loads the bullets for you but you have to pull the trigger for each bullet fired..albeit some experts can do this very fast. The gun shoots .22 bullets, same as a baby pistol, the larger stock of the rifle increasing aim. However, the large size of a rifle means it cannot be concealed! So a .22 pistol with a clip and someone who can change clips is essentially the same weapon!!


Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:51:51 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Foggen]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:38:06 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Rotten666]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:35:05 -0800 The Stranger
This is a good petition to sign as well:

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petitio…
Posted by passionate_jus]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:13:38 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Lew Siffer]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:12:29 -0800 The Stranger
Thanks for making the point that gun safety laws have to be national and not done on a state by state or a city by city basis.
Posted by passionate_jus]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:04:39 -0800 The Stranger
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/en…
Posted by passionate_jus]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:02:54 -0800 The Stranger Posted by jeffy]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:01:36 -0800 The Stranger