I think it will be different this time.

[MannyGoldstein]

This is the way it's been for decades:



But this time, I think it will be different. America's 30-year flirtation with insanity and bullshit is drawing to an end.

[Warren Stupidity]

1. It could be different right here. We can decide to not tolerate gun nut posts.

[MannyGoldstein]

2. Why am I uncomfortable with that?

I probably shouldn't be. More guns = more people killed.

[Warren Stupidity]

3. Seems like a good idea to me.

We don't tolerate homophobia.
We don't tolerate racism
We are learning to stop tolerating sexism.

Why should we tolerate gun nuttery?

[MannyGoldstein]

4. I'm not necessarily disagreeing, but it's a little different

Homophobia, racism, and sexism are inherently wrong.

Guns aren't inherently wrong - they just tend end up causing mayhem to innocents. But we outlaw certain drugs for the same reason - they tend to cause bad things to happen (although making them illegal tends to cause even bigger problems).

At the very least, we should tamp down on guns. Tough gun control laws save lives, no question.

[gopiscrap]

6. thank you

[Hoyt]

5. Hope you are right on this, but there are a lot of folks who can't imagine life without more guns.