The problems's not that people are crazy; some people always are.

[phantom power]

Can we all agree that letting a 9-year old fire an Uzi is a really nutty idea?

Actually, no we can't:

"It's an eye opener for them to see the difference: this is not a toy, this is not a plastic Wii gun. It's heavy, you have to really be mindful of what it does... A lot of times it's an eye opener for the parents as well," Regenhardt said.

For the most part, Regenhardt says that after their first time with automatic weapons, children get hooked.

"The reaction is, 'I'd like to do this again, I'd really like to do this again,'" he said. From there, they encourage the children to take classes.

Granted, there are a lot of individuals in our species, and statistically it makes sense that a small fraction of them will be both batshit bonkers and unspeakably amoral opportunists, like the person quoted above. What makes no sense at all is that this madness is reported as if it were just one more point of view without even a token quote from anyone in the reality-based community.

The problems's not that people are crazy; some people always are. It's that crazy people - Tea Partiers, creationists, and people who give 9 year olds weapons of mass destruction to play with - are treated by the media as if their opinions are sane.

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2014/08/give-kid-uzi-views-differ-by-tristero.html

[Fred Sanders]

1. Insanity and sanity being given equal respect and airtime by ratings hungry media is a huge problem.

Knowing kids as young as 5 are allowed to clutch a death stick is not insane because......?

NRA? Care to answer?

You have to answer the question without using "freedom", and you must use "love".

[GeorgeGist]

2. Hellfire ... Americans elected a mentally ill man President.

Twice.

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