Salon.com just wrote the most mind-numbingly anti-gun screed I’ve ever read. I’m not even angry about it so much as confused by the fact that somebody legitimately thought this proposal would be a good idea.
I, Chief Editor of Salon… am thinking.
Prior to this, the dumbest buzz-argument was the whole “people should only be allowed muskets like when the 2nd amendment was written.” Of course, made from people who miss the irony that they are making these statements on venues that weren’t around when the 1st amendment was written. Tweet a lot from your printing press lately? Not only that, but there were plenty of high-capacity, rapid-fire weapons available at the time of the 2nd amendment. Learn about the puckle gun, Belton flintlock and Girandoni air-rifle here. You’re welcome.
But Salon? In order for you to legally be able to purchase a gun, they want you to get shot first. No, really.
I believe that being shot should be requirement for gun ownership in America. It’s very simple. You need to have gun, like taking selfies with pistols, can’t live with out it? Then take a bullet and you will be granted the right to purchase the firearm of your choice.
If we could successfully implement this rule, I guarantee the mass shootings will stop.
Other than giving a coward the heart to stand tall, what’s the positive part of gun ownership?
Gun praisers are just like the people who were in favor of slavery back in the day–– the elite, lazy and ignorant who weren’t being beaten, raped or in the field doing the work, so they were perfectly okay with involuntary servitude, which is a problem and why I think gun owners need to feel more––they need a taste of the other side.
Yes really. Demanding that all gun-owners be shot…
Yeah, I can give you a point by point debunking of what Salon claims are “points” and “facts.” Instead, I’m just going to let them overreach. Because everyone knows…
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Wow…..I agree there really isn’t anything to Say to such stupidity…..we live in a brain dead society that is welcoming socialism, liars and traitors and anti Americans to run our country …and then they blame the Republicans and the christians. ….the bible says in the end days right will become wrong and wrong will become right……It is so obvious day after day……smh
We live in a world of short sighted people. What is the boy Scout’s motto, oh yes, always be prepared.
Their incessant calls for violence against us will one day eventually backfire into a violent revolution against them.
And they’ll be like “Well where’d this come from?”
Liberals never met a dictatorship they didn’t like… of course, openly, they had to decry despots like Pol Pot, Hitler, Stalin and Mao… but they admired them all for their iron fist control over the populace.
Liberals are disgusting individuals , to say the least.
Because making people take a bullet is going to keep crazy people who want to cause havok not get guns, and reasonable people have them?
Nice to feel the love and tolerance of the peaceful left… but I must say this: NO one I know who has guns has them with the intent of hurting anyone. They shoot at targets – pieces of paper and metal, not people. They hope to never have to use them in a defensive situation. I don’t see hatred in them or the wish to cause anyone pain or suffering – I only see that in the gun control nuts like the writer of this article. I already know the pain of rape and attack. I know the fear of being unarmed, someone banging on your door in the middle of the night, with no recourse but to hide in a closet under a pile of clothes while waiting for police. *If* I choose to have a gun for defense, I shouldn’t have to be shot as well. Just sayin’.
So should everyone who wants an abortion be forced to have a limb ripped off first?
Cha-Ching!! They can’t even watch an ultrasound of an unborn child in the womb. Now another thought is if they are all willing to subject themselves to a violent crime without protection, and say video it happening to show us how they fared…
Lol. They still think the mass murderers buy guns legally.
This is what is known in literary circles as “satire”. Written by someone who has apparently seen way too much gun violence first hand and has had enough of it.
Actually no. I think he’s quite serious when he writes, “So if you love guns, if they make you feel safe, if you hold and cuddle with them at night, then you need to be shot.”
Well, huh.
By that same logic, The author of this article should not be able to own a car until he gets run over by one first.
I’m willing to run him over to, you know, help him remain intellectually consistent!
If he sits in his car at night fantasizing about running down people who piss him off, then it would indeed be completely consistent to suggest he might first need to experience being terrorized by another idiot behind the wheel of a lethal weapon, just to know what it is he’s thinking about doing. A lesson in empathy, if you would.
Look, if you read the Salon article, clearly the author is PO’d about the kid who took a selfie of himself in bed with his gun. I can’t find a reference to this story and I don’t remember the details, but what I recall is that the kid later went and shot someone.
The author lives in a neighborhood plagued by gun violence. He’s angry with the locals for the violence, but he’s also angry with the other stupid people who post selfies of themselves with their beloved guns and who probably fantasize about using them, most likely in self-defense or an act of vigilante heroism.
Guns for self-defense? Yeah sure fine whatever.
Posting selfies with your guns? Gross.
-Facepalm-….-head desk- I don’t understand. But whatever Salon.
While I agree that this is idiotic I will agree to follow it as soon as everyone who wants to get an abortion has been aborted…
Good thing: A lot of veterans and police already qualify.
Real Bad: A lot of criminals qualify
All politicians: Should have to qualify
Those who hire armed body guards should be shot first, like politicians and celebrities! Just expanding on your point, Don! Have a great day!
Been there, done that, got the medal. Good to go on gun ownership.
The way I see it, if the Africans had guns, they would not have been taken as slaves in the first place.
Salon run by homos. That should tell ya how intellect deficient they are..
I have a better idea for the Libtards. How about,you COMMIT A CRIME with a gun you get shot in your dominant hand.
Been shot. Own guns. Never getting shot again!
“Let’s not shoot ourselves and say we did.” -criminals
But, yeah, pretty sure this was satire.
I am reminded of that picture of Obama shooting skeet several years back. So will he be the first one to take a bullet? Cause I’d like to know more about this option.
And this turd is probably against the death penalty for murderers.
Wants to shoot innocent people, and coddle criminals. Liberalism is indeed a mental disease. It’s a complete stunting of maturity.
The person writing the opinion on behalf of Salon.com may even be more STUPID than the guy who thought power-screwdriver bits were automatic bullets.
If liberals want tot have a baby they should first have to have an abortion.