The Cycle of Violence Continues

Dimitrios Pagourtzis: 10 dead, 13 wounded.

Another mass shooting and like normal, the NRA, GOP and the right wing media will try to brush it under the rug. There'll be the usual empty thoughts and prayers along with other platitudes. Here's a list of the typical statements you'll hear and their translations.

The Cult of the Gun

  The leadership of the NRA is little more than a gun worshipping cult that regards everyone as blood sacrifices on their altar. They, and their alt-right media fascist propaganda monkeys, have resorted to mocking David Hogg and the other Parkland survivors instead of objectively reporting the news or engaging in reasoned debate. Fox News' simpleminded bigot, Laura Ingraham, enjoyed a much needed bitch slap as her show has lost advertisers because of her unwarranted attacks on David Hogg. Even her pathetic excuse of an apology hasn't stopped advertisers from leaving.
  Then there's alt-right conspiracy nut job Josh Bernstein who put forth the theory that David Hogg was "affiliated in some way with Nikolas Cruz" because he did real time interviews with his fellow students during the shooting. Of course, he provided no evidence beyond his gut feelings to support his asinine claim. Sadly this idiot, like Fox News, has a following of brain dead gullible morons that buy into their smear campaigns.
  Because of the Dickey Amendment, the CDC doesn't do any research on gun violence. And even though the Omnibus Budget recently signed into law by Trump grants the CDC the right to research gun violence, researchers doubt anything meaningful will become of it because they're afraid they'll lose funding if they pursue hot button questions about guns and gun violence. The Tiahrt Amendment also precludes gun trace data from being used in academic research of gun use in crime. The government has made gun records nigh impossible to trace by hobbling the ATF with an antiquated data system that's not searchable. And who can we thank for fucking us over like this? The gun worshipping cultists heading the NRA that's who.

How Many?

Mark James Robert Essex, 9 dead, 13 wounded.
James Oliver Huberty, 21 dead, 19 wounded.
George Hennard, 23 dead, 27 wounded.
Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, 13 dead, 21 wounded.
Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, 14 dead, 22 wounded.
James Eagan Holmes, 12 dead, 70 wounded.
Wade Michael Page, 6 dead, 4 wounded.
Charles Joseph Whitman, 16 dead, 31 wounded.
Stephen Paddock, 58 dead, 489 wounded.
Dylann Storm Roof, 9 dead, 1 wounded.
Omar Mateen, 49 dead, 58 wounded.
Adam Lanza, 27 dead.
  This is just a short list of some of the perpetrators of mass shootings in America. America has more mass shootings than any other country. For more information on this and a more complete list of American mass shootings, look here. After the Las Vegas shooting the Republicans, the White House and Fox News offered a bunch of hollow platitudes and meaningless prayers while claiming that now is not the time to be politicizing events like this. Of course, for them, the topic of gun control is always off limits because they're all lap dogs of the NRA, GOA, the gun lobby and the gun manufacturers. They have the power to do something. The fact that they do nothing is a clear indication that they care nothing about the victims. All they care about is money and power. These callous motherfuckers would rather lick the shit out of Wayne LaPierre's ass crack for campaign cash than make any effort to control gun violence here in America. How many people have to die or be wounded in attacks like these before they stop sitting with their collective thumbs up their asses and do something about it? It should be noted that the NRA supports new rules regarding bump stock devices.

Cryptozooic & Paranormal TV Shows

  What is it with all these shows about ghosts and Bigfoot and the like? There a complete waste of time. All they consist of is a bunch of people running around like fucking morons while being filmed by low light cameras. No meaningful evidence is ever collected. And it's like this every episode. How do these shows get on TV? One of the latest shows in this genre is Killer Contact. From what I've seen, the paranormal investigators are going to look for the ghosts of people like Jack the Ripper and Vlad the Impaler. The only two things they'll find are jack and shit. In the commercial for the show, one guy is trying to bait the ghost into appearing by acting all tough and aggressive. Of course it's easy to do this when there's nothing there. I almost wish Vlad the Impaler would show up, ram a pole up this guy's ass and put this dumb motherfucker on display just to get him to shut the fuck up. No evidence has ever been presented that definitively proves the existence of either ghosts or cryptozooic  creatures.

NRA: Delusional Paranoids

The NRA's response to the Newtown massacre was typical NRA. Their adamant refusal to accept ANY form of firearms regulation is indicative of a raging paranoia gripping the upper echelons of this organization. They're absolutely certain that our government is going to become tyrannical and they're the only thing standing in the way of that tyranny. Let this old SubGenius preacher man paint a hypothetical scenario for our more paranoid NRA members. If the government decides to go fascist, your firearms won't amount to shit. Why? Because not only does the government have a sizable collection of firearms and ammo, they've got tanks, combat jets, LAWs rockets, surface to air missiles, air to surface missiles, etc., etc. You're collective asses will simply get blown off the map. And your ad about Pres. Obama's children having Secret Service guards was ludicrous. The President is one of the most important people in the world. He has access to highly sensitive, top secret information. Of course his family going to be heavily guarded. Your argument is fucking asinine. Then there's the statement the NRA made stating "The answer to a bad man with a gun is a good man with a gun." Got any evidence to support your statement? So far I haven't heard shit. You'd think they'd be parading out these examples if they had them. It would surely support their argument. So where are they? Now I'm not railing against the entire NRA membership, only those with paranoid delusions. The ones that jack off while reading Guns & Ammo magazine and have Dirty Harry fantasies. Get out of your post apocalyptic bunkers and smell the reality. Firearms were designed to kill period. Not everyone should be allowed to have firearms and those that can possess them should receive proper training. Military style firearms should be left to the military.

Another Gun Related Tragedy

With the tragic killing of 28 people, including the shooter, the events at the Newtown, Connecticut elementary school are the latest in a string of mass killings that have occurred this year. It gets added to the list that includes the Aurora, Colorado theater slayings, the deaths at the Sikh Temple in Cudahy, the mall shootings in Oregon and the deaths at the Azana Salon and Spa in Milwaukee. We're racking up quite a grisly little total here, aren't we? Wonder what the Gun Lobby is going to say about this. They like to say that guns don't kill people, people kill people. True, but guns make it easier for people to kill people. It's a whole lot easier to kill many people quickly when you have sufficient firepower. Think about it. How easy would it be to kill a large group of people using a knife? Something needs to be done. The Gun Lobby has to realize that there's a problem here that needs to be addressed. They have to realize that some measure of compromise is necessary in order to keep guns out of the hands of disturbed individuals. Sadly, they view any attempt at regulation as the first step in taking guns away from everyone.

Mass Killings and Gun Control

The shootings that occurred at the Aurora, Colorado movie theater has once again sparked the debate about gun control. Many are wondering why it's possible for people to buy assault weapons and high capacity clips. I'm also wondering why only 60% of gun sales require a background check and seven day waiting period. Some pro gun people are saying that if other people had been armed, the attack may have lessened or even stopped entirely. There's just one problem with this scenario and it's that most people have little to no combat training. Shooting at static targets that don't shoot back hardly prepares someone for a firefight in a darkened theater with a gun wielding psychopath tossing gas canisters and shooting at anything that moves. Hunting skills are equally useless because game animals don't shoot back either. The only people equipped to deal with situations like this are those with extensive military and/or police training. The government is doing little to address the problem. They're so afraid of angering the gun lobby, especially during an election year, that they won't make any recommendations. The assault weapons ban that Pres. Clinton signed into law has been allowed to lapse. It is highly unlikely that anything like it will be made into law anytime soon. The only suggestion that has been made is that wearing costumes should be banned at theaters. That's these fucking idiots answer to the problem. How many mass killers were wearing costumes when they committed their crimes? None. I'm not worried about somebody dressing up like the Joker when they go to see a Batman movie. When I went to see Phantom Menace, there were people dressed as Sith and Jedi having mock lightsaber fights outside the theater. A bunch of cosplayers having fun is no threat to the general public. The government and the gun lobby need to come together and work things out. While I'm in favor of the Second Amendment, some form of regulation must be enforced. The general public should not have access to every type of firearm made. Some of them should only be in the hands of trained military or police personnel.