Category Archives: BANG! BANG!

Quote of the Day: The NRA Edition

Because freedom. Or something: “There’s a lot of panic buying when Democrats are in power, and a lot of it is driven by the NRA and the gun press,” said convention exhibitor Steve Johnston, a manager at Graf’s Reloading, a … Continue reading

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Massacre By the Old State House!

Ok, so it was a reenactment of the Boston Massacre. These gentlemen were in attendance: Interesting note:> the spectators didn’t really know what to make of the colonialists slandering the British soldiers as “Irish.” And on the way back home, … Continue reading

Posted in BANG! BANG!, Boston

If We Outlaw Guns, Then Only NRA Instructors Will Have Them

Or something.
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A Question for Conservatives: How Many ‘Lone Wolves’ Does It Take to Make a Wolf Pack?

The bullets seem to be flying from one particular side of the aisle to the other. Odd, that.
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Posted in Authoritarianism, BANG! BANG!, Conservatives | 12 Comments

Economic Stupidity: The Moral Imbecile Edition With Bonus Lack of Self-Interest

One shouldn’t leave ethics aside, but what I don’t get is that the current policies don’t even make sense in terms of enlightened self-interest.
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Posted in BANG! BANG!, Basic Human Decency, Economics | 7 Comments

More on the Public Garden’s Swan Wars

Oh, the… avianity?!?
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Posted in Aves, BANG! BANG!, Boston | 2 Comments

Arthur Frommer “Considers Skipping Arizona” Due to Gun-Wielding Protestors

Travel guide author: “I will not personally travel in a state where civilians carry loaded weapons onto the sidewalks and as a means of political protest. I not only believe such practices are a threat to the future of our democracy, but I am firmly convinced that they would also endanger my own personal safety there.”
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Posted in BANG! BANG!, Civil Liberties | 19 Comments