Originally Posted By: tut
Beats the hell out of me, but things are out of control. Local County Fair next week in Virginia. Wife told me she didn't want to go because she was afraid some nut with an Assault Rifle might shoot the place up because its a soft target. The fear is real folks.

PS. I had my niece who did home schooling after Newtown. This is Virginia, not exactly a liberal state for sure. Folks are damn well concerned.


Things are out of control because your wife and a niece are afraid? Who else, pray tell, is afraid?

Lets be honest, for just a moment. Your wife and niece werent afraid the previous week, when 59 people were gunned down in Chicago, but, they are now? Rationally speaking, if you withhold the firearms deaths from Chicago, Detroit, Baltimore, New Orleans, and St. Louis, the good old US of A falls to near the bottom of the list for gun violence.

Why is that?

Your wife and niece are FAR more likely to be killed in a car wreak featuring a canabis addled 17 year old girl on a cell phone.

Are they afraid of that?

They should be.

Best,
Ted