"Guns don't kill people." Possibly the most stupid meme ever to be floated by the NRA.

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21. i think 'the ONLY thing that stops a bad guy' is even dumber.

just because there are thousands of things that stop a bad guy, and a gun is actually the last resort.

or perhaps everything they say is equally preposterous and insidious- one big steaming hill of crap!

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A good rule of thumb is to just keep your gun at home, dumbasses. If you are, say, going to start an argument with your girlfriend’s ex-husband at his car wash, as Deounce Harden did in 2006, if you bring your gun, these things can happen:

1. The guy you’re arguing with runs away, because you are clearly insane.
2. The guy you’re arguing with shoots you, because he has a gun too. Whoops.
3. A fight breaks out, your gun gets taken, and you get shot. Whoops again.
4. The guy comes at you and you’re worried about your gun getting taken, so you shoot him and now you might go to prison for a long time.

That’s the entire list of possible outcomes. At no time in history has someone said, “Oh, I see you’ve decided to exercise your Second Amendment rights. Clearly, sir, you are in the right on this question, and I respectfully withdraw my opposition to you.” The more likely response to a gun being drawn is, “What are you going to do, you stupid-ass motherfucker? Shoot me?” or, “Alright, Imma go get my gun, then we’ll see who’s the big man ‘round these parts.”

This week the Tampa Bay Times came out with a terrific long story about the effects of the “Stand Your Ground” law. It reveals some pretty fucked inconsistencies in how the law is applied and includes a great quote from a judge who says the law “could conceivably result in all persons who exchanged gunfire on a public street being immune from prosecution.” (This is Florida, so persons exchanging gunfire on a public street is something that happens.) The article is also a treasure trove of stories of people getting shot for very, very stupid reasons. A man shoots another man on a basketball court over an argument over a woman. Some dude kills his cousin over 60 bucks. Two people die when a fight starts after the bar at a Chili’s closes.
http://www.vice.com/read/dont-take-your-guns-to-town-morons

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The Top 16 N.R.A. Slogans

16. Fascism -- It Ain't Just for Nazis Anymore

15. Do What We Say and No One Gets Hurt!

14. 1997 Recipient of the Disgruntled Postal Worker Seal Of Approval

13. Today's NRA -- Still Gun-Ho on America (and now 60% sane!)

12. Second Amendment, College Boy -- Read It and Weep

11. Helping to Reduce the Surplus Population, One Innocent Bystander at a Time

10. Why Don't Y'all Go Bother the Knife People for a While, Huh?!

9. The NRA: Relieving Feelings of Inadequacy for 125 Years

8. Fer Chrissakes! Watch Where Yer Pointin' That Thing!

7. Every Waiting Period's Gotta End Sometime, You Pussy-Whipped Liberal Pantywaists

6. When You Absolutely, Positively Have to Kill Someone

5. The NRA: Buying Legislators Today So YOU Can Buy Automatic Weapons Tomorrow

4. Guns! The *Affordable* Phallic Substitute

3. A Couple Thousand Yokels in Pickup Trucks Can't Be Wrong

2. Uzi Does It!

And the Number One N.R.A. Slogan . . .

1. Who Do You Want to Shoot Today?