Philando Castile had a conceal carry gun permit

But that doesn’t apply to black people, I guess. Here’s the kind of man Philando Castile was. But you know what? Even if he had prior arrests, he did not deserve to die this way. Do that one thing. Do that one thing that interrupts violence or privilege.

Do that one thing

You’re hurt. You’re hurt because you’re black/brown and yet another black/brown man/woman has been shot and killed by the police. You’re hurt. You’re hurt because you’re white and yet another black/brown man/woman has been shot and killed by the police and YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO. And then the news breaks that there are …

Disarm toddlers

According to this Washington Post article, toddlers have shot at least 23 people this year. From Christopher Ingraham: Last year, a Washington Post analysis found that toddlers were finding guns and shooting people at a rate of about one a week. This year, that pace has accelerated. There have been at least 23 toddler-involved shootings since …

In a move that can only be called “no shit:”

Connecticut’s Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said he would sign an executive order that would ban people on the federal terrorism watch list from buying guns in Connecticut. Yes, that still means people under suspicion can still buy guns everywhere else in the country, because no other states have the guts to step up and enact this …

A gun owner/hunter talks gun violence

And it’s not what you think. Writes this unnamed, blue-collar guy: Generally speaking, conservatives don’t even wish to have the debate, because they feel that the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution grants them the right to have killing machines wherever they want. They also feel that guns aren’t the problem, and mental health is; not that …

Settlement reached in sad, sad Kansas gun case

The attorneys for Elizabeth Shirley have reached a settlement in her case against a Kansas gun dealer. The Baxter Springs dealers sold a shotgun to a straw purchaser — the grandmother of Shirley’s estranged husband — and the estranged husband then used the gun to kill himself and their 8-year old son, Zeus, in 2003. …

In light of the Charleston church shooting:

  As we grieve the loss at Charleston, South Carolina’s Emanuel AME Church,  a new report out from Violence Policy Center retires the Blood-Gargling NRA’s® canard that the only thing to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. Instead, the report says guns are rarely used for self …

McKinney, Texas = Progress?

Is this progress? A white cop pulls a gun on some black youth, and nobody gets killed and the cop is placed on administrative leave pending an investigation. And then he resigns. McKinney, y’all. “Sir, we just came for a birthday party. Please.” Listen to the kid who shot the video. And thanks, Leftover, for …

A prayer that Pam Geller shuts her pie hole

Two men with guns were shot dead after they opened fire in Garland, Texas, this weekend, at an event sponsored by Pamela Geller [pictured], notorious anti-Muslim whackadoodle who was hosting a contest with a $10,000 prize for  drawing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. A security guard was also wounded in the attack. Geller has been …

The fatal flaw in concealed carry

DickG. sends this, a New York Times story on the body count of concealed carriers. If you want to dig deeper, check out the report referenced in the story.