Firearms.

https://twitter.com/neiltyson

Let us at least be thankful to Neil De Grasse Tyson, for being here today to remind us about the importance of perspective. 

I figured it was over after Sandy Hook when I realized that a large number (22% according to one poll) of people were happier to escape reality by believing the massacre just. didn’t. happen. And questions of probability, consistency, conflicting internal logic within the narrative of what did happen didn’t matter,…

Meh. I’m not sure. 

Well that was easy.

Just to be more clear about this one,

Would Kinja allow it, to change your log in name, or whatever it’s called, to some kind of randomized font like Ƌ𝐈ę𝗺╎𝐥╎𝞉ɦ˚𝐥╎𝖹𝞉𝐈Ƌ˚?

Is there any way you could add something to your profile which your ‘fan’ couldn’t possibly find and copy? Seeing as nobody seems to want to just, ban it. 

I imagine the reference (whether knowingly or not) is to John Locke’s conception of self-defense as a natural right - which it is, fine, no-one here is going to argue with that, but I have yet to be convinced of the self-defense merits of the variant, (developed for Soviet frontline use), Crusius is supposed to have…

He read a summary of Ted Kaczynski one time.

Sometimes you just want to pull up a classic.

penes. 

San Diego? My understanding was Earnest’s weapon jammed, and that the off duty border patrol member who engaged him did so while Earnest was already driving away from the scene of the attack. 

The FBI counted 35 active shooter (defined as one or more individuals acting in a ‘confined and populated’ area) incidents prevented/stopped by armed citizens between 2000 and 2017.

“Natural rights.”

“The Nazis banned guns.”

It’s a far right troll, a White identarian, one of the Publius in Extremis group.

I respond to him myself when I see his posts receiving traction, I just figured in this particular case, one of his underlying motivations should be made clear.