Nope. I own several fire extinguishers which I never intend to use. I own several emergency meals I never intend to use. I own multiple lifestraws I never intend to use. I also own multiple firearms, I never intend to use against another person.

Nope. I own several fire extinguishers which I never intend to use. I own several emergency meals I never intend to use. I own multiple lifestraws I never intend to use. I also own multiple firearms, I never intend to use against another person.

Under the kitchen sink. Weirdly after 5 years in the fire suppression business I never heard of keeping one near the door, but it’s better than not having one.

I’m sorry sir, if you are here to buy a Hi-Point, I cannot sell you a firearm.  I’m not allowed to knowingly sell a firearm to someone if I question their mental state.

The silence of the majority is tantamount to agreement and support in the absence of opposition.

One time they freaked out because I had a (completely inert, empty) .303 cartridge as a key-fob trinket.  I did point out to them that I clearly *didn’t* have the five foot long ten-pound rifle that (wouldn’t) fire it, did they relent.  Hoo boy do I feel safer with those heroes on the job...

What percentage of people do you think vote just based on gun policy?

That’s cast against the number of people flying being down 75 percent. From CNN:

Ugh, you’re muddying the waters quite a bit for no gain. Yes, if your gun “goes off” (and that’s a terrible expression, guns don’t “go off” randomly, they’re fired) then the owner, or whomever possesses it at the time, is absolutely responsible. It’s called a negligent discharge. It would be the same if a knife in…

Any gun isn’t going to “pop out and kill a toddler” from anywhere...

But this is my emotional support gun, it’s different than my carry-on gun.

The last time GMG did any ‘real’ reporting it didn’t end very well.

Further, our pre-9/11 airport security did catch the ‘weapons’ used to take over the planes (box cutters and small knives) but they were allowed past because those items were OK to bring onto planes at that time. 

Do you guys do any actual investigative journalism and reporting these days or do you only regurgitate stories from other outlets?

I’m as leftist as they come and even I think NY’s gun laws are fucking absurd. You can’t have anything fun in this state.

That’s really not true. Like the nutty religious fanatics you mention, it’s only the most vocal nutjobs that seem to be heard.

Pure security theater at work. The TSA’s incompetence shows that our fear of a terrorist attack on planes is pretty much groundless [AQ ran out of suicide bombers after 9/11, when they all blew themselves up], just as the Secret Service’s renowned drunkenness and cocaine binges proved that there is no real ongoing…

I remember taking a CCW course years ago, and the instructor bragged at the start that everybody always passes. That was concerning.

I like the 2nd amendment, and own guns. I still think there needs to be a threshold to buying them beyond 10 questions, an ID and enough money for a hi-point.

I feel compelled to point out that our pre-9/11 metal-detector + X-Ray regime was sufficient to catch these firearms, and we should in no way allow us to see reports like this as justification for the modern TSA. Even though justifying the (expansion of the) TSA budget is exactly the reason to release a report like…