This points out brilliantly why that is not the purpose of the Second Amendment. The well-regulated militia part was the focus, not the gun ownership for everyone part. The NRA's reinterpretation of this is the root cause of so much harm.

EXACTLY. And it's so confuserating my new response is that we must simply ban them all. PROBLEM SOLVED.

Owning them at home and yes, carrying them all over the f'in place in carry states. But even just OWNING these weapons is idiotically unnecessary.

Her mother, I believe.

If we can push the debate to the left, we can win more broadly. we're stuck in some half-assed loop of defining what "semi-automatic weapons" means. What civilized nation has a debate about private citizens owning semi-automatics at home, for personal use?? It is INSANE to even have this debate!

Completely agree. There is no need for the Second Amendment at this time. Where do I sign?

I don't think anyone in an emotionally abusive relationship ever thinks it'll happen to them. (I certainly didn't!) So be gentle on yourself: there's nothing you could have done to change the situation, because it's not about what you did or didn't do; it's about HIM and HIS CHOICE to be an abuser. This is really hard…

Decades? Really?

No more than Murdoch, I'm sure.

Kinja.

Not just didn't give a shit, but weren't held accountable at all whatsoever. What those girls had to go through...

Jeff Bezos, Amazonian, bought the WaPo not that long ago. He's kinda Lib, kinda Libertarian. Quite possibly not feminist.

I am in awe of you. Thank you.

it's sad and scary. I especially worry for anyone who is trying to figure out what they may be experiencing who finds this page and becomes convinced that they're not a victim, or that they don't somehow merit the protection of law they deserve. (I found the page when researching for my own custody situation;…

Must be the same guys who edit and re-edit the domestic violence page. It's ugly (and utterly misleading) over there. Ugh.

Back in my pregnant days, my SO and caught this radio program on the CBC, about "Wilderness Births". From that point on, we could happily rate all potential birth scenarios as better or worse than running from wolves with the newborn babe (dragging placenta behind or no). Good times!

congratulations!! et bienvenue p'tite comtesse!

Stunning.

How are you? How did it go?!?

I hear you, sister, and vent away!