“A spokeswoman for the Cook County Sheriff’s Office said Roberson had a valid FOID card, but did not have a concealed-carry license.”

Like my grandmother used to say: Unless you’re a Pilgrim, this country wasn’t made for you. 

The NRA will have dick to say about this shooting; they think the 2nd amendment only applies to white people. 

well, I’m off to reddit to see how the racists will try to flip this into some backward “well, was he looking threatening? because if I were in that situation I would have done _______”

Well, there it is... Definitive proof that the ‘good guy with a gun’ label only gets attached to white people.

We will never be the “good guy with a gun.” The 2nd amendment was never written “for us” it was written to protect “them” from “us.” 

Policing boils down to “shoot first. Shoot some more. Shoot even more. Reload. Shoot again. If the shooting can be proven to have been illegal, then ask questions”.

The NRA is going to be SO ANGRY when they find out the cops shot a good guy with a gun oh man I can’t wait to hear this epic takedown

Nah, I disagree completely. It’s incredibly easy to argue with all of these.

But! Most of these people have excellent reasons for not voting, and while their responses vary, what it boils down to is a pretty simple two-pronged issue—the people who operate in and around American politics are either 1) not doing nearly enough to convince voters that participating in national or statewide…

Sorry - this is a dumb article. It’s incredibly easy to argue with every point made by these dumbasses. What I see are whiny little assholes that either can’t or won’t admit to understanding the fact that their individual vote doesn’t swing an entire election.

“But those kind of tasks can be hard for me to do if I’m not enthusiastic about it.”

no Nick, you’re worng. it is very easy to argue with these young voters.

The amount of work logically isn’t that much: Fill out a form, mail it, go to a specific place on a specific day. But those kind of tasks can be hard for me to do if I’m not enthusiastic about it.

“there’s still a lot of powerful people, especially in the Democratic Party, that are centrists.”I

Counterpoint: these are all awful reasons to not vote.

what it boils down to is a pretty simple two-pronged issue—the people who operate in and around American politics are either 1) not doing nearly enough to convince voters that participating in national or statewide elections would fundamentally alter the course of the country or are 2) actively working to ensure that…

Most people my age have zero need to go to the post office and may have never stepped into one before.

This entire post has to be satire, right?

Haha I love when the people who dont vote are the ones that complain about the people in office