+1 shake a quail feather

This is the most baffling thing about NRA members. Their membership is nothing more than a donation to for-profit companies to help make it easier for those companies rip them off.

The NRA does not serve gun owners.
The NRA serves gun makers.
Gun makers must be allowed to sell as many guns as possible with no consequence.
Gun owners are the commodity the NRA trades in, promoting and feeding them to the gun makers.
Never trust the NRA.
Never trust gun makers.

jia you could stay

People give Texas a lot of shit but there has been some good stuff happening in our major cities for a while.

Fuck the race of the attackers, this shit is just sad all around. Even if the attackers were Black, and purposefully killing cop, it won’t change my stand with BLM movement.

I hope the shooter is a White Guy. I know that is terrible, but every time I hear of a shooting I hope the shooter is a white guy. I am sorry for the police and their families. Truly sorry. 😓

Guys, after this shitty day I felt my heart grow two sizes thinking of George Takei hearing about how they’re treating this as a given, normal, unexceptional (and wonderful) thing.

It’s probably too much to want his husband to be played by Kal Penn.

Good. The Universe is punishing you for your blasphemy.

Probably because when a gangster shoots someone, he goes to jail. When a cop shoots someone, they retire and receive a pension.

I care about black and white and hispanic and middle eastern and asian people being killed by anyone. I care about gun violence against anyone and perpetrated by anyone. But when the cops do the shooting, it is a special kind of brutality because my taxes paid to put the guns in their hands so that they can keep me…

As my not-always-politically-correct mother used to say, “It’s a good thing so many black people are good Christians, because they sure have ample reason to kill white folks."

What just floors me- and it shouldn’t, I should be used to it, but it does, is that there are two instant reactions I see from a certain group of people whenever these tragedies happen:

Thank you Kara.

I feel like all I can do is cry.

Comment from my bestie on my outraged FB post this morning:

No record, no mugshot, no criminal past, legally permitted weapon, complete cooperation, all on video.

@Bush family: stop making W seem like an adorable grandfather type, it’s making me have good feelings towards him and I DON’T WANT THOSE.