There are two sides to this coin. I agree with you that gun ownership by people who abuse their partners is obviously a huge issue. And gun violence in domestic partnerships is way too high (not that any level is acceptable). On the other hand, once a woman leaves an abused relationship a piece of paper (protective…

I never made any argument about whether my house is at risk or not. I have guns to protect me from wild animals. Where I live, they're a bigger threat than robbers. I often hike and camp in areas where grizzlies and mountain lions live. I carry guns to keep me safe from them. I'd rather be slightly more at risk…

You asked if someone would be willing to give up their guns if it would reduce overall gun violence. So your questions had no point to it?

My point is that the people using them for crimes are generally not law-abiding citizens. I have no problem with the theory of "getting guns off the streets." But that theory isn't working because we don't have the resources right now to police illegal gun trafficking. You posited that perhaps if law-abiding…

Which makes sense. Because the facts aren't on your side. It's easy to throw out a theory such as "violent crimes will go down if law-abiding citizens give up their guns." It's hard to support said theory when the facts show the opposite.

And, just for fun, here's another nail in your coffin of flawed reasoning:

Haha. And yours are?? What a hypocrite. Here you go:

Yeah, I live in one of the states with the highest gun ownership. We also, coincidentally, have the lowest incidents of burglaries and robberies. It's not unrelated.

My point is that they are criminals and have illegally obtained the guns at the point that they commit the crimes. They aren't law-abiding citizens when they shoot somebody with a gun. And they are not law-abiding citizens when they illegally obtained the gun that they used to shoot the person. If your premise is…

To be fair, there are several different definitions of "loaded." Loaded simply means that the magazine had bullets in it. I don't know what kind of gun she had (auto loader or revolver), but she could have had the safety on or not had a bullet actually chambered. There are ways to ensure that accidents like this…

Here you go. This the answer that I posted to IndigoAlcaeus:

It always amazes me when people ask this question, as if law-abiding citizens with guns are committing the majority of violent crimes. News flash: the majority of gun violence is committed by gang members who have illegally obtained weapons. You want me to give up my guns? Sure. Take them. It's not going to change…

My guess is that the secret service would have never allow a wedding to take place where he was golfing, even if Obama had been fine with it. Way too many security concerns.

Because they need something to hide behind when people protest against the local police department. It will go nicely with the automatic weapons they will be pointing at the unarmed protesters. Accessorizing is important when we are militarizing police departments.

Yeah, I'm thinking that for once the problem was not the panel. My guess is that the bigger problem is lack of evidence, likely because it sounds like there was barely an investigation by the police. When the people who typically gather evidence, the cops, don't do their job, then the judge has very little that he…

And today I learned that a puppy is a better dancer than I am.

Awesome. Sounds like he got the poodle intelligence and the golden retriever friendliness. A perfect combination. I have an apricot standard poodle, and people are constantly approaching me and asking if she's a golden doodle. Can I ask why you chose to go with a hybrid as opposed to just an apricot poodle?

Oh, he's beautiful!

Also, that's what I thought poodles looked like before I got one too. My husband actually wanted a poodle, and I was like "but they're foofoo fluffy useless dogs." I've been convinced otherwise. As for finding poodles that are "shelter" dogs, there are a lot of places that try to find good homes for poodles that…

Yeah. Mine is full standard poodle, papers and everything. I could care less about the papers, but they show that there's nothing else mixed in there. I would never give mine the cut in your picture. It's awful, but also why poodles get a bad rap. I think people mix poodles with everything else because (a) they…