Why every pro-gun argument is wrong

alternatekev on December 18, 2012

I know I’m a complete left-wing whackjob nutcase, but this article on why gun rights advocates are completely batshit-fucking wrong is right up my alley.

And we all know that if this shooter turns out to have a Muslim name, plenty of Americans, including plenty of gun owners, will be more than happy to give up all kinds of rights in the name of fighting terrorism. Have the government read my email? Have my cell phone company turn over my call records? Check which books I’m taking out of the library? Make me take my shoes off before getting on a plane, just because some idiot tried to blow up his sneakers? Sure, do what you’ve got to do. But don’t make it harder to buy thousands of rounds of ammunition, because if we couldn’t do that we’d no longer be free.

 

How weed won the west

alternatekev on December 13, 2012

But in 1929, when the Colorado Legislature passed a law making the sale, possession and distribution of marijuana a felony in Colorado, minorities were clearly the focus of the measure. A Mexican immigrant who’d murdered his stepdaughter in Denver that year was reportedly under the influence of cannabis; sensational newspaper stories played up both the drug and his origins. Val Higgins, a Denver chaplain, told the Rocky Mountain News that the new, stricter legislation was necessary to control the growing Mexican population. “The use of marijuana came into the state with the Mexicans migrating here for agricultural work,” he said. “Its use is growing because of the increasing number of Mexicans and the ease with which most of them have been able to avoid penalties.”

A really nice look at marijuana’s legal history, specifically in Colorado.

alternatekev on December 13, 2012

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alternatekev on November 27, 2012

Stunning that even the NYT could get things like this so wrong.

alternatekev on November 22, 2012

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