Thursday 26 October 2023

Thoughts And Prayers?

When i turned on the TV this morning the first thing i heard was 'There has been a mass shooting...' and i just knew that the next words would be '...in America' and i was right because the American population has been decreased by 22 by some nut running amok with a military grade weapon.
It is fair to say that US gun laws are pretty relaxed, some would say batshit crazy but lets go with relaxed but for a nation which is perfectly fine with it's citizens shooting large holes in each other, they don't seem quite so relaxed with other things which are on the banned list.
In Georgia anyone over 21 can own a gun but you could find yourself in trouble if you have a sex toy beside the high powered rifle as it is illegal to own: 'any device designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs'.
In Kansas, children are not allowed to buy toy guns but as long as you are over 18 you can buy a real one
while in parts of California, peoples safety is a priority as you need a permit to walk through the streets in heels over two inches high so 18 year olds have to wear flats on their way to the gun shop.
Caviar is banned in the entire USA as are Kinder Eggs and it is illegal to label vegetarian burgers ‘burgers’ or ‘sausages’ and our own chef Nigella Lawson was banned at one point as she confessed to taking drugs, maybe they were concerned she might corrupt the American youth with her chocolate soufflé recipes.
I am sure that rather than do something about it we will shortly hear how the thoughts and prayers are being offered because that has always worked our so well.

6 comments:

Liber - Latin for "The Free One" said...

what is a "military grade weapon"?

do you mean a missile or rocket launcher like hamas has? maybe you mean a flame thrower. how about an F21 jet? no. do you mean a nuclear sub? no. hmmmm, how about an abrams m1 tank? oh! oh! oh! you mean a blackhawk attack helicopter! No? what the hell do you mean?

what? you mean a small arms semi-automatic ar15? shit, every drug dealer in america has one of those, well, they make theirs full-auto...

us law abiding citizens don't get to have a full-auto without getting a federal firearms license, which requires a letter of endorsement from the local sheriff, costs about $500 not counting paying off the local sheriff, and has to be frequently renewed.

Liber - Latin for "The Free One" said...

uh, under 18 is not an adult. 18+ is an adult. for the record, when i was 17 i had to sign up for the draft so they could send me on a vacation to vietnam...

and we can buy caviar. what the hell are you talking about?

and we can't call something meatless a burger because lawsuit manic leftists filed lawsuits against companies that did that saying it was false advertising...

just curios why you don't mention all the people stabbed to death in america, or in the uk for that matter...

Anonymous said...

And the amount of mass stabbings by people using legally owned knives in Uk and US would be……..

Liber - Latin for "The Free One" said...

how does "mass" make it worse?

Falling on a bruise said...

It doesn't but there is a reason why 'mass shootings' make the bigger headlines and 'mass stabbings' are relatively unheard of. As that saying goes, Guns may not kill people but if i wanted to kill a lot of people i would use a gun.

Liber - Latin for "The Free One" said...

i'd use a bomb