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Post by Ben Reilly Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:51 pm

"Rule 5: Gun ownership is essential to freedom, as in Serbia & Guatemala. Gun restrictions lead to tyranny, as in Australia & Canada."

-- David Frum, former George W. Bush speechwriter and my New. Favorite. Republican!

More on the shootings:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/09/16/223023740/developing-shooting-at-u-s-navy-yard-in-washington-d-c
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Post by Lurker Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:01 pm

Say, what?
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Post by veya_victaous Mon Sep 16, 2013 11:47 pm

Lurker wrote:Say, what?
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Post by veya_victaous Mon Sep 16, 2013 11:56 pm

wait is he being a smartarse confused 
is that sarcasm? it doesn't work well in tweets

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Post by Ben Reilly Tue Sep 17, 2013 1:37 am

It's sarcastic; if you've read Frum before you know he's way too smart to actually believe the literal interpretation.

I know; Poe's law :D 
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Post by Ben Reilly Tue Sep 17, 2013 6:19 am

Holy crap -- just learned the guy ID'd as the shooter used to work at a Thai restaurant less than six miles from where I live.
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Post by veya_victaous Tue Sep 17, 2013 10:43 pm

like they say, Small World geek 
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