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Military veterans are ‘invaders’—don’t thank them
The day after Memorial Day, after I was thinking of all my buddies who died in various parts of the world serving their country, I saw the following diatribe posted on a social media site by a fellow American who loves guns (I changed some punctuation and removed a sentence):
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10 of Hollywood’s all-time best laser gun fights (VIDEO)
When choosing Hollywood’s all-time best ever laser gun fights, Watch Mojo had a few simple rules. To make the list, battles had to include at least two people, both of whom were armed with some of laser gun. Light sabers don’t count as laser guns and space ships aren’t included. Lastly, each individual film was only considered for a single spot on the list, although multiple laser gun battles from the same movie are acceptable for the movie’s single clip. Also included is a short list of honorable mentions.
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Firearms now mainstay at rural Idaho school (VIDEO)
After more than two years of discussions, planning and training, a small Idaho school district has implemented a new safety precaution: Storing firearms on campus.
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Open carry exposes Americans’ rights and ignorance
Want to get a flame war going in a discussion about guns? Certain topics are a guarantee. Call out, “Forty-five or nine millimeter,” and get behind something solid. Or bring up steel vs. Tupperware—I mean, polymer. But one subject draws even the attention and ire of people who have never owned a gun and have never wanted to come within hailing distance of a gun: open carry.
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Ammosexuals and conjugating the Second Amendment
I’ve taught English composition since 1998. Each student who wakes up to the subtleties and power of the language is a victory, but there are many days that make me feel that I’m at war with entropy—rarely more so when confronting the writing of gun control advocates. And I’m not talking here about such relatively minor faux pas as calling a magazine a clip or confusing the definitions of cartridge and bullet. Nor do I mean the serious error of labeling something an “assault weapon.” (At some point in the future, I’ll discuss the tissue of failure involved in that.) Today, I wish to focus on two assemblages of consonants and vowels that give such pleasure to the abusers of our tongue: Second Amendmented and ammosexual. Both are illustrated in this piece, but a search of Google or Twitter will provide the reader with an abundance of examples.
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