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So, are we putting Secret Service agents in every school now?

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This ad is stupid for any number of reasons, but the one thing I keep thinking about is the HUGE disparity between the Secret Service and school security guards. Secret Service agents are highly trained professionals at the top of their game who have been extensively screened (they may like prostitutes but none of them have flipped out and tried to kill any of the people they’re supposed to protect). On the other hand, the security guards in my high school usually came to work in sweatpants and may or may not have been dealing drugs. They should not have been allowed to carry weapons (and probably shouldn’t have been allowed to drive their sweet Trans-Ams). So, is the NRA suggesting we give all schools a couple of Secret Service agents? Maybe some retired Seal Team 6 members?

 

Gun Owners, the NRA is Conning You

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If you believe this is necessary, you’ve been conned.

A while back I wrote a post called “Get Scared, Buy Stuff” which was about the way marketers scare you into thinking you’re ugly to buy make-up, and into thinking a nuclear holocaust is coming so you’ll become a doomsday prepper and put a bunker filled with MREs and grenades in your backyard. I started thinking about this again, thanks to the National Rife Association.

I often wonder what world people live in that they think they need semi-automatic weapons to protect their families. The truth is, they live in the same world I do… they’ve just bought into the BS marketing tactics of the NRA (and the weapons manufacturers that are their bread and butter). Continue reading →