I have a screwdriver. It's one that was used in some sort of railroad construction work around 1900, and it's 3 feet long. The handle's some sort of wood and the rest of it, 2.5 feet or so, is a nice, thick length of steel with a 2-inch flat-head screwdriver blade on the end.

I had this weird dream where I killed someone with a screwdriver like that. I rammed it into the bottom of his chin up into his brain. (It was self-defense.)

Well, I know who's never getting invited over to Calli's place.

I don't view shooting as a recreational sport

Why not? Is it because it's not physically involved enough to count as a sport?

Nope. I just view guns as intrinsically dangerous tools that I grudgingly accept that police need to use. I don't really think that non-police, non-military folks should have guns. t edit And that members of law enforcement and the military should only use guns in the carrying out of their professional/military duties. Obviously this includes training as necessary in the proper use of said weapons.

I know that's an extreme position, and one that my brother the hunter gives me a lot of shit for, but I'm willing to make ordinary citizens pissed off if it means reducing needless fatalities.

No weapons in our house until Leif has moved out.

No weapons except Leif.

I'm willing to make ordinary citizens pissed off if it means reducing needless fatalities.

I'd give up my gun if it guaranteed jackholes didn't get them. IE, people who go into gyms and classrooms and museums and public meets with little dicks and big guns.

IJS, the little bugger would figure out how to defeat any security we could come up with. He can combine creativity and intelligence with terrifying effectiveness.

IJS, this is a level of awareness that not everybody else who would otherwise own weapons shows.

I'd give up my gun if it guaranteed jackholes didn't get them. IE, people who go into gyms and classrooms and gymnasiums and public meets with little dicks and big guns.

Yup. I want to keep guns out of the hands of those jackholes. Dude who showed up at the presidential health care town hall with an AK-47? Seriously, explain to me why ANY non-law enforcement, non-military person needs an AK-goddamn-47.

t edit That's a rhetorical "explain to me," not directed at connie.

I had this weird dream where I killed someone with a screwdriver like that. I rammed it into the bottom of his chin up into his brain. (It was self-defense.)

Well, I know who's never getting invited over to Calli's place.

It all depends—will Glen Beck or Rush Limbaugh be there too?

No weapons except Leif.

I think he still collects nuts, bolts, wires, and other metal things he can sneak. He says they are for the robot he's going to build.

Seriously, explain to me why ANY non-law enforcement, non-military person needs an AK-goddamn-47.

True, an AR-15 is a better rifle and it's not a commie made gun.