Comments on: TEXAS

By: Igor the Vigorous

Igor the Vigorous — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:33:28 +0000

My rabbit would probably try, paws. When he was 9 1/2 weeks old, he tried to eat my nipples through my shirt.

By: paws4thot

paws4thot — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:31:14 +0000

Do rabbits eat straw? Most animals won’t. It’s not the same as hay.

By: Igor the Vigorous

Igor the Vigorous — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:21:03 +0000

Mmmm…. I could never burn a straw man. My rabbit would be eating it when I lit it, and I could never kill my rabbit.
Well, maybe when I’m trying to sleep and he stomps, but I never actually *mean* that.

By: Random Generator

Random Generator — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:46:34 +0000

Oooo that smell
Can’t you smell that smell
Oooo that smell
The smell of burning strawmen……..

By: The Amazing Rando

The Amazing Rando — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:26:09 +0000

I’ve often wondered why people hop into a really old LOL to make comments to people as if the person they are responding to will actually give a crap.

By: Igor the Vigorous

Igor the Vigorous — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:40:03 +0000

Random commenter.

By: Igor the Vigorous

Igor the Vigorous — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:38:33 +0000

That was hilarious and awesome, and I love you, but was too accurate an example. Back to trolling!
I feel like Bowser from the Mario games. WALK SLOWWWER, KOOPAS! The bob-ombs can’t run! You have to walk off the CLIFFS! That’s what the green koopas DO!

By: Jane St.Clair

Jane St.Clair — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:37:01 +0000

Why are you guys over here? This is an oooooooold lol.

By: bitter troll

bitter troll — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:35:28 +0000

bitter troll likes to drive, what happens when someone who also likes to drive plows through a group of nuns and orphans…besides all the laughing..the bitter bitter laughing

By: Igor the Vigorous

Igor the Vigorous — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:33:05 +0000

Murder is murder. Having a weapon is having a weapon in your possession. That’d never fly legally. There’s a difference between owning something and using it frivolously, you know.

By: Iwaslost

Iwaslost — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:21:51 +0000

But then all you have is flaming zombies and zombie flamers.

By: Iwaslost

Iwaslost — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:19:53 +0000

We also have the right to the pursuit of hapiness. What happens when some one comes alongwho enjoys raping and killing little girls and uses that phrase as an excuse? Just a thought caused by the above comment.

By: Jamesy

Jamesy — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:06:55 +0000

Actually, the AR-15 is a blanket name applied to guns which were modeled on the design spec of the original AR-15. The AR-15 eventually evolved into the M16, then later the same design was used for the M4, and M416.

The difference is that the M4 and M16 are fully automatic assault rifles which fire military-grade ammunition. The AR-15 is used to refer to civilian versions of these guns, which fire smaller, civilian-use ammunition, and do not have fully automatic mode.

Yeah, anyway, that being said, I don’t see anything wrong with making guns like this available for public use. If the kid is well-trained and knows how to use it, why not? Especially since an AR-15 being what it is, many people love to own it because if it looks really damn good compared to most weapons.

If you want to whine, a person is four times as likely to die from a car accident than from being shot (this is excluding suicides). By the logic of many posters above, that means that we should ban cars as well.

Some people enjoy owning and shooting weapons, as long as they’re safe and responsible there isn’t a problem. This kid isn’t automatically a danger to society because he’s got a gun.

By: Isengrim

Isengrim — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:27:24 +0000

I think I would prefer a flamethrower in the even of zombies.

By: Loribeth72

Loribeth72 — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:22:38 +0000

How can you tell that the child in the picture has ‘evil’ plans for the gun? Are you psychic? Being a Texan myself, I find this offensive. Why would you put down Texans, or Southerners, and stereotype who they are and what they believe? I love the animal pics on here, but the majority of the ‘funny’ political pics are leaning so far to the left, they might fall. Don’t make the assumption either that I’m all the way to the right. When is this country going to wake up and realize we have to work together to change things, not sit around and point fingers. If you aren’t registered to vote, please STFU….

By: max powerz

max powerz — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:28:25 +0000

Not to be the dick, but I just wanted to point out that its definately an M4, not an AR-15

By: jeff

jeff — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:16:20 +0000

Everyone does know that we have the right to bear arms under the constitution, right?

By: sawmaster

sawmaster — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:24:13 +0000

my child does not have an AR15…. He has a scoped Ruger 10-22 in stainless with composite stock and he can hit a gnat at 50 yards…. I know.. he’s a bit behind the pack.

By the way, I have he AR15, (Colt ,preban, Match HBAR) in the household.
Afterall, it is state law here in Texas.

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:46:33 +0000

Steveo has it right. And gun crime is on the rise in merry old england. In fact, it is your “civilised” society that will ultimately make this gun ban go away. Because the more guns smuggled into england, and the higher the crime goes, the more desperate the government will become in its search for ways to protect its citizens. Now, in China, they would bring down the iron fist so hard that they would clean the streets of anyone who’d ever SEEN a gun. But in England, no one would stand for that. And neither will they stand for being slaughtered like sheep in the streets. And so, they will eventually return to the one remaining option: their citizens will be allowed to protect themselves once again. It might take 50 or even 100 years, but it’s coming.

By: ema

ema — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:43:25 +0000

Funny! I love buttons like that.

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:40:48 +0000

No, moi, he doesn’t look like he has other plans. He looks like he’s looking down the sights, which is the first thing anyone would do upon picking up a rifle that they wished to own.

And the fact that the war is over has nothing to do with the conversation. Notabubba wasn’t saying “my ancestors liked guns, therefore I do too.” What he was pointing out was that history, especially Texas history, has shown that when a government wants to control us beyond their Constitutional limitations, the first thing they do is disarm us. It happened under Mexican law, it happened under post-war Texas law (when northern governors were appointed). And it can happen again. Your response addresses nothing he said, and instead illustrates your own naivety and complete lack of understanding of all things firearms related. I highly suggest you read up on the history of firearms rights, and get yourself a few guns of your own to study. I suggest starting by reading the D.C. v. Heller case that case out in June.

By: steveo_justice

steveo_justice — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:38:15 +0000

Well in Britain you have a Bloody sixth of our population here in the US and its almost impossible to get a good gun over there because all of your legislature is Bollocks. You’re all at Sixes And Sevens over how your crime rate is skyrocketing and maybe it’s because your subjects (Ahem, “citizens”) can be raped and mugged in COMPLETE CONFIDENCE because they have no way of defending themselves without being arrested. There are frequent knife attacks in the place of shootings.

By: Trainwreck Chaser

Trainwreck Chaser — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:27:43 +0000

HAHA ROFL

Dude a war can affect generations, no matter what it is. I’ve traveled to Europe and there are still influences from the World Wars, no matter how subtle or not subtle they are, just cause it’s been a few years (in this case past a century) doesn’t mean it can’t affect people.

By: PiMan

PiMan — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:28:22 +0000

Probably the biggest reason why a licence isn’t needed to be a parent, is
because it would be far too had to enforce. All that is required to be a parent is a set of working genitals and somewhere to use them. To drive though, you need a car.
And there are punishments for the worst of parents, mostly just taking the children away. If there was much more, then I think that would be society going to far in saying what is wrong and what is right.
Where is the line? How many toys is too many before they are spoiling their child? How many smacks is too many before they are abusing their child?

By: PiMan

PiMan — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:17:14 +0000

Removing guns won’t remove the problem entirely, but it will lessen it significantly.
By the sounds of it though, you were arguing “Guns don’t kill people, Americans kill people”.
.
Also, think of the mass murderers. One crazed person with one gun can shoot up a whole room before anyone gets the chance to stop them. One crazed person with one knife is going kill a far smaller number of people while everybody else runs away.
.
One thing that I thought of some time ago, is that guns take more technical
skill to use, but using knives or axes require losing more mental
inhibitions. That is, it is easier on a psychological level to use a gun.

By: Marshy

Marshy — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:02:01 +0000

This. Caption. Is. Win.

I was born and raised in Texas. While I get nervous even being in the same room as a gun, I still think guns should be readily available to those who can use them responsibly.

Does this caption have anything to do with the fact that a school district here in the Lone Star State has recently decided that teachers may carry guns? I support THAT.

By: glory

glory — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:36:29 +0000

what about the safety of the child? When did parenting supposedly not involve safety? I have seen far to many kids whose parents abuse them or, who never say no to them simply because they want to be friends with their child. Parents should say no to kids. should make them try to do things etc. your job, as a parent, is to take care of your child, feed them, clothe them, teach them right from wrong and love them. Your number one priority should be health and well being, followed by making sure they grow up as decent human beings. Way down on the list is their happiness. Good parents will have their kids mad at them, yelling “I hate you!” or other hurtful actions at least once. you cannot be your kids friend because as their parent you will require them to do things they will not like(clean your room, no you can’t have candy before bed, since you hit x you have to go in time out, etc.) It is a ficken hard job, and the wellbeing of the child and society is at stake. Do you think that a driver’s license is more important? or nesacary(sp?)?

By: Overthere35

Overthere35 — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:06:54 +0000

Oi, and the other one was too long? O.o

By: Overthere35

Overthere35 — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:06:23 +0000

As I am sure you can tell by going over that list in all countries where guns are available the majority of deaths by gun were Suicide. In the US 7/10(approx) were suicides. Suicides are illegal in the USA and I would assume in most other countries as well, but this is not what one thinks about when considering Gun crime. We think of homicide. USA has the highest rate of homicide death in the more developed counties on the list. Finland (3rd on ownership), Switzerland (4th) have homicide rates of less than 1% of 100,000 while having 55 and 46 guns per 100,000 respectively. This is nearly half of the number of guns per 100,000 as the United States and less than 1/3 the homicide rate. And Japan where handguns are basically banned from civil ownership still manages to have a rate of .02 homicides of 100,000. Compare that to Italy which has 12 guns per 100,000 and a homicide rate second to the USA at 1.66 per 100,000 showing that low gun ownership isn’t necessarily equal to low homicide rates per gun ownership by guns. Then we must compare the total homicide rate per each of these counties to 100,000. Japan has an amazingly low rate of 1.10 or .5(The wiki needs a bit of clarification) as reported in 2000(No later dates are actually reported on Japan, curious no?) This puts their lack of guns minor over their already amazing low homicide rate. Maybe it’s a social thing. With Italy we have them hitting 1.23 Per 100,000 making gun homicide higher than the most recent report of total homicides, due to the citing of gun death being nearly 14 years old and the homicide information being 1-2 years old. Finland shows a total of 2.54 with only .86 being done with a gun. Comparatively they have a high gun ownership. Guns do not appear to be the cause of that huh? Switzerland has a homicide rate of 2.94 and only .58 caused by guns. I admit this is not exact as each of these are mismatching years but it gives an idea of a trend. USA had over 5 per 100,000 in homicides and over 3 were with a gun. The USA has a problem compared to the other countries listed, but we also have a problem with crime in general. Though we believe these numbers to simply point out how guns are the causes of crime as if guns are the leading reason why people commit suicide or homicide. The truth is if someone wants someone dead they will kill them with whatever they can get their dirty little hands on. Guns make it easier for the unskilled to kill, this works in both directions of defense (which is probably included in the list of homicides on this list of gun related deaths and not considered a crime). No matter how a person spins that guns are the cause of all these problems they are simply a tool used by criminals and suicidals to meet a goal. In histories past the bow and arrow, the sword, the dagger, pike, and spear were used in crime as much as they were used as they were needed. Always in history those with the better weapon or in some cases weapons at all trample those that don’t. The only way not to be trampled is to have weapons. These numbers you have presented only show that people will use the best tools available for them at any time. If they don’t have a gun to kill with then they can’t use it. Doesn’t mean it stops crime. Nothing can and criminals as you can see by Japan’s gun measure still manage to gain guns no matter the gun control. Criminals should not be able to, I completely agree with that. Suicidal individuals should get help, not guns. This may prove to you that removing guns will remove the problem; to me it just proves people use tools they have.

By: K

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:33:39 +0000

i’ll add to this: many texans DON’T actually love guns.

By: PiMan

PiMan — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:29:32 +0000

Yes. There should be less licences for some things, but your examples are not that good. Drivers and hunting licences (and gun licences) are supposed to be for safety. Hunting and fishing licences are to keep track of statistics a little better. To make sure people aren’t killing entire species.

By: PiMan

PiMan — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:25:35 +0000

Take a look at the following Wikipedia articles; Lists_of_countries_by_gun_ownership; List_of_countries_by_firearm-related_death_rate
Sort the second article by firearm homicides and notice how countries with less guns are also on the lower side of the homicides list.
Also notice the correlation at the other end of each list.

By: glory

glory — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:25:08 +0000

well, you need a license to drive, a license to fish, a license to hunt, a license to do anything really, except be a parent. Does no one see anything wrong with that?

By: Wesley B.

Wesley B. — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:46:35 +0000

You need a better rifle is all.

Personally, I’d much rather hit a zombie in the head with a high-powered 30.06 round from 200 yards away than wait for them to get close enough for a 12 guage spread to be accurate enough a shot to count.

By: Wesley B.

Wesley B. — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:45:54 +0000

You need a better rifle is all.

By: Wesley B.

Wesley B. — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:38:24 +0000

Triple hell yeah from Ausintowne.

I love my guns, cold dead hands, guns don’t kill ppeople, and all that jazz!

By: Wesley B.

Wesley B. — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:36:53 +0000

You can tell from this picture what the kid’s long-term “plans” for the gun are? Impressive. Out of curiosity, what are they?

By: Ignatz

Ignatz — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:16:09 +0000

The exception that proves the rule.

By: Trainwreck Chaser

Trainwreck Chaser — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:49:32 +0000

Call me when that happens.

By: Trainwreck Chaser

Trainwreck Chaser — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:49:04 +0000

No way, AR15 all the way man.

By: Overthere35

Overthere35 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:31:55 +0000

I would like to see a citing for that. I will look for counter point cites as well.

By: StraightShooter

StraightShooter — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:19:50 +0000

…and the teacher is pulling out his own AR-15 and summons parents…
BTW, if I am not mistaken, in Texas teachers now can have guns in the classrooms. Virginia Tech-type tragedy will not be pulled off that easily – just walking in plain sight from door to door, shooting and getting no resistance… Zombie slaughterhouse scenario *shudder*

By: Viper5552

Viper5552 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:32 +0000

get an AK-74

By: Lamer

Lamer — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:39:54 +0000

Really? Because everyone over generations has always had all the time in the world to be a model parent? I find it hard to believe that parents are soley to blame. Each generation of parents have had their own hardships to deal with that maybe, just maybe, hasn’t allowed them to be as “hands-on” as it may be easy to imagine. I think one of the big differences is that we allow kids to be kids for much longer than they have been in the past, without having to have a real sense of responsibility until after high school. Also, even the part-time jobs that kids pick-up are more of a time-filler rather than a “responsibility,” for if they didn’t have the job it would be a rare occasion when their families would suffer for it. I think that says a lot when I look back at my grandparents’ generation in which they had to work to help support their families prior to starting families of their own.

By: Phee

Phee — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:07:47 +0000

Lack of Parenting.

Parent is a verb, people. Meaning action. Simply sitting there on your iPhone, making the Next Big Deal, watching soaps all day long from the couch, or otherwise ignoring your children and putting ALL their education on an already struggling school system isn’t parenting.

Parent your children, people. For the sake of the world.

By: Phee

Phee — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:01:53 +0000

No, spelling correctly is fine as long as you’re not a retard and spell ‘wield’ incorrectly.

If you’re going to be a Grammar Nazi, at least get YOUR post correct. Dumbass.

By: someone

someone — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:11:06 +0000

the parents and the society changed.
all those laws .. or better absences of laws woult work, if all people were highly educated, would have caring parents, strong social bonds and so on ..

those gun-rules expect, that all people would obey to the laws, are caring and peace loving. we all know, that those conditions will never be true.

sure you can legalize guns but you have to gulp the toad, that your opponent will also have one. plus it takes less to pull the trigger, than ramming a knife in the guts. the inhibition threshold is much lower on using a gun.

By: hueydoc

hueydoc — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:02:02 +0000

I mean what’s changed that has caused all the shootings and school shootings?

By: PiMan

PiMan — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:56:49 +0000

Or…
They could be outlawed because countries with less accessibility have
lower rates of gun crime.

By: hueydoc

hueydoc — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:45:39 +0000

My kid’s a pretty good shot with my AR-15, and he knows how to handle it correctly. Pick up an old Sears Catalog reprint of the 1890 version- you could by rifles, pistols and even opium and cocaine (medical) all by mail and no registration. Yet we did not have school shooting problems back then.
What’s changed ?