Sir Tonk posted:

https://twitter.com/SteveHusker/status/965773484780609536

nice

Elephanthead posted:

Oh gently caress tide pods are going to destroy an entire generations right to life. Sorry kids Billy made a you tube video so you get to be mass murdered. Tough break.

blue squares posted:

yeah whats the big deal?

Duscat posted:

the best part is how "machine gun" is defined by finger movements rather than by how many bullets it can put through a child in a second

Chris James 2 posted:

https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/966122576815640577

Linda a politician And in office?! New season of Bob's Burgers already rules

anime was right posted:

it owns because boomers generationally ingested lead at alarming rates

Lastgirl posted:

I've been reading and spotting all the stupid idiots who go "sorry children don't have a voice because they eat tide pods" on twitter all day~

https://twitter.com/plp1676/status/966126093831954432

mormonpartyboat posted:

https://twitter.com/daveshumka/status/966123768845234176

mormonpartyboat posted:

trump ordered the doj (????) to start work towards banning them



its hilarious and i have no idea how this will go through since there's no leeway for grandfathering if you call them machine guns and a whole bunch of people are gonna instantly become felons

cool startup feel posted:

oh poo poo, where'd you find my twitter account?

anime was right posted:

it owns because boomers generationally ingested lead at alarming rates

Lastgirl posted:

https://twitter.com/pbump/status/966033843512750080

Epic High Five posted:

lol remember when the NRA announced they'd go ad silent for exactly 7 days after Vegas because they correctly predicted that that was how long it would take for everybody to forget

Lastgirl posted:

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/966024359495327750

Good Soldier Svejk posted:

pass a law that says rate of fire must be referred to in terms of dead kids per second (dkps)

Lastgirl posted:

mormonpartyboat posted:

you arent sure why an article with a premise of "i bought an ar-15 with no background check" might be dumb because he neither bought it nor waited around for the background check before leaving?

Lastgirl posted:

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/966024359495327750

blue squares posted:

????

did YOU read the article

quote:

After he walked me through the paperwork, all five pages of it, I told him I changed my mind and wanted to think more before I bought an AR-15. He told me it wasn’t a problem and listed the store hours if I wanted to come back. I then said thank you and walked back to my car.

Epic High Five posted:

this whole saga is an excellent example of how the right in this country is just fundamentally incapable of dealing with someone who uses their own tactics against them

Sir Tonk posted:

jfc are they all going to make this joke?

Duscat posted:

another weird trick to buy an ar-15 without a background check is to google "gun show"

Dairy Days posted:

the atf made some cop excuses about the abstraction of the finger and the shoulder interacting with the trigger being too far removed from some legal language im not joking

Chris James 2 posted:

https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/966122576815640577

Linda a politician And in office?! New season of Bob's Burgers already rules

quote:

Of all Dan Johnson’s scams, the biggest he has pulled off was on the voters in the 49th House district last November.

He was pretty above-board during the campaign about his message of racism and hatred. He, for example, posted images on Facebook of President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, with ape-like faces.

But the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting has, in a thoroughly reported account, revealed much more about Johnson, who calls himself “bishop” and “pope” in his role of the presiding minister at the Heart of Fire Church.

The most disturbing, and sensational, accusation KyCIR detailed was that Johnson molested a 17-year-old girl on New Year’s Eve in 2012.

Now 21, Maranda Richmond says she attended Johnson’s church and was a friend of his daughter. After a wild, boozy New Year’s Eve party — heavy drinking parties including juveniles appear to be a regular part of the “worship” at Heart of Fire — she stayed over with Johnson’s daughter only to wake up in the wee hours with Johnson kneeling over her. She says he kissed her, fondled her, forced his hands under her pants and penetrated her with his finger.

Richmond filed a police complaint but Johnson was never interviewed and the case was closed. Tuesday Johnson denied the charges and said he wouldn’t step down, despite a call from the Republican Party and others to do so.

But KyCIR uncovered much more in Johnson’s long, seamy past:

▪ In 1985, Louisville police found Johnson’s Cadillac Coupe de Ville doused with gasoline. Two people arrested at the scene said Johnson had paid them to torch it. Johnson reported it stolen the next morning but eventually admitted he’d paid to have it destroyed so he could collect insurance. Indicted on charges of arson and filing a false police report, he pleaded not guilty and completed a six-month diversion program and the charges were dropped.

▪ In 2000, Johnson’s Heart of Fire church burned in a blaze that investigators concluded was intentionally set. The back door was unlocked and a flammable liquid had been poured along a hallway. Johnson said the church had been threatened and blamed the Ku Klux Klan. The insurance company sued, raising questions about poor security and pointing out the church was deep in debt, as is common in arson cases. That case was settled and no arson charges were filed.

▪ Alcoholic Beverage Control officers have cited Johnson and the church three times for selling alcohol without a license. These sales happened at regular weekend church parties. KyCIR described them as “Bikers, booze and, occasionally, bare breasts ... a costume party featuring zombie nuns in short skirts.” In a 2009 trial Johnson, dressed in a priest’s collar and wearing a cross, claimed that the drinks were served as part of a “communion.”