1 dead, 1 injured in shooting near Detroit high school

[apocalypsehow]

73. "Reply #42 will be up held" - as if this is some kind of legal proceeding we're conducting here.

The enthusiasm "RKBA enthusiasts" and pro-NRA shills display in articles about people being shot is beyond morally callous. Even in a legitimate exercise of self-defense with a firearm - and this is far from having been shown to be a legitimate use of force - a certain sobriety and adult exercise of restraint should prevail in discussions about it.

None of that for our "pro gun progressives"*: there's giddy delight at the fact that someone has been shot and killed ("the young hoodlums chose poorly"; "I'll buy Paczkis for the lounge next week") that belies any decent regard for the solemn business of the taking of a human life, whether justified or not.

The non-stop pro-NRA shilling on DU from "RKBA enthusiasts" is one thing: phony as the pretense maintained to keep those posting privileges is, at least it's not celebrating, with the internet equivalent of huzzahs! and high-fives, the shooting and killing of another human being. That latter business, besides being morally repulsive, is quite another.

That mask inevitably slips once too often and for too long, however, and then there's a Meta post about it. And I'll be there to chime in my enthusiastic approval.


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