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Just wrote to friend w/memoir (re: writing one's own life honestly): "Being an author is, in part, an act of extreme bravery but on emotional levels. (This is good, because I'm for shit on heights & if someone pulls a gun on me, I will do the Wonderwoman thing and wet my pants.)"
— Amy Alkon (@amyalkon) October 17, 2019








Hmm. Hope you're kidding.
Unless you have a real phobia about weapons, you can learn not to fear guns and learn their limits.
The fact that so many are ignorant of them is why there is so much meatheaded foolishness about guns.
Tens of millions of Americans will be out in the woods with rifles this weekend which are 2-3 times as powerful as the hated AR-15, the most popular rifle in history, but which ammunition is prohibited for hunting in many states because of its low power.
Radwaste at October 18, 2019 6:40 AM
Cat and kangaroo.
https://twitter.com/Weirddave0/status/1184998906079449088
I R A Darth Aggie at October 18, 2019 8:09 AM
I've read of people who take hogs with ARs in 5.56 mm. I've thought that either remarkably stupid or remarkably brave. An angry hog can rip you a new faster than you can believe.
I R A Darth Aggie at October 18, 2019 8:12 AM
Rad, it seemed to me that Miss Alkon's tweet was more about having a gun pointed at her than about guns per se. Under the circumstances, I suspect I'd react in a similar way.
Old RPM Daddy (OldRPMDaddy at GMail dot com) at October 18, 2019 8:55 AM
She has a point.
https://twitter.com/StormRiderOroro/status/1184963034659409921
Sixclaws at October 18, 2019 11:06 AM
Wait! I thought we had to respect their culture?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/viral-liberal-hoax-claims-chick-fil-a-backed-a-law-to-execute-gay-people
I R A Darth Aggie at October 18, 2019 11:28 AM
I think we got us a convoy!
https://twitter.com/detgrim/status/1184918044902150144
I R A Darth Aggie at October 18, 2019 1:02 PM
That escalated quickly. That really go out of hand, fast.
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1184911537355378688
I R A Darth Aggie at October 18, 2019 1:19 PM
Iowahawk on Hawkdad.
https://twitter.com/iowahawkblog/status/1185221734619856896
I R A Darth Aggie at October 18, 2019 1:28 PM
https://hotair.com/archives/jazz-shaw/2019/10/12/cuomo-orders-utility-pump-imaginary-natural-gas/
I R A Darth Aggie at October 18, 2019 1:38 PM
https://twitter.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1184646453739839488
I R A Darth Aggie at October 18, 2019 1:45 PM
The University of Arizona apparently went full LeBron in 2007.
mpetrie98 at October 18, 2019 2:31 PM
Some stuff that LeBron's totalitarian "allies" are doing:
Behind the Barbed Wire: China's Concentration Camps
'He Just Fell... and I Didn't See Him Move Again'
mpetrie98 at October 18, 2019 2:37 PM
Is Gab, the alternative to censorship-happy Twitter, about to go bye-bye?
[Pennsylvania] Attorney General says website used by accused Tree of Life shooter Bowers is teetering
mpetrie98 at October 18, 2019 2:57 PM
Foreign entanglements in Ukraine:
Judicial Watch Believes The State Dept Spied On Conservative Journalists And Trump Allies
mpetrie98 at October 18, 2019 7:41 PM
With friend like these . . .
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s Betrayal of Its Own Industry
mpetrie98 at October 18, 2019 7:55 PM
The New World Odor:
EXCLUSIVE: UN Agency Blocks Pro-Lifers from Conference
mpetrie98 at October 18, 2019 8:24 PM
Ohio Players.
Ohio Planners.
mpetrie98 at October 18, 2019 8:44 PM
"Rad, it seemed to me that Miss Alkon's tweet was more about having a gun pointed at her than about guns per se. Under the circumstances, I suspect I'd react in a similar way."
If you think you're "done" if/when that happens, then, ipso facto, you are. You've surrendered.
But having a gun pointed at you does not mean you lost already. It doesn't even mean you'll be wounded.
Radwaste at October 19, 2019 7:23 AM
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