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Jul 4Liked by Barb Ladd, PsyD

Not sure if it came across but despite the somber nature of the topic I enjoyed reading you here.

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Thank you! I am enjoying your comments. It’s nice to have someone keep me on my toes

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whew. Wasn’t sure if I’d gone too far.

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Jul 4Liked by Barb Ladd, PsyD

My takeaway is we need more potato launchers in the world. And shields. People should be carrying shields.

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Jul 4Liked by Barb Ladd, PsyD

Seriously, I hadn't thought how a restraining order just moves the violence to weapons that can close the gap.

Scenario:

Sniper murders his wife but they bump it down from murder one to womanslaughter (which is not women's laughter) because after all the sniper was 503 feet away and though he did break one law he was scrupulous in following another law.

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Jul 4Liked by Barb Ladd, PsyD

I'm just here for the fighting tips. Hairspray and lighter, okay, I'll add that to my arsenal. My nerd brother back in the day if he was getting chased in a car in Philadelphia, well, he'd pull into a gas station, grab a pump, and show his lighter to the bad guys. Nowadays you'd have to get your credit card to clear first.

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I kind of like the prepaid option. I’ll throw a $20 on the counter and make a ethanol torch. Stand back commies

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It’s all in the wrist action.

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Jul 4Liked by Barb Ladd, PsyD

Because I'm not even slightly sexist I've always been in favor of a woman's right to bare arms. Is something I wouldn't usually say but it is July 4th.

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As long as she uses proper trigger discipline. 😝

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Jul 4Liked by Barb Ladd, PsyD

No member of the military who has a misdemeanor can carry a firearm. "So what now?" asks the writer.

I'm seeing a lot of potato launchers at checkpoints.

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Cuz we're practically friends and I used to be a fussy English teacher I'm going to risk pointing out how dangerously close your comment on the ineffectual nature of laws is, um, how close it is to comedy. You're one space shy of ineffective with this:

"That means this law has been in effective for 30 years!"

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Jul 4Liked by Barb Ladd, PsyD

You also said statue. Just sayin.

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The closest we get to domestic violence in our trailer is I forget to sweep the floor.

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My dad was six-foot-seven back in the day before that was popular. He knew the Bible and yet he still named his son David. Risky.

True story is that I was pretty good with a sling. Not a sling shot, a real Bible sling.

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