Only in America

[XFool]

From our "Only in America" section:

Guns for Tots: What Could Go Wrong?

The Bulwark

For firearms merchants, it’s never too early to teach kids how to use assault weapons.

"ON HER MSNBC SHOW LAST WEEK, Rachel Maddow did a segment on the marketing of an assault-style rifle made with little kids in mind. It is the JR-15, which stands for Junior 15, a smaller, lighter version of the AR-15 semiautomatic rifle. It is made and sold by an Illinois-based company called Wee 1 Tactical (“wee one,” get it?) and advertised with the tagline, “Get ’em One Like Yours.” "

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It is the JR-15, which stands for Junior 15, a smaller, lighter version of the AR-15 semiautomatic rifle. It is made and sold by an Illinois-based company called Wee 1 Tactical (“wee one,” get it?) and advertised with the tagline, “Get ’em One Like Yours.”[/i] "

Things are gonna get interesting when it's time for bed and junior is creating a rumpus because he wants to stay up and watch TV. The naughty step just isn't going to be the final word in household rule-keeping any more.

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Which reminds me. It's well accepted in psychological circles that the blinding rage that a two year old will sometimes feel toward his little brothers and sisters is infinite. As many parents will recognise, a small child starts life regarding itself as the undisputed centre of the world. And that's why the twos are so terrible: Junior is having to deal with the fact that what he says doesn't always decide what happens. And the beginnings of a restraining super-ego don't really get going until three or sometimes four, and sometimes a lot later than that.

To put it differently, if he had the means to murder his family members, he absolutely would. His little brain doesn't yet have a nannying voice saying "don't do that, because the consequences will be permanent". And they're going to give these kids assault rifles and live ammunition?

BJ

[doolally]

Which reminds me. It's well accepted in psychological circles that the blinding rage that a two year old will sometimes feel toward his little brothers and sisters is infinite. As many parents will recognise, a small child starts life regarding itself as the undisputed centre of the world. And that's why the twos are so terrible: Junior is having to deal with the fact that what he says doesn't always decide what happens. And the beginnings of a restraining super-ego don't really get going until three or sometimes four, and sometimes a lot later than that.

BJ

And in Trump's case.....?????
doolally

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And the beginnings of a restraining super-ego don't really get going until three or sometimes four, and sometimes a lot later than that. [/b][/u]

And in Trump's case.....?????

Why, he could go out onto Fifth Avenue and pull out his big boy "bone spurs" army shooter, and kill as many people as he likes, and then a few more just to show that he might come after you if you come after him.

And then he'll have two scoops of ice cream, and then a ride in a fire engine. Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!



BJ