{"id":982,"date":"2012-12-22T14:40:14","date_gmt":"2012-12-22T19:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eightminefortress.com\/surewhynot\/?p=982"},"modified":"2023-05-29T02:13:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T07:13:25","slug":"nra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eightminefortress.com\/surewhynot\/index.php\/2012\/12\/22\/nra","title":{"rendered":"The Difference a Y Makes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eightminefortress.com\/surewhynot\/index.php\/2012\/12\/14\/response\" class=\"post\">response to Sandy Hook<\/a>, the National Rifle Association came out and said words.<\/p>\n<p>On one hand, you&#8217;d hate to be them right now, immediately after an incident where everything they stand for just feels especially evil.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, what the NRA does end up saying is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/remarks-from-the-nra-press-conference-on-sandy-hook-school-shooting-delivered-on-dec-21-2012-transcript\/2012\/12\/21\/bd1841fe-4b88-11e2-a6a6-aabac85e8036_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"post\" rel=\"noopener\">some stupid shit.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re calling for ARMED GUARDS in every school. So in response to one guy with a gun going into a school and shooting some little kids, let&#8217;s have every school have a guy with a gun who has a lot more access should he decide to do the same! Genius!<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and they blamed violent video games.<\/p>\n<p>So, basically, guns don&#8217;t kill people, but video games do! Of course!<\/p>\n<p>You know&#8230; personally I don&#8217;t feel very strongly about gun rights either way, but if this is the thought process of those who choose to carry deadly weapons around, I&#8217;m thinking there&#8217;s something to this whole gun control thing after all! <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/smilies\/rolleyes2.gif\" title=\"Hmm\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/smilies\/dubious.gif\" title=\"What a bunch of dumbasses.\"\/><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/stringlights.gif\" title=\"Merry Christmas!\"\/><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, in response to Sandy Hook, the National Rifle Association came out and said words. On one hand, you&#8217;d hate to be them right now, immediately after an incident where everything they stand for just feels especially evil. On the other hand, what the NRA does end up saying is some stupid shit. They&#8217;re calling &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eightminefortress.com\/surewhynot\/index.php\/2012\/12\/22\/nra\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Difference a Y Makes&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-what-the-hell"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eightminefortress.com\/surewhynot\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eightminefortress.com\/surewhynot\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eightminefortress.com\/surewhynot\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eightminefortress.com\/surewhynot\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eightminefortress.com\/surewhynot\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=982"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.eightminefortress.com\/surewhynot\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2247,"href":"https:\/\/www.eightminefortress.com\/surewhynot\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982\/revisions\/2247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eightminefortress.com\/surewhynot\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eightminefortress.com\/surewhynot\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eightminefortress.com\/surewhynot\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}