It is a sign of the gun lobby’s growing confidence that it feels free to keep up the pressure, public and private, after the near-disaster in Times Square.
Nutter plants bomb.
This shows that guns must be controlled.
Err, wouldn’t it make more sense to claim that propane tanks and fertilizer should be controlled, for that’s what he made the bomb out of?
9 responses so far ↓
1 JuliaM // May 7, 2010 at 11:43 am
The NYT is just the US version of the Independent, isn’t it?
2 BenSix // May 7, 2010 at 12:49 pm
A ridiculous comparison. The NYT’s popular.
3 The Remittance Man // May 7, 2010 at 1:09 pm
Since when has logic been a debating tactic of the GFW’ers?
4 Chuckles // May 7, 2010 at 1:51 pm
Nope, thats what he was carrying round in the car. Hint – Bombs go bang
5 Linkblog » Tim Worstall // May 7, 2010 at 2:56 pm
[...] Tim read a strange article in the New York Times and critizes that he did not understand the article. The NYT mentioned the efforts of the gun lobby “to keep up the pressure, public and private, after the near-disaster in Times Square.” Why that, Tim wonders: “wouldn’t it make more sense to claim that propane tanks and fertilizer should be controlled”. [...]
6 Andrew Duffin // May 7, 2010 at 3:26 pm
I don’t know about propane tanks, but have you tried to buy fertiliser recently?
You need a government licence that even some farmers can’t get.
7 Martin // May 7, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Let’s ban spoons, and end obesity!!
Cretins.
8 JuliaM // May 7, 2010 at 3:39 pm
Don’t give them ideas, Martin…
9 Pat // May 7, 2010 at 7:48 pm
Lets ban vans! Because it would be wrong to go after poor helpless nutters
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