tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post1958470738719112887..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Just not feelin' it today.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-44365436776715893302008-10-27T21:20:00.000-04:002008-10-27T21:20:00.000-04:00Snark-infested waters ;)Snark-infested waters ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-33536745793023504042007-12-17T13:44:00.000-05:002007-12-17T13:44:00.000-05:00But, like the errant comma-delineated clause in 2A...But, like the errant comma-delineated clause in 2A, that brings in legal definitions of "unconscious," and SCOTUS starts to chew its sleeve...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-47246531014197153422007-12-17T09:26:00.000-05:002007-12-17T09:26:00.000-05:00Just between you and me, what this world needs is ...Just between you and me, what this world needs is more people beaten unconscious with shovels.<BR/><BR/>I'd start at the "<I>10 Items Or Less</I>" lane at the supermarket and work my way to around behind the counter at the DMV...Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-42434066247194508102007-12-17T09:23:00.000-05:002007-12-17T09:23:00.000-05:00I see no reason to be so wilde about it...Had the ...I see no reason to be so wilde about it...<BR/><BR/>Had the victim carried so much as a pocket trowel, this tragedy might hve been averted. <BR/><BR/>One word: Spetznaz. Case closed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-55269210230198439122007-12-17T09:01:00.000-05:002007-12-17T09:01:00.000-05:00Shovels don't beat people unconscious, people with...Shovels don't beat people unconscious, people with shovels beat people unconscious.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-26198450332953282982007-12-17T08:54:00.000-05:002007-12-17T08:54:00.000-05:00I'm told in that in Texas a civilians can own trac...I'm told in that in Texas a civilians can own tracked excavators and, gasp, front end loaders.<BR/><BR/>And are free to use them on their own property.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-39314759899362663362007-12-17T04:12:00.000-05:002007-12-17T04:12:00.000-05:00Soon we'll have know nothing legislators trying to...Soon we'll have know nothing legislators trying to designate everything with a handle of under 3 feet and a cross-grip as a "Sharp shooter." <BR/><BR/>There will be plenty of dung shov-- er-- thrown, and the spadeaphobics will malign all shovels as "Idiot Sticks." Soon the Anti-Shovel Movement will become so entrenched, the cry "No honest man needs a shovel" will ring across this land, and we won't be able to dig our way out; we'll have to ditch our tools.Matt Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500429239798601210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-51736983733292297402007-12-17T03:40:00.000-05:002007-12-17T03:40:00.000-05:00I see that this is no time for wearing the shallow...I see that this is no time for wearing the shallow mask of manners.staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-68734640841133292962007-12-17T00:51:00.000-05:002007-12-17T00:51:00.000-05:00Well, I think that, with proper controls, certain ...Well, I think that, with proper controls, certain shovels are okay for those properly trained in their use. Snow shovels, long-handle digging implements, grain scoops - - These should be okay.<BR/><BR/>But it is clear that the average person has NO legitimate use for the compact, easily concealed, military entrenching tools and survival shovels.<BR/><BR/>After all - - It's for the children.JPGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01224444263429720535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-51540228432876308552007-12-16T21:30:00.000-05:002007-12-16T21:30:00.000-05:00We used to call a spade a spade. Things happened....We used to call a spade a spade. Things happened.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-3910355861580404042007-12-16T20:23:00.000-05:002007-12-16T20:23:00.000-05:00I am glad to say that I have never seen a shovel. ...I am glad to say that I have never seen a shovel. It is obvious that our social spheres have been widely different.staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-41239569156427007742007-12-16T15:48:00.000-05:002007-12-16T15:48:00.000-05:00Hoo boy. Let's see now:When the Bill of Rights was...Hoo boy. Let's see now:<BR/><BR/>When the Bill of Rights was written, shovels were straight and wooden. No Union Razorbacks, no plastic-framed Ditch Witches, no full-slew Warner & Swasey Hop-To's, able to spray dirt in all directions. Clearly the Framers never meant to grant the average citizen access to these tools. The National Guard has them; that's enough in today's society.<BR/><BR/>Next?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-11162112461854753712007-12-16T14:39:00.000-05:002007-12-16T14:39:00.000-05:00See what you shovel-nuts are responsible for? How...See what you shovel-nuts are responsible for? How many more people have to fall to shovel violence before we get reasonable shovel-control laws?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com