all-plastic guns for another 10 years<\/a>.\u00a0 Meaningless gesture.\u00a0 Nobody gets shot with them, banning them won\u2019t stop people from making them any more than banning cocaine stops people from using it. \u00a0Posturing to divert attention from real government failures in every other area.<\/p>\nMy grandson has a plastic gun.\u00a0 He carries it in a holster on his cowboy belt when he rides his hobby horse.\u00a0 I wonder if Rep. Paymar is intimidated by that, too?<\/p>\n
Joe Doakes<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Heather Martens will no doubt make them a priority in the next session.<\/p>\n
To prevent them from “intimidating” other kids.<\/p>\n
You think I’m joking. \u00a0But if I’ve learned anything living in a city full of liberals with no fear of being held accountable, today’s sardonic jokes are tomorrow’s laws.<\/p>\n
Or yesterday’s laws, in some cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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