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Texas Forbids Law That Keeps Guns Away From Unhinged People (www.motherjones.com)
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[–] DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The one star rated state doing one star rated things.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hey, they gotta think of those cops-to-be, ya know?

[–] DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Won't somebody think of the poor thugs with badges!

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

In a different timeline, it'd be someone with a reticle.

[–] Wytch@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 day ago

Define "unhinged." In Texas. They don't have the manpower to take away that many guns

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Greet your local ICE crew with wildly inappropriate behavior while brandishing your guns

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

All of my behavior is wildly inappropriate.