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[bebopeva88]

My life...it is fulfilled.

You cannot imagine the happy jumble that was the highway of my mind when I saw this, and struggled to come to terms with the fact that it existed and will be a real thing:

[bebopeva88]

The fact that we had two incidents this year with people using semi-automatic weapons is the part that should be looked into! How did these two guys get weapons that destructive?!

What differentiates that from proposed stricter gun control?

[Kid Impulse]

I only just got the newest album, so I didn't want to rush through it to pick out the standout track.

You'll be even more annoyed at Bloc Party not making the list at all.

[Kid Impulse]

My life...it is fulfilled.

You cannot imagine the happy jumble that was the highway of my mind when I saw this, and struggled to come to terms with the fact that it existed and will be a real thing:

That's amazing, I think Bachalo is even better now than he was then as well.

I should reread my Gen X stuff at some point

[Songbird/Diamondback]

What differentiates that from proposed stricter gun control?

We know guns are always going to be out there. But this guy went into a school with an automatic weapon. Do you think that this and Colorado would have been as catastrophic as they been if they had something that wasn't made for mass killing?

[Songbird/Diamondback]

My life...it is fulfilled.

You cannot imagine the happy jumble that was the highway of my mind when I saw this, and struggled to come to terms with the fact that it existed and will be a real thing:

Had my hopes up that they were getting together again.

[Kid Impulse]

We know guns are always going to be out there. But this guy went into a school with an automatic weapon. Do you think that this and Colorado would have been as catastrophic as they been if they had something that wasn't made for mass killing?

Do you know that both Colorado and Connecticut have some of the strongest anti-assault weaponry laws in America?

I don't know how people can look at mass-shootings and think "That dude was crazy, we need to have stronger anti-gun laws!" and not "That dude was crazy, we need to do more to identify and treat mental illnesses"

[bebopeva88]

I only just got the newest album, so I didn't want to rush through it to pick out the standout track.

It is so good. IT IS SO GOOD.

You'll be even more annoyed at Bloc Party not making the list at all.

AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

What. About. Octopus?!?

[bebopeva88]

That's amazing, I think Bachalo is even better now than he was then as well.

In some ways I think he's better, and in other ways, not. There's things I love and positives/negatives about almost all of his artistic style periods.

I still think the first year or so of his Generation X was my favorite work/style from him...it was a perfect mix of his Shade/Death mini #1 style and his quirkiness.

I should reread my Gen X stuff at some point

Along with Sandman, it's my most desired re-read.

[bebopeva88]

We know guns are always going to be out there. But this guy went into a school with an automatic weapon. Do you think that this and Colorado would have been as catastrophic as they been if they had something that wasn't made for mass killing?

I think you're misunderstanding what a semi-automatic weapon is, what an automatic weapon is, and what was used in recent tragedies.

Nearly every handgun is a semi-automatic, as in you have a clip, you pull the trigger, it fires, then loads the next round and cocks the hammer back, awaiting the next trigger pull. It's one shot per trigger pull. The semi-automatic aspect is the gun queuing up the next round in the weapon. The Colorado killings were done with a semi-automatic rifle that looks like an automatic rifle used by the military, but was strictly a legal-to-own semi-automatic, civilian version, and semi-automatic handguns (Glock type used by police).

I wouldn't say any semi-automatic weapon is made for mass killing; that's what fully automatic weapons are for, and they're restricted/illegal for civilians to buy/own. An automatic weapon is you pull back the trigger and hold it, and rounds fire off in a spray without repeated trigger pulls.

[bebopeva88]

Had my hopes up that they were getting together again.

I did too, because I just saw the image on the front page associated with the latest Axel-in-Charge, and without any context for it, I was pretty much skeetsing all over the place.

[bebopeva88]

A law enforcement official familiar with the investigation says the three guns found at the shooting site were legally purchased by Nancy Lanza, the mother of the suspect in the shooting

Three weapons were recovered from the school: a semi-automatic .223 Bushmaster found in a car in the school parking lot, and a Glock and a Sig Sauer [both semi-automatic hand guns] found with Lanza's body, a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation said. The weapons were legally purchased by Lanza's mother, the official said.

See, this is again a case where legal, non-assault, non-automatic weapons were used, just as in the Colorado tragedy.

The knee jerk reaction people have is that we need to get AK-47 and AR-15 type of assault rifles you see in movies and in use with various militias off the streets of the US, and that fact of the matter is those guns, in fully automatic form, are not available to civilians. You may see think that you see them in use and owned by civilians, but those are semi-automatic, legal versions.

[Kid Impulse]

In some ways I think he's better, and in other ways, not. There's things I love and positives/negatives about almost all of his artistic style periods.

I still think the first year or so of his Generation X was my favorite work/style from him...it was a perfect mix of his Shade/Death mini #1 style and his quirkiness.

I really respect his ability to stay relevant in a way a lot of his peers failed to do.

Along with Sandman, it's my most desired re-read.

I'm not even sure what I have, it's all back-ups in my Essential X-Men collection, and I don't even know where they are.

[bebopeva88]

I don't know how people can look at mass-shootings and think "That dude was crazy, we need to have stronger anti-gun laws!" and not "That dude was crazy, we need to do more to identify and treat mental illnesses"

Exactly.

Jumping to the gun control reaction is purely an emotional response; it's the easy "solution" in one's mind. The latter bit you mention is difficult, and infinitely more complex to address properly, so people hop on railing about guns again instead, often without really thinking through the flaws in their proposed solutions, and often without proper knowledge of what they're really talking about as well.

[bebopeva88]

I really respect his ability to stay relevant in a way a lot of his peers failed to do.

He really has had, and continues to have, an amazing career.

You make a really interesting point as well -- who was hot/A-list in 1993, and has maintained that hot/A-list streak to the present? Very, very few artists...like count them on one hand few.

The fact that he has cumulatively drawn more X-Men issues than any other artist is kind of staggering.