Guns for women

Trump and gun control

A letter to the editor in yesterday's SF Chronicle:

Guns for women only

I have an idea for easing the tension between the need to maintain Second Amendment rights and the even stronger need for gun control. Under my plan, guns would remain freely available, but only women could have them. No other regulation would be necessary — no fussing about bump stocks or anything else, really.

Women, of course, could use their guns for self-defense, and would also be available to form militias if, in fact, the government becomes tyrannical. But after a possibly difficult transition period, the number of mass shootings would plunge, probably to zero.

Elizabeth Morrison

San Bruno

Rob's comment:

The conservative interpretation of the Second Amendment is a lie: "A well regulated militia" defined.

See also More Than 1,600 Women Murdered by Men in One Year: The most common weapon used was a gun and Domestic violence, guns a lethal combination in 2 recent SF cases and Dirty John.

Watergate mythology

Mark Felt, aka Deep Throat

From Mick LaSalle's review of the Mark Felt movie (‘Mark Felt’ a timely look at Watergate whistle-blower):

In the end, “Mark Felt” is reassuring, because it suggests that the American system is so brilliantly constructed that, no matter how strenuous and persuasive is the lying, and how powerful the liars, one person in possession of the truth can bring down a corrupt administration.

A system that relies on someone in the FBI leaking to reporters to "bring down a corrupt administration" is "brilliantly constructed"? Wrong!

For a more objective account of the role of Mark Felt, aka Deep Throat, in the Watergate fiasco, see The Myth of Deep Throat by Max Holland.

Rex Tillerson called Trump a "fucking moron," not just a regular one

See also Donald Trump: Dumb rich guy.