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roaming January 12 2011, 01:27:08 UTC
This.

"Words matter. Play Russian Roulette long enough, and someone inevitably winds up dead."

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bill_sheehan January 12 2011, 01:58:45 UTC
Tom Tomorrow's strip is, as usual, dead on.

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asakiyume January 12 2011, 03:11:13 UTC
Yeah! It really is.

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urbpan January 14 2011, 01:18:16 UTC
Pigeon grit is also for the finches. It's little rocks for them to eat to aid their digestion. We actually break it into smaller rocks with a coffee grinder since the finches are so tiny.

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urbpan January 14 2011, 10:23:05 UTC
Deadpan humor perception FAIL on my point.

(see comment below yours: I was in didactic mode)

I was always confused about that point with owls, since I thought the pellet was made in the crop.

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shellynoir January 12 2011, 03:40:31 UTC
I thought pigeons weren't supposed to eat grit. It's a big no no.

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urbpan January 14 2011, 01:21:24 UTC
Dunnno. Strangely enough I've never taken care of pigeons. The pigeon grit is given to different birds to help digestion.

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propaddict January 12 2011, 16:57:38 UTC
I love Tom Tomorrow, but I have to disagree with this strip.

Had the "gun nutz" won, virtually every American desiring the privilege would be able to concealed carry a handgun basically everywhere. In that instance, there is NO WAY that an insane gunman would be able to bust into a crowded room with a Glock 17 and shoot almost 20 people. He would have been stopped much sooner. He certainly wouldn't have been able to re-load.

Instead, he targeted a location where law-abiding civilians were not allowed to exercise concealed-carry privileges 9purportedly there were signs on the doors announcing that guns were not allowed at the rally). Not to sound trite, but he chose a situation where "guns were outlawed, so only outlaws had guns."

The deterrence potential of having an unknown fraction of the populace covertly armed at all times is significant.

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