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ZeroCool@lemmy.ca to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · 3 months ago

Texas Blocks Law That Would Ban Gun Stores From Operating Inside Psych Wards

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Texas Blocks Law That Would Ban Gun Stores From Operating Inside Psych Wards

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ZeroCool@lemmy.ca to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · 3 months ago
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AUSTIN, TX—Touting the party-line vote as a major victory for the Second Amendment, the Texas House of Representatives successfully blocked a bill last week that would have prevented gun stores from operating inside of hospital psychiatric wards. “The government has no place infringing on the rights of honest business owners trying to sell semiautomatic handguns and rifles to […]
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  • m3t00🌎@midwest.social
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    best gun customers live there

  • iamericandre@lemmy.world
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    Damn I ate the whole ass onion

    • Bubs12@lemmy.cafe
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      This got me so hard that the first time I read the community name, I saw “Nottheonion”

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      Me: ‘This apple tastes kinda funny’.

      takes another big bite

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      I was just about to open the article and see what fucked up excuse they had this time…

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      As did I. Shit makes sense (in Texas) to be honest.

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    Not convinced this is satire. Reality’s fucked.

  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Holy fuck, they got me with this one.

    • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
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      same, first time in a while

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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      because they set it in Texas.

  • [鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui]@sh.itjust.works
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    The only way to stop a nazi psycopath with gun, is a stalinist psycopath with a gun!

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    Wait. Is this actually a thing?

    • icelimit@lemmy.ml
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      Onions are pretty good when fried.

  • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
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    the… onion… dot… com… hell there’s no way that didn’t happen.

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    Oh wow. I saw this headline over on Reddit and I ate the onion.

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      Didn’t see on Reddit, but also ate it and realized the second time I saw the headline lol.

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      Could be a real headline, honestly.

  • That Weird Vegan@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Another checking in. They got me too.

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    This one got me. I was already running it through my head why in the world they would want that before I saw what it was on.

  • martinb@lemmy.sdf.org
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    I see that the Onion Prediction Engine is operating at 💯% efficiency

  • CH3DD4R_G0B-L1N@sh.itjust.works
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    I definitely ate this onion because it sounds like only one of the more mildly troubling laws that would come from any recent state legislative session.

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      I was thinking there’s no way Texas would be that progressive 💀

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    I’m mildly concerned it took me a good 5 seconds to notice it was the onion.

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      All I will say is thank you. I’m not admitting anything else though, nor can I deny or confirm that I have onion breath.

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    Kinda sad for the state of Texas that I thought this was a genuine article. Got me on this one Onion.

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      From Texas. Me too.

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