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veen  ·  2748 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: If we can't have gun control, can we at least have gun education?

The Dutch version of The Onion posted this today. Couldn't resist translating it:

    Bizarre: Vlogger has encyclopedia.

    Yesterday, a 19 year old vlogger from America shot her boyfriend through an encyclopedia for a YouTube video. The world is shocked. How did a vlogger acquire an encyclopedia? "The encyclopedia was bought on an open and legal market, that's just how things go in America," according to our U.S. expert. "There's been a lot of criticism about the lack of background checks: the seller had no idea that she was a vlogger. If the seller had known that, suspicion would have been raised. I mean, what in the world does a vlogger need an encyclopedia for?"

    Was this event preventable? "That's difficult to say. The encylopedialobby is extremely powerful in the U.S. There are people who say: such a thick book, including cd-rom, that's asking for trouble. But there are also people who say: it is my foundational right to look up what rattlesnakes actually are. It's hard to prove them wrong."