Riddle Me This...

Watching all the high school kid organized, completely grass roots, organic, not backed at all by national anti-gun lobbies run by middle aged billionaires, protests stemming from the Parkland Fl. school shootings has raised a very basic question and reveals some very flawed logic from the gun grabbing left.

One of the demands for increased gun control from the screeching crowd is to raise the minimum age to purchase and/or own a firearm to 21. This, presumably will make us safer. But why exactly?

Let's examine further. Raising the age to 21 would suggest that those under 21 are not mature enough to responsibly own a gun. But, the ones supposedly demanding this change are high school age kids?

Hmmm... So what they're saying here is basically, "We're too immature to own guns, but we're mature enough to shape public policy on guns."

Some are even calling for the voting age to be lowered to 16- because these kids are "so wise and should have a voice".

Does this glaring chasm in logic bother anyone else?

Under 21- responsible enough to-

• Vote at 16.
• Drive at 16.
• Live on your own at 18 (or less if you have emancipated minor status). 
• Enter into legally binding contracts.
• Get married.
• Serve in the military at 18 and be trusted with full auto rifles (real assault rifles), tanks, grenade launchers, etc.

But not responsible enough to-

• Own a rifle, shotgun, or pistol.
• Have a beer.
• Smoke a joint (if legal in your state).

Makes perfect sense.

Of course the Democrats are all for this. Anything for more Dem votes, damn the social cost.

More Of Fast Food's Answer To The "Fight For $15"

The Future

This is becoming a theme on this blog.

Yesterday Wendy's announced they will be rolling out self service ordering kiosks in 1000 stores in the near future. This is clearly a response to the increasing pressure from minimum wage workers for an unrealistic "living wage" of $15 per hour.

If you want my explanation of why this movement by minimum wage workers is ultimately self defeating, check out my previous post on it here: https://shipoffoolsx.blogspot.com/2016/11/why-for-15-is-idiotic-and-self-defeating.html 

These kiosks initially will be placed in addition to fully staffed stores, but it will only be a short time before all of the live cashiers will be replaced with these terminals. There will be perhaps only one person left in the front of the stores to assist the small number of customers who are too stupid to use them.

My prediction is that not too long after these kiosks go mainstream, other methods of automation will be rolled out to handle many of the food preparation tasks in the back of the store as well. I wouldn't be surprised if the average fast food restaurant chain reduces their staff by 50% or more within the next 10 years.

Triumph Mocks PC Culture On Campus

Triumph the insult comic dog takes a piss on political correctness at the University Of New Hampshire.

Hilarious video.

I'm amazed that Robert Smigel (Triumph's puppeteer) got away with this. There must not have been any faculty handlers around to stop it. I'm also amazed all these kids stayed for the full treatment. As you can see, many of theme were clearly not amused.