▲ 278 ▼ 13-year-old boy fatally shot man whose leg was blocking aisle of bus, Denver police say (apnews.com) submitted 2 years ago by originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com to c/news@lemmy.world 156 comments fedilink hide all child comments Denver police have arrested a 13-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting a man whose leg was blocking the aisle on a public bus.
[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Modern countries did that with gas, and you don't see us all driving about in fuel efficient cars instead of tiny-penis truc... Oh wait, as you were permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rustydomino@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) This is a gun thread. But if you’re implying that taxing gas has not stopped Americans from driving big ass trucks, realize that the USA does not nearly tax gas as much as other modern nations and in fact we subsidize it. In most other countries few people drive big ass trucks precisely because it’s so expensive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Amazingly, that was precisely the point I was making. Well spotted, lass permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rustydomino@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) This is a gun thread. But if you’re implying that taxing gas has not stopped Americans from driving big ass trucks, realize that the USA does not nearly tax gas as much as other modern nations and in fact we subsidize it. In most other countries few people drive big ass trucks precisely because it’s so expensive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Amazingly, that was precisely the point I was making. Well spotted, lass permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Amazingly, that was precisely the point I was making. Well spotted, lass permalink fedilink source parent