Take my upvote and gtfo :-)

Also missed opportunity for "gunfire at cemetery, hundreds dead".

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This is awesome, thank you - for both the SPH tipoff and the cardboard trick. Really glad I asked the sub!

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I think you’re right

Am I the only one laughing at how it’s pretty solid penmanship?

What you are describing sounds like a muskrat

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You should probably start parking better

Word. If you live in Montana, you can live in a house built out of guns for all I care. Get them out of philly because we clearly can't handle them.

I guess they took a break from putting up their Nazi stickers to critique your parking

Looks like the corner of Thompson and Amber

I got one on video at the end of January! Was out running on the SRT a bit after sunrise, and saw what looked like a log floating downriver but it had a wake lol. It was right in front of that lighthouse thing at the end of boathouse row, where the statue used to be, prob like 10ft from shore. Headed downriver probably to that little island thing in between boathouse row and the dam

Haven't seen it posted yet, but South Philly High School has a big pile of wood chips that you can just take. Go on a Saturday between 9a-12p (I think?) and someone should be at the garden on the Jackson st. side, but pretty sure they don't mind if you just take it.

Bonus: if you weren't aware, and are tired of constantly weeding your tree pit put a layer of cardboard down around the whole thing before putting your mulch/wood chips. Allows water to get through and will eventually compost, but prevents weeds from getting sun and growing up.

And yet, this happens. Hundreds of times a week, it seems*, someone is shot in Pennsylvania by a handgun. Usually, it is a handgun.

What do you think should be done about it?

* according to the CDC, about 1,600+ a year are murdered and 3,000+ are wounded. That includes suicide.

>being able to buy guns like cheeseburgers

Weird, I don't ever remember Burger King asking me to provide ID, then filling out multiple pages of forms with personal information, employment info, a series of questions with complex wording that all carry a felony for answering falsely, and getting a PA State Police-run background check to buy a cheeseburger.

>just because the last transaction in the chain was the dude getting the gun from his brother.

It is illegal in PA to:

• Transfer a handgun without a background check unless to a parent/offspring or spouse.
• Provide a firearm to someone who is a prohibited person.
• Purchase a handgun with the intent to sell it to someone else (straw sale).
• Receive, possess, and/or carry a handgun if you are a prohibited person.

This scenario would already be illegal.

>Don't worry about reporting your stolen gun, or having any criminal responsibility for leaving your gun on your front porch with your 10 friends who all have felonies -- someone would need to prove you somehow have culpability in the crime for you to face literally any repercussions.

Leaving a firearm on the front porch with even one convicted felon would be a crime by itself. But yes, there is a burden of proof for everything in this country, that's how our legal system works, and would be the same for any crime committed.

>The courts will actually go after you harder if your car is stolen and the person gets parking tickets than if your gun is stolen and used in a violent crime.

This is simply not true. If Person A has a legally-purchased firearm stolen, and that firearm is used in a crime and found after the fact, the ATF will run a trace to determine who it was last sold to. And they will show up at Person A's door asking about it. If Person A doesn't have proof showing the firearm was stolen, they can absolutely be investigated for involvement in the crime. And even if they did report it as stolen, they may still be investigated for straw selling, depending on the situation. Just saying "it was stolen" when the ATF shows up is not some kind of get-out-of-jail-free card.

Similarly, if Person B's car is stolen and the thief gets tickets or runs somebody over, Person B would have to prove that it wasn't them driving to avoid facing charges, and a police report or other documentation of the theft would be one way to do that.

I posted a picture down in the comments somewhere. I pulled into the spot behind a large car when I got home yesterday, and there was more than enough room for someone to park behind me. 🤷‍♀️

That's kind of where the restriction of availability comes into play. We have simply too many guns floating around and, as u/Complete-Matter-3130, it was purchased legally somewhere along the chain.

The looseness of firearms is an argument for gun registration and stricter transaction laws.

They do. I just bought some mulch for $14 this past weekend.

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If that’s the case the note is now 100 times funnier to me.

I mean…how bad was your park job, though?

I’m serious. I can’t do Miami tho bc I’m going to Kentucky derby that weekend

Ohh ok yah this is my guess then - people left and it resulted in you looking like you just chose a random ass spot on the block. Doesn't really justify the note but hey, notes are a good way for people to get some anger out of their system LOL