Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for June 14, 2016

I believe having armed drones is protected by the second amendment.

I’ll take one. I have only one neighbor that I wish was gone. Better give me two packs of the missiles, It’s a big two story house.

Just when you thought HOAs weren’t scary enough…

It seems to me that Goat is OVERestimating people.

It’s “to bear Arms”?!?

Damn! Now I have to convince the Grizzlys to hand over the rifles…

I’d like to order a dozen, please.

Goat is such an idealist! If he were to look at the length of that line of folks eager to buy Rat’s drones, he might, just maybe, realize that the answer to his rhetorical question in panel 3 is “a lot of people; maybe even most” (with a side order of missiles, of course)!

My neighbor started renting his house out, listed on AirBnb. I’ll take one drone, and it won’t be an Amazon delivery.

In my booth I would sell various devices to shoot drones out of the sky ! that way rat makes money and I would make money !…………….Then rat and myself will set up a drone repair shop !

Where’s a good SAM when you need one?

Everybody screams and rants about their RIGHTS but they all whisper about their RESPONSIBILITIES.

I got two toy drones for ChrIstmas, and then my brother got two…looks like my relatives hit up Rat’s sale.

It would be a big seller. There are many people who feel insecure unless they have the ability to kill others.

Happy Flag Day, everyone.

Isn’t ANYONE gonna ask how Rat got drones from the PENTAGON?!

Give them all Hellfires. What could go wrong!

Agree with the amendment or not, I know I can’t change it. So, instead, let’s enforce it…. no weapons of any kind unless you can produce your militia membership ID…. And, as it has to be regulated, you must attend all training events and meetings.

@packratjohn — the point was to be able to FORM a “well-regulated militia” to protect yourself, your family and your neighbors from the threat of an unjust, overbearing government — which the colonists had just fought and beat. That’s why they knew it was important to keep the right to bear arms and NOT cede that right to the government.

As for the grammatical correctness of the Constitution: legalese is its own language. It’s not meant to be readable. Read a lot of it and it just “drones” on and on.

Instead of attacking your neighbors with remote control helicopters, how about capturing some bees and attacking them with real drones? Or put the bees inside the helicopters to get drones to the power of two?

The 2nd Amendment is written appropriately and grammatically correct. The Bill of Rights was not written by one or two people. Its final form was approved by a group of mostly well-educated men. Any apparent illiteracy comes from a 21st-century lack of understanding of 18th-century form.

Today’s background music by Bruce Cockburn – sing along now ♫ I would not hesitate ♫

I’ll take one, please. Or, if you have one that will just make them move but leave the house, that would be better.

Now, why do I think all these folks are Rat’s own neighbors?

As others have said, our founding fathers were extraordinarily well educated, and educated far beyond most people today. If a new Constitutional convention were called today, the chances that it would produce a working government that would survive over 200 years are virtually nil. What they accomplished is extraordinary, and quite rare in all of human history.

To start a war, whereupon drone missiles shall rain fire and destruction upon my head from all directions:*Considering that the 2nd Amendment is absolute, and is now being used to curtail the 1st Amendment (which are greater rights), why doesn’t somebody just repeal that 2nd one and enact a different Amendment more realistic for today’s society? (I know, drones hovering overhead already. You guys are fast!)

Pushing my way to the front of THAT line!

Lefty: 2nd is for keeping and arming bears…

Serious comment:

I don’t believe that the Founding Fathers were foolish enough to want the village idiot to have unrestricted access to muskets, pistols, and other dangerous weapons. Amendment II was only meant for the protection of state militias.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Non-serious comment:

Can I have a drone with a machine gun attached? I’ve got some neighbors I really hate…

I have a coupon to level Mar-a-Lago.

Sounds pretty accurate to actuality. The real irony to the drone debate is the number of people who are against governmental and private drones who go out and get a drone so they can spy on their neighbors to make sure their not spying on them with a drone. I’m not making this up, I have seen articles mentioning it over the last year and I’ve seen hundreds of comments from folks who have said they would do so.

I think it’s clever how Stephan drew small people in the distance. Because I’m a terrible drawer, I find anything like that fascinating.

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Mr. President, well, regulate this militia!

Gun owners who are neighbors should all know each other well, and keep track of where all the guns are and who has them. Well, regulate yourself, or somebody else will regulate for you.

Stephan, you REALLY lit a keg with this strip!

Give the Bears back their arms

I like how pastis just kinda offed the fact that he casually bought drone from the pentagon

Put me down for two dozen drones equipped with hellfire missiles, please. I have a coupon for 20% off.

I would like one that can fly for a long time, there are thousands of ugly bad “Cape cod” knockoffs.