Saturday, May 05, 2007

Actual news headline:

NRA opposes bill to stop gun sales to terror suspects

I hate it when the simple facts of a story make my outrage even more redundant than usual. Especially when, as an added bonus, I find myself unexpectedly in agreement with a policy decision that the Bush administration has produced.

But what the hell. You can always count on the NRA for the outrage...

Bless them, they’re so doggoned gung-ho about protecting our Second Amendment rights, they’re even eager to extend them to terror suspects. Why, anything less would be just the first step down the path to jackbooted government thugs coming to kick down doors in the middle of the night and take our guns away.

Better 10 potential Jihadists load up on automatic weapons and cop-killer bullets than one law-abiding hunter isn’t allowed to bust a cap in Bambi’s mom — or Thumper — at a moment’s notice. (Or Big Bird!)

I mean, people: Where are your priorities?! Daddy needs to kill something, and he’s too drunk to handle a knife!

To give you an idea how culturally out-of-touch these gun-nut jackoffs are, it’s not the ACLU or Big Media they’re butting heads with, it’s the goddamned Bush administration. When Sheriff George W. “Shoot First and See Who You’ve Hit Second” Bush thinks any kind of gun control is worth looking at and you oppose that, it could be you’ve found yourself on the other side of the looking glass.

Culturally speaking.

Plus, I think this might be the one time I can think of that this administration didn’t hit its knees and fellate the NRA out of sheer force of habit. Ya gotta give them credit for being consistent in one thing; their War On The Constitution covers every article and amendment.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

The weird thing about this situation, is that I think the NRA has it right!

The Bushies want to deny guns to "terrorists," people they have put on a secret list and who have no ability to challenge that action. This is under the wonderful "Patriot Act."

I don't think ANYONE should be permitted to purchase handguns, and that there should be very, very stringent requirements and tests for those who want to purchase legitimate hunting weapons. But if we are going to let people buy dangerous weapons, we can't deny that privilege to people who have been put on a secret blacklist and who have no ability to get off that list. It would be like telling some people that they are not permitted to have blogs, but refusing to tell them why or giving them any way to web post.

~T

8:31 AM

 
Blogger Fang Bastardson said...

I know. By the end of the post I found myself aligned with the NRA too! Reality has offically jumped the shark.

8:39 AM

 

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