Sunday, August 26, 2012

He he ha ha uh oh

Great sense of humor once again...
As a fat old wargamer used to say : always shoot the guy with the gun first.

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Arms and the Duck
By GAIL COLLINS
Last Updated: Aug. 24, 8:10 PM CDT
The gun lobby fairy tale resurfaces. News flash: It’s only in the movies that people are good shots during a violent encounter.

(Here's her point.)

...Under federal law, you only can use guns with a maximum three-bullet capacity if you’re hunting migratory birds. Even the most completely mindless faction in the National Rifle Association appears willing to give that a pass.

“Hunting’s a different thing,” said Jeff Nass, the president of Wisconsin Force, an N.R.A. affiliate. “The ducks and geese can’t shoot back.” Mass shootings, Nass contended, do not occur because crazy people have access to weapons that allow them to hit a large number of people in seconds. “Mass shootings come into play because nobody’s there defending themselves,” he said. “The solution is self-defense.”

So the guy driving toward the Sikh temple with the high-capacity magazine on his gun was legal until he started shooting. The guy sitting in the duck blind, no. Mull that one over the weekend.

The rest here...
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/25/opinion/collins-arms-and-the-duck.html

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