The Message
by digby
That billboard was apparently in Tucson until Monday morning and was wisely taken down.
This gun fetish is the real problem. Seriously, it’s time to take a breather with this. Nobody’s going to take anyone’s guns. But they are dangerous weapons and there needs to be a little less waving around of these things.
I was at the drug store earlier today and a couple of guys were in there with guns strapped to their legs. They were speaking very loudly (and calmly, I must say) about their politics and the view that it was unfair to blame the Arizona shooting on gun owners. That’s fine. They have right to say what they want. And I guess they have a right to wear guns to buy aspirin. But let’s just say the combination pretty much ensures that nobody’s going to disagree with them. For some reason that doesn’t strike me as particularly heroic.
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