Fighting Back

THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION, which claims four million members and has for a very
long time been considered by american conservatives to be the backbone and soul of american strength, virtue, and prosperity, has quite possibly gone a bit too far this time.

Or maybe its just par for the course for america's hallowed jesus, guns, and money crowd.

The NRA, expected to say something, anything, about the long established american custom of gun violence flavored with the occasional shooting spree, and how to mitigate it a bit, has done so. The NRA believes the solution to gun enhanced violence in  freedom's land is for all the "good" people to own and carry more weapons, to join the national rifle association, and to  perform a few incidental tasks, such as taking more target practice and keeping their handguns cleaner.

A wave of grumbling and outright discontent spread across the amber waves of grain, with conservatives lagging a bit behind, but showing up belatedly, no worse for the wear.

A friend of mine has decided that he and his wife will protect themselves from the  forces of evil by purchasing their own handguns, nine millimeter semi automatics, if i heard the details correctly. Their aim is to do it up right, with formal training and the purchase of  something called a "gunsafe".

I extrapolated that their intent is to lock their pieces in the safe, and to  remove them only when necessary, such as when its time for a lesson, or to fend of violent intruders. I asked what the plan is:
when a terrorist or home intruder threatens or begins burgling or blasting away, does the strategy call for calling time out, turning the key with memorized combination, loading up, then rejoining the fray packing heat? I swear on a stack of bullet proof bibles I cannot recall  my friend's response, but he damned well had one, My loss; do doubt it was a doozy.

You can't just put the hardware under you rpillow; they are somewhat lumpy and inhibit sleep comfort, and might present the danger of doing the job  intended for the bedside alarm clock, but a bit more dramatically.

This scenario is being played out all across the span of our well armed bastion of freely marketed democracy and christian virtue. Gun sales are once again up, up, up, and those who earn their keep teaching other show to defend themselves are moving into the middle class, which is more noticable than ever, because nobody else is.

Grade school children are even starting to head off to class toting bullet proof backpacks. The ever popular phrase "I've got your back" has taken on a whole new meaning.

As always, stay tuned. Chances are things will only get weirder and more enchanting  here in the fun house.