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Jeff Green
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With all the noise coming from The Senator Who Shall Not Be Named (NY Senator Greg Ball) and
the NRA about threats to gun ownership you'd think that so few Americans
own guns that any laws passed regarding them would make them suddenly
disappear leaving the nation at the mercy of Fijian terrorists hell-bent
on raping our dogs and kicking our women. (Or is that the other way
around? Nevermind.)



In any case, as of 2007 there were 88 guns per 100 residents in the
United States making us the most gun totin', nation on earth by far. We
own more than 1/3 of all guns manufactured in the world and we own more
small arms than any military organization in the world: including our
own. And considering that in Wyoming for example, in which nearly 58% of
households have guns, there must be arsenals worth stashed away clear
across the nation.



So I don't get it. If those NRA guys were as upset about laws that
interfere with personal rights in general such as the War On (some)
Drugs or marriage laws and the like I'd get it. If they were concerned
about Constitutional protections in the 4th Amendment like search and
seizure laws which have gotten so out of hand it's like living in a
totalitarian regime, I'd get it. If they cared with equal verve about
personal privacy in general I'd get it. But when there are 9 guns for
every 10 residents of this country I can only think it's really about
their penises... or lack thereof.
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