Praise God and Pass the Ammo

What about being a conservative means one has to rush out an buy a shotgun before Obama takes office? Nothing, I'd say. But the reports are in of gun sales going through the roof. This is more of the paranoia that I was talking about. There is little reason to believe that Obama's tenure will mean results on gun legislation very different from Clinton's, but there are nuts out there running to the stores to stock up in fear. Yep, that's right -- fear. The idea that Congress is about to pass laws forbidding the purchase of shotguns is so far out there that is scarcely demands notice. What does get my attention is the fact that the other Republicans aren't distancing themselves from these extremists. But where are the Republicans on this issue? Does most McCain supporters think Obama wants to take away our twenty gauge and your twenty-two? I doubt it. I also think these fearful people are afraid that a black man might want to take guns out of their racist hands. Clinton didn't do it but the n*gger will, they "reason." Come on, you freaks, isn't John Kerry a hunter? Aren't lots of Democrats? I think so. And with the power of the NRA, I don't think BB guns to say nothing of assault rifles are about to be outlawed any time soon. It's just more fear-mongering. To think otherwise is to throw all reason out the window. Seriously, let's imagine for a second that these Obama-haters are right. Are you trying to tell me Obama is going to raise his head from the scads of real problems on his plate and attempt to shove legislation through that no one is even considering right now? Even if a politician wanted such a fight he couldn't win it. Where does such irrational fear come from if not Fox News? It is up to the Republican realists to denounce these rumors and fears -- that is, if any of them are left with any sense. I don't believe in secret conspiracies for the most part and I don't believe big blocks of the population can be this duped for very long -- not when the truth is so ready at hand. If they are, it's because lots of people are working hard at hiding the truth and playing into racist fears that have for long plagued America.

twl