Thursday, July 27, 2006

Domestic Enemies

These days, it’s getting harder and harder to make an honest buck selling killing machines.
We showed you what Russian and Venezuelan communists are doing about small arms, so we thought it only fair to show what their domestic counterparts at The New York Press are up to.

Marxists with machine guns are good.

Armed citizens are bad.

Depending on which side you're on, that actually makes a lot of sense.

Tovarisch!

After the firing range, Chavez headed for Izhmash weapons maker, Kalashnikov museum of small-arms weapons and had a personal meeting with Mikhail Kalashnikov, the legendary armourer of Russia. The Kalashnikov sub-machine gun is the banner of Venezuelan armed power, Chavez said after receiving an autobiographical book by Kalashnikov.
Mikhail--did you tell him how you now favor global small arms control?

Oh, it's OK, Hugo gets a pass. He's a commie, too.

We're the Only Ones Scared Straight Enough

Collective gasps were heard Wednesday as gruesome photographs of gunshot victims flashed onto a screen before dozens of teenagers and their parents.

“Y’all look. Don’t look away,” the speaker said. “This is where the fascination of guns gets you”...

Firing a gun creates a vicious cycle of revenge, Davis said, illustrating his point by saying a sibling of a gunshot victim will usually seek to even the score, which can often lead to deaths of those not involved in the initial conflict...

Guns are made to kill, Davis said, so carrying one – even if it’s to have a sense of protection – doesn’t change its purpose.
Yeah, right, Davis. We get it. You're "The Only Ones" and we're not.

Understatement of the Year Award Nominee

She said going into a gunshop with a machete was not the smartest thing for anyone to do.
Don't expect most people to extrapolate a broader principle from this, though...

We're the Only Ones Who Will Huff and Will Puff and Will Blow the Door In Enough

An off-duty police officer fired 11 bullets into his girlfriend's door and was arrested on charges including reckless endangerment, police said.
Maybe her doorbell was broken...?

[Thanks to Jason M]

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