Take This USA Today Poll

Should gun makers be protected against lawsuit damages resulting from the illegal use of a firearm?

Don't let the fact that it's currently 92% to 7% in favor of "yes" deter you. Pile it on.

Yeah, it's "nonscientific," but it sure shows which side can mobilize the most people.

Analogy of the Week Award

Sent by an editor I know:

A new category, Analogy of the Week Award, has been added to the Sentence of the Week Award in honor of the following quote:

"The trigger stop on the 87 Target sent to me for testing reminded me of the description of JFK's adrenal glands at autopsy: atrophied to the point of disappearance."

"Black Arrow" Review in GUNS

I guess the September issue of GUNS Magazine must be out. I haven't received my comp copy yet (I think somebody at the Post Office is reading it first), but Vin Suprynowicz writes me about my review of "The Black Arrow":

By the way, I thought the write-up in "Guns" looked great. Thanks for the "how to buy" info.

Though I'm not sure how to deal with one $24 check that arrived here in the handwriting of an apparently very old fellow from Tennessee, made payable to "David Codrea" and itemized "for the Black Book."

For the record, I told him to send me the check so I could sign and return it to him.

"They're Always After Me Lucky Charms"

"THE IRA will destroy its vast arsenal within eight weeks after yesterday’s historic pledge to surrender all its guns.

"Provo godfathers have agreed to get rid of every last weapon, bullet and ounce of explosive by October — bringing to a close 36 years of bloody war with Britain." [More]

Right.

And I believe in these: