DON'T TREAD ON...wait, that's mine.

It was gun day in the New York Times. The first gun story I read was about people going to town halls packing. Gail Collins, the columnist, thinks that a room full of agitated people would be the last place a loaded gun would be welcome. Where you from, Gail? The gun enthusiasts think different. William Kostric showed up at a town hall with a sidearm. He didn’t have a permit for the gun, but he didn’t need one because it wasn’t concealed. It was in a holster strapped to his leg. He thinks guns are defensive weapons, which makes me wonder what he thinks an offensive weapon is. The funny part of the story is about badass Americans standing up and their guns falling out of wherever they had been crammed and onto the floor. My favorite saying right now is, “Just because you bought a gun, it doesn’t mean you’re Jason Bourne.” I love that these Barney Fifes truly believe in their heart of hearts that they’re ready to take on the Marines if things get hectic. I almost wish it would happen just to see the looks on their faces when the tanks (plural) turned into their cul du sac. I watched the Gunny hit a truck from 25 miles away in an Abrams tank. The main gun fires four shells at once with different trajectories so they all get to the thing that’s about to be dead at the same time. I guess the technology isn’t there yet to unleash more hatred at once. However, I believe in these wannabe Yosemite Sams’ absolute rights to carry whatever they want to carry, which brings me to the other story I saw in the Times today. A 72 year old guy killed two robbers and wounded two others with a shotgun at his place of business in Harlem after the robbers began pistol whipping his employee. His shotgun wasn’t registered. The mayor and district attorney tried to exploit Plaxico Burress shooting himself in the leg with an unregistered gun by guaranteeing prison time. Now they may be stuck because they may have to prosecute the 72 year old for defending his life and the life of his employee or look like they targeted Burress because of his celebrity. It serves them right for being douche bag politicians, but I don’t want to see this old guy get anything other than a parade.