[Malum Prohibitum]

http://www.boiseweekly.com/gyrobase/Con ... d%3A220538

... "(Author's interlude: Should you be confused about what's going on here ... in the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings, there was and continues to be a hue and cry from gun proponents that the tragedy might have been averted if all the 'good guys' were allowed to carry concealed firearms wherever they go. Like many others, I have long suspected these gun people have more issues than a simple loyalty to the Second Amendment lurking about in their psyches--issues I feel are more effectively addressed by satire than the grim statistics. In this fanciful exploration of this peculiar American madness, I have borrowed freely and extensively from the late James Thurber. ...)" ...

 

[Gunstar1]

issues I feel are more effectively addressed by satire than the grim statistics

Could it be that the grim statistics would show your position to be illogical? Maybe the use satire and other stories that "pull at your heart strings' are meant to make you feel one particular way and in an attempt to steer you away from actually thinking in-depth about it?

 

[Malum Prohibitum]

The article is actually pretty funny. :lol:

 

[Malum Prohibitum]

The stewardess sighed, her exquisite bosom heaving. "Be careful, Captain. They have tweezers." Mitny turned and gave her a faint, fleeting smile. "Then it's a good thing that infernal Brady Bill couldn't take this way from me," . . .

:rotfl:

 

[Adam5]

I just read the article. I thought it was hilarious !!!!