by Rich Grassi

While I could be referring to the current cold temps and overwhelming snow fall as counterpoint to Mr. Gore's "inconvenient prevarication," it's the subject of homicide and attempts thereof in the wake of the Tragedy in Tucson currently under examination. For those lost in the swirl, Pugsley (my name for the idiot shooting suspect in Tucson) took a modern semi-auto pistol and fired in attempt to kill a Member of Congress - a young lady who seemed to be quite personable and smarter than most in that hallowed institution. He succeeded in grievously injuring her and others, while killing a 9-year old child, among others.

I'd say he should burn for that but he appears quite unable to pass M'Naughton (the test for the legal sanity of a defendant in a criminal case). Like Hinckley, Pugsley will likely be institutionalized for the duration or until his birth certificate expires, whichever comes first.

The day of the shooting, the leftist ghouls unmasked and began calls for the old-fashioned remedy that solves all ills: gun control. As our people now have access to other-than-Alphabet-news-services, it's unlikely the mainstream will buy it. Polls show the ghouls whistling in the cemetery, as befits their dour and hateful views.

In the 19th Century, the old cow towns wearied of the drovers, their drinking and indiscriminate gunfire. Meanwhile, the cow towns gleefully provided booze and girls at premium prices as well as places to gamble. They wanted to separate the hard-working cowboy from his stake without having to listen to the shooting or, rarely, having to bury the results. In an effort to stem the tide, the Babs Boxers of the era called for Common Sense Gun Control.

"No one's saying you can't own a gun," the Tombstone script has Virgil Earp saying. "No one's even saying you can't carry a gun! You just can't carry a gun in town!"

Hence, we discovered Paradise on the Frontier. It lasted until a group of peace officers, set on enforcing a city code, a misdemeanor at best, predictably launched an extended gun battle. It's not hard to see, in the modern era, such a decision being charged as manslaughter. The cops of Tombstone were charged with murder, proving that over-doing it isn't a modern invention.

Remember this: "common sense" gun control is, like the 1934 National Firearms Act and the 1968 Gun Control Act, one step toward their eventual goal. They want you disarmed. And, while gun control is okay for you and I, Diane Feinstein will still have a permit to carry. Those in the ruling/elite classes will always be protected - often by people like us. As to the rest of the population? Who cares?

Let your new Congress know that attempts to disarm the people will lead to another new Congress. And if they don't play nice, another. The ballot box has been working real well for us. Work that system until we run the gun control nuts out of government.