ANNIE GET YOUR GUN

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Notes of Concern…

                               …Jackson Blair

ANNIE GET YOUR GUN!

(Or Not)

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The controversy over guns continues to ruffle lots of feathers.

First the President channels practically all his energy into gun control changes. He even asks the Vice President to study the matter, set up a committee, and offer advice.

Last week, the “Veep” offered some advice.

He said: “Get a shotgun!” 

Boy, I bet that went over well in the Oval Office.

We have the “Constitution” guys. They are all bent out of shape because George Washington, or was it Thomas Jefferson, said we should all be armed. I know it wasn’t Ben Franklin because he was busy studying turkeys and suggesting legislation to have the turkey declared the national bird.

Then we have the “hunters,” as opposed to the “gatherers.” They know the food supply could tank at any moment and that the only husband worth his salt is the one who is ready to go out and shoot a moose.

After these sorts of center-oriented groups, we get into the fringes a bit. There are a couple of guys out in the West somewhere, probably Montana, who are building an armed camp so as not to be taken by surprise when the Pentagon orders troops into Montana. How they know it will be the Montana rather than, say the Dakotas, I do not know. But they are pretty keen on loading up on weaponry and practicing short order drill and going “camo.”  Somebody should tell them to read about a recent military excursion in Montana called “The Little Bighorn.”  That sure worked out well.

One of the greatest boons to our weak economy of late has been the run on ammo stores. I read that Wal-Mart had to ration out their supplies of bullets. A local gun dealer I know has a nice little store not too far from me. Pretty soon his pals are going call him “Mother Hubbard” because his shelves are most certainly bare.

I am waiting for the National Fire Department Alarm Center (there must be one of those, right?) to send out an alert to all the local fire departments. When ordinary houses go up in flames in the future, the firemen are going to need bulletproof vests because all the stored ammo in everyone’s clothes closets is going to explode in all directions.

I have said before that what the President proposes is simply stronger background checks and a limit of weapons of mass destruction. Well, maybe not the same kind of WMDs George Bush tried to find on the other side of the world, but some pretty heavy-duty stuff.  

That’s it. Full stop. But there are those among us who feel such a move is tantamount to burning down the National Archives.

Actually, I am not at all sure why I would need an Uzi, a tank, or a rocket launcher, but there is a sizeable group of fellas who think they are absolutely going to need all that. These are guys who think when the Pentagon gets finished with Montana, they are sending troops to your house.

Dear readers, this is a tempest in the proverbial teapot.

The president proposes.

The congress disposes.

Even the Democrats in the Senate are not planning to go home and face their constituents after tweaking the constitutional intent with reference to guns.

And the Republicans are not going to do it either.

And it has become clear that Joe Biden isn’t giving up his shotguns or leading the Pentagon forces when they go Montana.

So that leaves the President and Mrs. Obama.

But after seeing that picture of him shooting skeet at Camp David, I am not so certain they are going to lead a real charge either.

For the doubters and nay-sayers, let me close with a little observation.

During prohibition no one, absolutely no one, had any difficulty finding a drink.