T'other night, I was at the shop waiting to see if CBI would allow me to buy a plinking rifle. At the other end of the shop was an older gentleman with an East European accent, being coached through the registration paperwork... er, excuse me, ATF4473.
"OK, sir," said the clerk, "You need to put down your social security number here..."
"Why you need that?"
"Because the feds won't approve you without it."
Old guy shook his head, sighed, and wrote down the number.
"Now, sir, we need your address here..."
"Why, so the police know where to find me when they decide to take guns?"
"Er, well..."
I wandered down to the fellow, who had a Remington 870 and a Taurus .38 lying on the counter. Hmm, interesting choices...
"Hi, where are you from?"
"Poland."
"You're into defensive guns, I see..."
"Yes, after being robbed twice, I decided that since criminal have gun, I better be armed too. Now I see this crap, where your government knows who I am, and what guns I own, and they decide if I can have them. How could you Americans let this happen?! Chust vait (accent getting heavier as his anger grows), one, two year, you be chust like Roosha and Chermany!"
"Hey, some of us are trying to put them back into their cage. Not enough, unfortunately. Too many gun owners fool themselves into thinking that the problem will go away."
"EEDEOTS! I see what happen when government have all guns and people have none! THEY KILL US!"
Hey, didn't Kofi say that other people don't want us to have guns?
(scratching head in confusion...)
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"The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it."
-- John Hay, 1872
"OK, sir," said the clerk, "You need to put down your social security number here..."
"Why you need that?"
"Because the feds won't approve you without it."
Old guy shook his head, sighed, and wrote down the number.
"Now, sir, we need your address here..."
"Why, so the police know where to find me when they decide to take guns?"
"Er, well..."
I wandered down to the fellow, who had a Remington 870 and a Taurus .38 lying on the counter. Hmm, interesting choices...
"Hi, where are you from?"
"Poland."
"You're into defensive guns, I see..."
"Yes, after being robbed twice, I decided that since criminal have gun, I better be armed too. Now I see this crap, where your government knows who I am, and what guns I own, and they decide if I can have them. How could you Americans let this happen?! Chust vait (accent getting heavier as his anger grows), one, two year, you be chust like Roosha and Chermany!"
"Hey, some of us are trying to put them back into their cage. Not enough, unfortunately. Too many gun owners fool themselves into thinking that the problem will go away."
"EEDEOTS! I see what happen when government have all guns and people have none! THEY KILL US!"
Hey, didn't Kofi say that other people don't want us to have guns?
(scratching head in confusion...)
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"The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it."
-- John Hay, 1872