re: #66 Tigger2

I find it interesting that when the NRA has a convention or one of their board members has a speaking engagement, no guns are allowed. No guns allowed in the halls of Congress either. Hmm. Wonder why that is? Anyone?

I went hiking last week, the one stinking day we didn’t have rain. At a National Park Service property. It’s a little, um, disconcerting to see a group of three men approaching myself, alone, all armed. Because the assholes in Congress decided it’s just damned fine to carry in National Parks now. WTF for? Oh, and as an aside, a lot of these asshats are target practicing on park property and leaving enough crap behind that it’s endangering wildlife.

What about MY rights? What about my right to feel safe and not have to worry about whether the people around me who are armed aren’t either assholes or criminal assholes? Don’t the rights of others stop where mine begin? I really wish I could figure out a way to start a lobby shop just as powerful as the NRA with the exact opposite goals. Because it seems that money and the threat of negative (pardon the expression) targeting of elected officials(via media of all kinds) is the only thing that moves them at ALL. I also wonder how many threats congresscritters get by gun nuts? It would be interesting to know