November 16, 2004

it's a red state

I own several guns and I like to shoot, but I don't hunt deer. I tried it a couple of times and simply didn't like freezing my ass off in a tree-stand at sunrise while waiting for a deer to walk by, which never happened for me. That crap just ain't my cup of tea.

But it sure IS for a lot of other people. Here in Effingham County, Georgia, the first day of deer season is damn near a religious holiday. Half the local population heads for the woods that day--- some with dogs, some with young'uns, and some all by themselves, but ALL of them with guns. They'll haunt those woods every chance they get until the season's over, too.

I can see how that might present a problem for the Secret Service, if ex-Presidents were wandering around nearby.

The Acxiom building overlooks the library, where President Bush and former presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and Clinton are to speak.

Deer hunting season in Arkansas began last weekend, and overlaps with the dedication, on Thursday, of Clinton's library.

Deer hunters in Arkansas take the sport so seriously that many of them keep their rifles and shotguns and other equipment in their cars, which makes it easier for them to get in a few hours in the woods before or after leaving work.

I am a staunch supporter of Second Amendment rights, but I also have a lick of common sense. If you stick a rifle in your truck where it can be seen when three ex-Presidents and a bunch of other political bigwigs are having an Affair Of Import in the vicinity, you're just asking for trouble.

Use your head here. What would YOU do with somebody like YOU with the rifle, if YOU were in charge of security? You'd rough the shit out of yourself, slap on the cuffs and drag yourself off for some serious questioning, THAT'S what you'd do.

You shoulda had more sense than to bring a rifle anywhere around that place, you dumbass. That's like walking into a BANK with a gun, for crying out loud. People see the gun and they ASSUME that you're up to no good because your behavior is.... inappropriate. People react to inappropriate behavior, and generally, they don't like it. So, DON'T DO THAT SHIT!

Heh. Actually, I believe that it's WONDERFUL that red states have such "issues."

(Link stolen from a rocket scientist. No kidding! She really IS! At least she says she is, and she wouldn't lie to me.)