I was a spectator at the starting line of the Boston Marathon this morning. Within the last hour there have been at least two explosions at the finish line, one of which blew up the Marathon Sports store. At least six injuries are being reported by WBZ, and now there are reports of deaths.
This is the NRA’s vision for all of America.
I needed to take a break from blogging, but there are some interesting things going on in the background via e-mail that will probably appear here.
Before disappearing again so I can start working on the taxes, I’d like to say that after listening to this week’s self-servicing blathering by Wayne LaPierre of the National Rifle Association, he has a point about mental health and guns. Because any private citizen who wants to own an assault rifle with a 30- or 100-round ammo clip is nuts.
Twenty five years ago, when the NRA had a public relations campaign featuring some famous people saying “I’m the NRA,” I drew this cartoon for the Comics Buyer’s Guide, with a famous gun enthusiast that the NRA had neglected to include. Elmer J. Fudd.
From what is known so far, Adam Lanza had access to the guns he used in slaughtering a classroom full of children because his mother apparently thought the way that Wayne LaPierre wants everybody to think. The NRA’s position is “you can’t beat us, so join us,” and I resolutely, absolutely refuse to accept that.
I am no relation to Larry Pratt, who began and heads the dangerous extremist group that he calls the Gun Owners of America, but I am sickened and ashamed that he shares my family’s name. Irrational fanatics like Pratt have done everything they can to put guns in the hands of as many people as possible, and now they claim the solution to the carnage they helped cause is to have even more guns in circulation.
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