Guns and Gun Nuts

Venus Ramey is Alive & Well, Thank You

“ WHEN A former Miss America was confronted by a thief in her Kentucky barn last week, the plucky 82-year-old knew just how to react. Venus Ramey, whose figure adorned Second World War [sic] B52 bombers, pulled out her .38 calibre handgun, leaned on her walking frame to steady her aim and coolly shot out the tyres of the startled intruder's getaway vehicle. She then held him at gunpoint, flagged down a motorist to raise the alarm and calmly waited until the sheriff arrived. The story was celebrated as an example of the unquenchable American frontier spirit and the inalienable constitutional right to defend hearth and home with firearms. Coming just a few days after South Korean student Cho Seung-Hui used a handgun to slay 32 fellow students and teachers on the campus of Virginia Tech, there can be no clearer example of America's schizophrenia towards gun control. [Tragedy that has Capitol Hill running scared of gun laws] ” The author goes on to say "Because of the stranglehold that the gun lobby holds over Washington's corridors of power, the torpor goes to the very top of American politics."  Schizophrenia? Stranglehold?   It sounds like the reporter Mr. Massie knows who Mr. Hyde is here. Of course he's Euro, so surrendering to bad guys with guns is becoming an ingrained characteristic. Americans are not schizo when it comes to guns. In fact they have made their position so plain that Democrats won't touch it anymore. Here's Chuckles the Clown this morning. That was a Schumer style "Yes, we learned our lesson," by the way. Gun nuts will try to leverage the VT horror, but the Venus Ramey's ain't buying it. They go on living to fight another day. Doug M