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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Certifiably Insane

Gun-nut vigilante George Zimmerman was just pulled over by a patrol officer for speeding . . . in northern Texas.  The officer asked him where he was going, and Zimmerman said, "Oh, nowhere in particular."  The officer noticed that Zimmerman had a gun on the vehicle's seat, and asked him to kindly place the gun in the glovebox.  (Apparently, this satisfies the law in Texas.)  Zimmerman complied and with that, the officer told him to slow down and let him off with a warning.

Let's recap:  The infamous killer of an unarmed teenager is driving too fast, four states away from his home, going nowhere in particular, with a lethal weapon openly displayed in his truck, and this is all somehow just fine and dandy?  No problemo?

It's nuts!  The gun laws in our country are certifiably insane!  The NRA and other gun-nut lobbies are certifiably insane!  The fact that we can't pass a decent background-check law is certifiably insane!  This is not about freedom or constitutionality, it's about the ability to know fuckin' crazy when you see it, and then do something about it.

What the hell's wrong with us?


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