The Self-Thinning Herd

A small-town Michigan city councilperson died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.  Initial reports called it a suicide.  Sad.

But yesterday, officials in St. Joseph, MI released new information.  It was not a suicide.  The council person, Christina Bond, had accidentally shot herself in the head while adjusting the gun in her bra holster!  It just went from sad to stupid, in a funny sort of way.  Who the fuck wears a bra holster?  Especially in a podunk little town like St. Joseph (pop. 8200)?  Why??

Christina Bond never went to college.  She was an ex-Navy M.P.  She worked for a local church.  Her obit said she was an "active member of the Christian Motorcycle Association" (who'da thunk?) and was "on FIRE for the LORD."  (Ouch!)  She competed in female body-building contests and beauty pageants.  (Wacky-town!)  Her Facebook page is half Bible verses and half anti-Obama rant.  After her election to council, she wrote about needing more people to get involved "in taking our country back."  (Yes, she was one of those.)  And she was a Republican, of course.

Ms. Bond was part of the herd of 'Murican idiots who are so uninformed, so afraid and so paranoid that carrying a gun in your brassiere seems like a great idea.  The herd has thinned itself.  Good.