I Won't Show You Mine, If You Show Me Yours

A downside of open carry:  when advertising doesn't pay.

A Gresham, OR man openly carrying his newly-purchased semi-automatic handgun was walking down the street talking to his cousin when another guy approached, asking to bum a cigarette.  After briefly chatting, the cigarette-bummer pulled out a concealed handgun and said, "I like your gun, give it to me." He then ran off with the cigarette and his new "acquisition."

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Bill Maher has a New Rule for the Open Carry crowd:  get a room.  Also he asks,

"What possible reason could a person have for bringing a semi-automatic weapon into Home Depot?  You're there to buy a toilet seat.  I doubt you will meet armed resistance."

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In guns everywhere news, there's this story today about the death of a 6 year old playing with a loaded handgun in Texas, and another today about an 8 year old in Indiana fatally shooting himself.  The guns were left unlocked by the parents.  And, seven people shot in a bar in Ohio, where it's legal to bring your Glock (thanks, Republicans!).

Then there's Wayne "Craziest Man on Earth" Lapierre of the NRA, mocking the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, and suggesting that "force" is the only answer (as long as someone else does the fighting) whether a tyrant, terrorist or your garden variety kid-with-a-hoodie.  Any guesses on how many of the 276 kidnapped girls would have been immediately shot if General Lapierre had gone in with guns blazing?

Last but not least, there's the report that thousands of dollars worth of ammunition was distributed to "mentally unbalanced" loons hanging around Nevada deadbeat rancher/racist Cliven "Hoof" Bundy's hellhole ranch, waiting to start trouble.

(cartoon: Tom Tomorrow, via DailyKos)