With a level of vehemence and vitriol that was once reserved for strip clubs (I'm in the strip club capital of the world), it seems the crazy has blown up around a new business in Twinsburg OH.
You can read the story at the link (or at numerous other places) so I will not reiterate the insanity therein. But one special quote is of note; “This is a place where people drop off their kids to go to school. It’s a place where you can stop and get a hoagie for lunch. I just don’t think it’s appropriate there.” So says the Mayor Katherine Procop.
It may surprise the Mayor, who appears incredibly ignorant, to know that Ohio is a "shall issue" concealed carry state. That means that a law-abiding citizen with a clean history shall be issued a permit to carry a concealed weapon. She may also be surprised to know that about a third of Ohio residents own firearms. Granted, not all of them will be carrying concealed, but it might just shock her to know how many of those dropping off children or picking up hoagies are carrying firearms. She may not realize what capitalism and free enterprise are all about and how, given supply and demand, if there is no market for such a store in her little slice of heaven, then it will likely be out of business before long. It might also be nice if these "media" outlets talked to someone who might enjoy shopping there. Somehow I doubt these entrepreneurs went to the trouble of getting ready to open this business without at least some evaluation of the market.
Let's be honest - even though it will not help! Gun shops are not like tittie bars, they do not draw a motley crowd of intoxicated patrons hoping to get blow jobs from scraggly dancers in the front seat of their pick-up truck (well, at least not in front of the gun shop) - they are not dens of inequity. BTW, does any one have any data on how prevalent gun crime (or any crime) is at gun stores? Think any one is rushing into a gun shop to commit armed robbery? Does she think folks bring the guns out into the parking lot to try them out, you know, cavort in the streets, popping off a rounds in the air like Egyptians celebrating Mubarek's death (BTW, I know he's not dead yet - but watch what happens when he dies)?
Has this person ever been near a gun shop or held a firearm? Likely not, but I am sure she wonders what that has to do with it.
You know - we try - no, I try - not to become an asshole over things like this, over incredibly stupid people who can't find their ass with both hands but think they know it all. People who get their Depends undergarments all in a wad over foolishness. I would prefer to have logical, data-driven conversation. This blog, hopefully, shows that I am an eclectic thinker, not tied to any one-size-fits-all ideology. It really comes down to rights.
But people like this make it so damned hard, make it impossible. Since when did those who exercise a God-given and constitutionally-protected right become second-class citizens, become evil? And don't take the following picture wrong - I have nothing against Muslims - I have something against terrorists. I have nothing against gun owners, I have something against criminals. But there does seem to be some grand stupidity and inequity in the system, does there not?
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