Got Blacklisted?
Right now, a flock of anti-speech, anti-gun weenies have their panties in a bunch over the fact that the National Rifle Association maintains a
list of high-profile individuals and companies associated with the anti-gun cause. Apparently they’ve just learned this now, even though the list itself has been out there for years. There’s a certain logic to that. After all, gun safety is not rocket science, so anyone too stupid to handle a firearm safely is not very likely to be very good at Internet research, or any other task that requires a room temperature IQ or better.
Anyway, Yahoo! is now reporting that membership on the “blacklist” has become a badge of honor among Hollywood elites. Or maybe only to one Hollywood elite; I’m not sure. The headline proudly announces that:
Americans Flock to Get on NRA Blacklist
Pretty impressive, huh? The only problem is that the story itself identifies only one American - Dustin Hoffman - who actually asked to be put on the list. That makes for a pretty small “flock” in my book; less even than the 30,000 or so who attended the “Million” Mom March. According to the story, Hoffman the one-man flock wrote the following to the NRA:
I was particularly surprised by the omission given my opposition to the loophole that makes it legal for 18- to 20-year-olds to buy handguns at gun shows.
Hoffman has since gotten his wish, and been added to the list of proud opponents of the Bill of Rights. This is good, as it all but guarantees he will not be running for governor in 2006, or at least not as a Republican. But the story does not tell us whether Hoffman the flock was only added to the main list of gun control advocates, or whether he was also added to a second, more specialized list of idiots who think there is a federal law making it legal for 18- to 20-year-old to buy otherwise unlawful handguns at gun shows.
Also missing from the story is any detail as to how anyone other than the flock got added to the list over the years. That’s too bad. I really would like to know what Peenus van Lesbian did to get added to the list.
UPDATE: The NRA maintains a good guys list as well. Adding your name is easy.
October 30th, 2003 at 9:07 pm
I don’t think I’ve ever sliced a vegtable without cutting myself. I have owned and broken 3 laptops by dropping them in the first month. I have never tried a gun for obvious reasons. Yet can do that other stuff.
October 30th, 2003 at 10:42 pm
That’s why I singled out those who are too stupid to handle gun safely. People who can’t/don’t use them for other reason are a different kettle of fish.
Anyway, not to worry. I just checked the list, and you’re not on it.
October 31st, 2003 at 7:44 am
I always thought that after (mumble) years, failure to learn that the thumb shouldn’t be under the knife was a sign of some kind of stupidity.
October 31st, 2003 at 8:37 am
I suppose that’s possible. I was focusing more on the dropped laptops, which I chalked up to general clumsiness rather than a failure to learn about gravity.
BTW, I’ve dropped a laptop too, on one occasion. I’ve also spilled more than my share of drinks and done other embarassingly clumsy things. But I’ve never dropped a gun, and the only AD came when Mrs. Xrlq unexpectedly asked me a question at the range, a split second before I was about to shoot at the target anyway. A scary thought, but really no big deal since the gun was pointed down range.