This is why we cannot have nice things in this country. And by nice things, The Gadfly is referring to a safe society. A sane society. A less fearful society. A society more trusting and humane towards one another. A society with a viable and enduring future . . . . :
Two men heading to Appleton's downtown farmers market with AR-15 rifles slung over their shoulders and handguns in holsters swiftly attracted the attention of police officers last weekend.
Now, they're attracting attention across the Internet, with some gun rights advocates expressing outrage that the pair were held at gunpoint and handcuffed, while others voice frustration at what they consider a foolish and dangerous stunt.http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/rifles-near-appleton-farmers-market-lead-to-police-debate-b9996773z1-223514231.html
Yes - because lord knows, that is the dream of every man, woman and child in America, to be able to stroll through the local Farmer's Market on a lazy Sunday afternoon, checking the skin firmness of the most recent crop of cantaloupe from the neighborhood co-op, the ripeness of old Mrs. Johnson's organic tomatoes, the beauty of the locally grown Azaleas, the Asters and the Peonies.
And oh so less beautiful and tranquil a Sunday stroll in the Farmer's Market would it be without all of the good people strapped with their .357 Magnums and their AR-15 Assault Rifles slung over their shoulders. Right?
Apparently, however, the two gun goons miscalculated in thinking that, like themselves, every American had conveniently and unconcernedly erased the memory of the 20 Sandy Hook Elementary toddlers with their brains and guts splattered all over their classrooms from not too long ago, and that it was just simply NRA business as usual.
They also miscalculated about this:
Milwaukee's police chief ridiculed the pair.
"In a post Aurora-Newtown environment, it's a reckless and irresponsible stunt to strut around in public with an assault-style weapon and think police should assume you're well-intentioned," Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn said Thursday, referring to mass shooting incidents in Colorado and Connecticut.
"It's just absurd," Flynn said. "This has nothing to do with the Second Amendment. These characters and those who support them should be ashamed of themselves."
And this:
"It's taking the Second Amendment a little too far," one officer says.
The officers check the concealed-carry permits and run the serial numbers of the guns. One speaks with a prosecutor — most of the conversation is inaudible because of background noise — and eventually the men are released with their property.
One officer offers this parting comment: "I get what you guys are trying to do. ... But when you grow up a little bit and you're a parent and have kids at an event like this and you see someone walk through with guns strapped to their back, your first inclination is going to be, 'All right, what's this guy up to? Is my child going to be safe?'"
Branstrom, an Appleton truck mechanic, said he gets that argument, but said police just "provoked more fear and panic" the way the rolled up on him and Bauman.
"I'm still kind of shaken," he said. "I was one nervous twitch away from having a bullet put in me," he said.
"I was one nervous twitch away from having a bullet put in me," whined one of the gun goon guys.
It is supremely ironic that whining gun goon guy fails to comprehend the exact circumstances which led him to being a "nervous twitch away" from being some poor beat cop's target range poster. But fate, fickle as it is, saved whining gun goon guy, so that he may publicly flaunt his killing weapons another day, in defense of his very, very small penis.
Now - The Gadfly is pretty certain about one thing though -- that had whining gun goon guy's skin color been several shades darker and had he been wearing a hoodie, whining gun goon guy, instead of going on to sue the police (yes they are considering it - read further in to the article) for doing their fucking job, might instead be lying on a stainless steel gurney at the Appleton morgue, while his equally moronic friends and supporters wail mournfully and wonder what went wrong.
If you have read this far dear reader, you probably realize that The Gadfly is sick of these fucking gun goon guys. Sick and fucking tired of their vanity and their arrogance and their willful idiocy. And let this one thing be completely fucking clear -- The Gadfly is not anti-gun. The Gadfly is anti-stupidity-with-a-gun. Big and very clear goddamn difference.
So -- if someone has a coherent counterpoint as to why it's just peachy to just let any Tom, Dick and Dick walk around in public venues strapped with assault rifles and pistols, please have at it. The Gadfly's comments section is open and you can remain anonymous. Just be wary for what you wish for though. The Gadfly does not suffer fools and their foolishness lightly.
----TFG
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