Is it Just Me?

Is it just me, or does this sound like the dumbest idea ever?

Apparently, Arizona isn't already wild-west enough. We've got the rattlesnakes and cowboys and even honest-to-goodness Indians Native Americans, but now we're gonna have shoot outs in our saloons.

For the folks trying to sell tourist tickets down at Old Tucson or in Tombstone, that might be a good thing, but for the majority of Arizonans, I just can't see that there's a big market for Saturday night shoot outs.

I still can't figure out why concealed weapons are allowed anywhere. I mean, if you're going to tote a big ol' honkin' gun around with you, shouldn't you have to let people know you have it? Wouldn't you want people to know that you could kill them if they piss you off? I don't see why keeping the gun hidden is important.

And, why is it so important to have guns (hidden or not) at a bar? So you can protect yourself from the other drunken idiot who has a gun? Because we all know that people tend to do dumbass things when they get drunk. And, if they're gonna do dumbass things, we might as well make sure they've got deadly weapons available.

Apparently, according to the gun enthusiasts, the reason carrying guns into bars is important is because criminals are already taking guns into bars and law-abiding citizens need to be able to protect themselves. Pretty solid reasoning there. Taking that a step further, perhaps we should start allowing concealed weapons on airplanes. After all, if the terrorists can do it, we need to be able to protect ourselves.

As Charlton Heston says "out of my cold dead hands..." I'm thinking there'll be plenty of those for us to peel guns out of soon...