Why not? It worked for these people (from this thread).
posted by spacewrench at 5:40 PM on November 3, 2004

Is it America's birthday or something? Does it need to be gift wrapped?
posted by DrJohnEvans at 5:48 PM on November 3, 2004

Ha! As usual, poor Mom has to carry everything, with only perfunctory assistance from Dad.
posted by Scoo at 5:51 PM on November 3, 2004

Christ... I really am a foreigner in my own country...
posted by wfrgms at 6:11 PM on November 3, 2004

Equally appreciated the right to choose not to buy a gun or a pack of cigarettes just because somebody in the business of selling them is telling you to do so. Even more appreciated the right to express yourself when you find yet another advertisement wrapped in a flag.
posted by elpapacito at 6:44 PM on November 3, 2004

I already have enough guns.
posted by homunculus at 7:01 PM on November 3, 2004

I have as many guns as I need, but not as many as I want! Har Har.
posted by fungible at 7:15 PM on November 3, 2004

"The shooting sports build friendships, keep families together and offer a lifetime of memories that will be cherished for generations. So go ahead and buy a gun."

Right. I am not sure on this, but I suspect the "the frisbee sports" are equally effective in all those areas, that's not quite enough reason for me.
posted by sycophant at 1:40 AM on November 4, 2004

when are y'all gonna get over that cowboy fascination and grow up. Most of the Indians are dead now, who are you protecting yourself from now? Your shotgun ain't gonna do much good against a 747 - I say, Buy a nuke for America, you know, because you can!
posted by twistedonion at 1:47 AM on November 4, 2004

Support dyslexics, buy a gnu!
posted by chrid at 2:27 AM on November 4, 2004

Christ. Why would I want a gnu? I barely have enough grass for the yak.
posted by lodurr at 4:36 AM on November 4, 2004

I would kinda like to have a nice AK47 with a giant clip or two to use hunting little fluffy bunnies. We're gonna need all the firepower we can handle in our newly minted Jesusland.
posted by nofundy at 4:44 AM on November 4, 2004

I'd like one of these. With a night sight and a suppressor.
posted by alumshubby at 6:41 AM on November 4, 2004

In my brower, the bottom of the cover is cut off (before scrolling), it initially shows just a bearded man with a gun telling me he wants me.
posted by biffa at 7:12 AM on November 4, 2004

Wouldn't it make more sense to buy guns for all those people in poor, benighted nations where they can't buy them for themselves, and export freedom™?
posted by adamrice at 7:49 AM on November 4, 2004

Small caliber guns for target range and (very CAREFULLY regarded) home protection is a good idea in my opinion. I don't get angry or depressed because a neighbor of mine owns a glock 9mm, but I would have a problem if that person had a real arrest record (other than stupid, non violent things).

I personally wish to own a gun and use it to go shooting at a range, because I think that is a fun thing to do. That doesn't make me a bigot or a redneck. If you honestly think people buy guns because cowboys used to you should reconsider your stance on that issue. If you have the discipline to own a gun you should have the right to. I agree a gun is very dangerous in "the wrong hands", but that shouldn't take my right to own one away from me.
posted by Keyser Soze at 12:38 AM on November 5, 2004

If you have the discipline to own a gun you should have the right to.

Why?
posted by biffa at 3:11 AM on November 5, 2004

To all you gun-owning, Kerry-voting Democrats, you know when you talk to a republican and they say "George Bush is a strong leader" or "Gays shouldn't be allowed to marry" or "Bush can protect us" and you wrinkle up your nose and scratch your head and wonder how on earth they can think like that.

That's exactly how some of us Brits feel when we talk to you about guns.

So think about what it would take to to make you give up your guns and this is how you win the next election.
posted by fullerine at 3:21 AM on November 5, 2004