And archaeology is from the Greek Archae meaning to dig; and ology meaning stuff up.

Surveys indicate that gun ownership is not spread evenly across U.S. households. In fact, chances are that a substantial proportion of U.S. gun owners have more than one weapon, so it’s quite possible that fewer than 200 million Americans own those 260 million guns. That means there may be more than 100 million citizens left unprotected against their gun-owning fellow citizens.

Surely everyone can agree that this is an outrage. Moreover, it is an outrage that Congress can easily fix, without months of committee meetings, town halls or tea parties. All that is required is a bipartisan, pro-constitutional bill to extend the Second Amendment’s protection of gun ownership to all Americans, whether they like it or not.

Under such legislation — let’s call it the Gun Insurance Act of 2009 — every American would be required to buy some kind of gun. Those who cannot afford even the simplest weapon — say, those whose 2009 annual income is less than twice the federal poverty level — could be issued $500 vouchers that would be valid only at gun shops or gun shows, and would have to be used before the 2010 Census.

You non-gun-owning people aren’t doing your part so the Feds should make you.

Via Tom. In other news, The Onion seems funny again.

a Vermont state legislator recently introduced a bill requiring all unarmed Vermont citizens to pay $500 for the privilege of not owning a gun.

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Under the bill, adults who choose not to own a weapon would be required to register their name, address, Social Security number, and driver’s license number with the state. Those of military age, with the exception of police and members of the armed forces, would be required to pay the $500 fine.

At first, I thought this can’t be serious until I read the VT constitution:

That every member of society hath a right to be protected in the enjoyment of life, liberty, and property, and therefore is bound to contribute the member’s proportion towards the expense of that protection, and yield personal service, when necessary, or an equivalent thereto, but no part of any person’s property can be justly taken, or applied to public uses, without the person’s own consent, or that of the Representative Body, nor can any person who is conscientiously scrupulous of bearing arms, be justly compelled thereto, if such person will pay such equivalent; nor are the people bound by any law but such as they have in like manner assented to, for their common good: and previous to any law being made to raise a tax, the purpose for which it is to be raised ought to appear evident to the Legislature to be of more service to community than the money would be if not collected.

Update: Seems it’s an old item from years ago. Still, pretty funny.

He who spends time passing trivial legislation may find himself out of time to read healthcare bill

Well played, sir. Well played.

obamu: (v.) To ignore inexpedient and inconvenient facts or realities, think “Yes we can, Yes we can,” and proceed with optimism using those facts as an inspiration (literally, as fuel).

Via MKS.

I haven’t seen boob support like this since the media lifted Obama up onto its shoulders and carried him across the finish line last November.

In other news, it marks the first time I’ve seen anything interesting by her.

This year, my kids are going to be a dalmatian and a dragon.

Also, a whopping five out of five dentists agree he’s good at removing tooth decay.

And he holds 12 times his weight in liquid.

Update: Being told he is in the running for the Heisman. And now comes with bacon and in low-fat versions.

Via Tam.

Too many Americans still haven’t figured the term “assault weapon” means “a regular rifle that looks cool”.

Thanks to Jack for letting me know.

Meanwhile, good for Barack Obama: The president does not believe that the criticism… is based on the color of his skin

Via guav

And the truck stop thing is stereotyping, which is wrong, except when it’s about white Southerners when they vote for Republicans.

Update: Apparently, that was the result of a hack. See comments. Ok, then.

Retention holsters- don’t.

And:

Rails on a gun are like a clean shirt: they attract the oddest things.

Heh.

From Stuff

An animated image would be better.

From Political

For those not local, the post is about a girl who ended a local politicos career by blackmailing him about their sex life.

L.A. guns to be crushed today, turned into steel rebar

That song wasn’t that bad.

BTW, on the radio there was a poll this morning about the birther issue. When I last listened, it was about 3:2 that he was not a citizen. Seriously. The poll on line is even money.

Funnier still, are the comments in that thread. Oy

Apparently, the planets are aligned and there’s sunspots. And today, after lunch, it will be 12:34:56 7/8/9. That, apparently, makes it ripe for the end of the world. At least, that’s what the internets tell me. So, panic.

Today is the day when real Americans light off fireworks (or, in many states, watch the government light off fireworks for them) to celebrate conscription and income taxes, zoning laws and the FDA! Two-flush toilets and government-mandated florescent light bulbs! Seat belt laws and helmet mandates!

More where that came from. Read it all.

I am SO going to scold my dead grandparents for continuing to vote for him.

Take out guns and I’d think the writer was talking about the Obama administration.

Timmy Turner: You mean, you’d let an unsupervised minor go on dangerous missions without worrying about his safety

Adult (handing him a gun): not without a really dangerous weapon.

Heh.

A .25 ACP is nice to have when you can’t carry a gun.

CoolRestaurantsTennessee:

The purpose of this blog is simple: we are offering access to a list of restaurants in Tennessee that people who pee their pants at even the very thought of guns are planning to patronize.

Heh.

From Gun Porn

And a caption: The buttstock not only folds, but also collapses (with six lengths available). Also note the two-position cheekrest, which can be raised for use with optics.

They should also mention it makes a really cool boot.

It appears that the AR-15 is kind of the gun-dweeb’s version of Linux: All kinds of modifications can be made to it, but most of them make about as much sense as tying your dick to a roller skate. The AR-15 also happens to be a semi-automatic rifle, which, by the way, is what we invented specifically so we wouldn’t have to use crossbows any more.

As a gun dweeb, I concur.