{"id":186042,"date":"2014-06-02T22:44:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T03:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2014\/06\/02\/how-much-of-a-ftard-gun-fondler-do-you-have-to-be-to-have-the-nra-call-you-a-ftard-gun-fondler\/"},"modified":"2014-06-02T22:44:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-03T03:44:00","slug":"how-much-of-a-ftard-gun-fondler-do-you-have-to-be-to-have-the-nra-call-you-a-ftard-gun-fondler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2014\/06\/02\/how-much-of-a-ftard-gun-fondler-do-you-have-to-be-to-have-the-nra-call-you-a-ftard-gun-fondler\/","title":{"rendered":"How Much of a F%$#tard Gun Fondler do You Have to Be to Have the NRA Call You a F%$#tard Gun Fondler?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i990.photobucket.com\/albums\/af27\/msaroff\/what-every-henchman-must-think-meme_zps6e477435.jpg\" rel=\"lytebox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i990.photobucket.com\/albums\/af27\/msaroff\/what-every-henchman-must-think-meme_zps6e477435.jpg\" style=\"cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;\" width=\"325\" \/><\/a>Well, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/rs\/2014\/06\/02\/nra-slams-downright-scary-open-carry-texas-gun-lovers-they-crossed-the-line\/\">now we know<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: blue;\">The nation\u2019s staunchest defender of the Second Amendment has told gun  activists in Texas who insist on carrying assault-style rifles in  public places to knock it off. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"color: blue;\">In a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nraila.org\/news-issues\/articles\/2014\/5\/good-citizens-and-good-neighbors-the-gun-owners-role.aspx\">statement<\/a>  issued late last week, the National Rifle Association (NRA) called out  so-called \u201copen carry\u201d groups in Texas that have been frightening  restaurant customers and motorists by approaching them while carrying  AK-47s and AR-15s. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"color: blue;\">The NRA applauded Texas for a \u201crobust gun culture,\u201d but noted that a  number of activists had \u201ccrossed the line from enthusiasm to downright  foolishness.\u201d<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\">\u201cNow we love AR-15s and AKs as much as anybody, and we know that  these sorts of semiautomatic carbines are among the most popular,  fastest selling firearms in America today,\u201d the statement said. \u201cTexas,  independent-minded and liberty-loving place that it is, doesn\u2019t ban the  carrying of loaded long guns in public, nor does it require a permit for  this activity.  Yet some so-called firearm advocates seem determined to  change this.\u201d<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"color: blue;\">\u201c[I]t is a rare sight to see someone sidle up next to you in line for  lunch with a 7.62 rifle slung across his chest, much less a whole  gaggle of folks descending on the same public venue with similar arms,\u201d  the NRA continued. \u201cLet\u2019s not mince words, not only is it rare, it\u2019s  downright weird and certainly not a practical way to go normally about  your business while being prepared to defend yourself. To those who are  not acquainted with the dubious practice of using public displays of  firearms as a means to draw attention to oneself or one\u2019s cause, it can  be downright <i>scary<\/i>.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(<i>emphasis original<\/i>)<\/p>\n<p>Seriously, this like that classic moment in Iron Man 3, when one of the henchmen says, &#8220;&#8221;Honesty, I hate working here they are so weird!&#8221; and runs away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, now we know: The nation\u2019s staunchest defender of the Second Amendment has told gun activists in Texas who insist on carrying assault-style rifles in public places to knock it off. In a statement issued late last week, the National Rifle Association (NRA) called out so-called \u201copen carry\u201d groups in Texas that have been frightening &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1055,1019,982,1126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gun-laws","category-schadenfreude","category-stupid","category-weapons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186042"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186042\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}