A well-timed bit of comedy can sometimes completely destroy an insane idea.
Take for instance, the gun lobby's crazy and misguided agenda to allow hidden and loaded guns to be carried into bars. Well, instead of having a "reasoned" debate over the risks of drunk and armed gun owners in public, this hilarious video from the 'Colbert Report' demonstrates exactly why the gun lobby's plan is completely and utterly ridiculous.
You simply must watch this hilarious video about Tennessee State Senator Doug Jackson's (25th District) plan to allow armed citizens to carry weapons into bars and establishments that serve alcohol.
The best moment is the connection between "guns in bars" and terrorism. We're not kidding -- you have to see this.
Sen. Jackson has clearly failed at basic logic.
On one hand, Sen. Jackson said that although his legislation allowed armed citizens to enter a bar with a loaded and hidden firearm, patrons could not consume any alcohol.
Doug Jackson said that gun owners would obey the law and not drink. Isn't this a double standard?
Doug Jackson, like all the rest of his misguided fellow gun zealots, then turns right around and says that "gun laws" don't work.
Well which is it Senator? Do "gun laws" work, or don't they?
(Also, if you can't drink in a bar with your concealed weapon, then why go into a bar at all?)
Everyone knows that armed gun owners are going to drink if they visit a bar. This is just one more tactic to permit deadly weapons in every possible public space whether it's churches, daycare centers, hospitals, schools, and college campuses.
Second, maybe gun proponents really are this crazy that they actually think guns and alcohol are a good mix.
Let's hope that saner, cooler, and less ideologically motivated voices prevail.
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