GUN CONTROL AND SOME PERSPECTIVE

Ole’ Bob gets off work and heads for home in the old pickup. On the way home, he rounds a corner and is surprised by two people riding abreast in the bike lane. Being a busy time of day, there is no room for two cars and two bikes, so even though he stomps on the brakes, he still ends up running over a lady on her bike.

The lady survives with a broken bone or two, but as she is a legal analyst for CNN, the civil law suit and the loss of Bob’s truck and his driver’s license is not enough.

Since the lady notes that Bob’s pickup was painted black, had a large push bar on the front and step assists under the doors, she writes a scathing article to the local press, claiming that all Assault Pickups should be banned.

A news editor for the local paper makes sure that the story gets on the AP news wire for Op Eds and Leftist news editors (all news editors are Leftists pretty much) all over the nation pick it up and run it the next cycle. The story gains global momentum and the United Nations includes banning of all assault pickups with their push for other assault weapon banns.

A few weeks later, Ole’ Bob is sitting in the park reading yesterday’s paper and sees his truck up for auction by the Sheriff’s dept. Being an average curious fella, he walks down the street to the Sheriff’s office and asks if it sold. The deputy answered in the affirmative and Bob asks for how much.

The officer answers, “ $42,000. ”

Bob is astonished. “$ 42,000 !? Are we talking about the black 1994 Ford F-150 pickup with the rusted bed?”, Bob asks.

“Well”, says the deputy. “It was actually the black 1994 Ford F-150 Assault pickup with the rusted bed. Those are going for a pretty penny these days.”

EDITOR’s QUERY; Does anyone know where the term “assault rifle” came from?