On a Soap Box #1509

Gun Control: Can I GET Some!?

Ted Nugent has lost it, he's gone through a meadow, over a hill, and absolutely fucking crazy.


I was watching No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain today, and they did a segment with the Nuge. No need to describe it, as it was exactly like every other time he’s been featured on anything in the last 20 years. Lots of guns, lots of testosterone, and all kinds of intense staring from the snake eyes of this beast in a man-suit. I’m pretty sure that in all of his years of pursuing the “beauty of the kill” he has finally snapped.


We should put the Nuge and Gary Busey in a cellar and let them just hash it out. THAT stare-down would be intense. Froth at the mouth intense.









It’s not the Nuge who scares me though*. It’s the ease with which anyone, including completely bent nutbags like him, can get their hands on giant, fuck-clobbering assault weapons. Where is the rationalization, what could you possibly need an automatic rifle for?

Our government’s permissiveness reflects the way some of us in this country choose to live our lives; constantly with our backs against the wall, protecting our fort. When is the next attack going to be? Who’s at the border? When’s the next 9/11? Some people use them as security blankets, but other people are out there, and yeah, they’re killing people. It’s a sad reality, and we facilitate that reality by living the mantra of personal protection is a right.

Hunting for sport, there’s a justification, but that could spiral off into a completely different discussion. Without casting any kind of value judgment on hunting, where is the need for assault weapons? It’s a one-shot, one-kill affair, not spray-painting.

We are a nation of compassionate and mostly rational people, and small pockets of vigilantes, militiamen, gangbangers, and hicks are fucking things up for the lot of us. Our acceptance of a harmonious relationship with deadly weapons may just have something to do with why a good part of the world thinks we’re a country of cops & cowboys. Just a thought.


This is just one in a billion examples of old world habits of the privileged protecting their privilege. That unique sense of entitlement is alive and well today, just look at Uncle Ted!



Check out this video. Apparently he’s also a sexist and a bit of a racist.



* For the record, I AM scared of Ted Nugent. He is 60 and he scares the shit out of me.