So gun safety legislation was killed by the gun lobby again yesterday.  Makes you proud to be an American, doesn’t it?  

I was worried that we’d reached a point where this guy

. . . and this guy

. . . might have to spend an extra five minutes while buying assault weapons.

Fortunately, in their infinite wisdom, 46 senators chose to go against the will of 90% of the American people – for our own good – to make sure that Ted and Alex and every cracked-out, wife-beating felon who wants one can have easy access to whatever firearm he (or she) wants.

God Bless America and the U.S. Senate.  With no thought of campaign financing or re-election, those 46 brave souls made the hard choice to perpetuate the unblemished and unrestrained rule of the Second Amendment.  Well, the relatively unblemished and unrestrained rule of the Second Amendment.  I mean there were the National Firearms Act of 1934 (the one that outlawed fully automatic weapons), the Federal Firearms Act of 1938 (which required gun sellers to record the names and addresses of everyone they sold to), the Gun Control Act of 1968 (which limited who could own a gun and ended shotgun and rifle sales by mail) and the Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act (which outlawed import of armor-piercing ammunition) – but those were the actions of sadly misguided souls who didn’t realize the vital importance of our free access to weapons on demand.  We should probably just repeal all of these laws, too.

I’m looking forward to watching today’s news to see how this band of intrepid protectors of the Constitution explain their votes to America.  Those of us who support gun safety measures – including a majority of the Senate – are obviously not focusing on the really important aspects of the debate – like the fact that laws aren’t effective because criminals don’t obey them.  We just need to have the hard facts explained to us.

Guess it’s easier to reason with the side that isn’t armed.