Don't mess with their guns

There is just too much craziness in the world.

First, apparently the pope would rather have people die from AIDs than use condoms. Maybe he hasn't thought this through, but his policy would seem to prefer for innocent children to die from AIDS than for their fathers to use condoms.

I don't agree, but I can see their logic in opposing anything that destroys an embryo, because they believe that it is a human being.

But, please, tell me what is wrong with condoms? Who is hurt by their use? The only 'logic' I can see to the pope's position is that sex is supposed to be only for married couples for the purpose of making babies. So anything that prevents the negative consequences of having sex in any other situation is bad. You're 17 and get pregnant? Too bad. You're husband is HIV+ and you and your unborn baby will become infected too? Too bad. Those are the consequences of sin.

Condoms, which can prevent both pregnancy and AIDS, are a no-no. So we have unwanted babies and AIDS.

And now the NRA and its craziness.

Both Obama and AG Eric Holder have said they wanted to reintroduce the ban on assault weapons, which expired 5 years ago. This came up in a discussion of the drug-related violence sweeping Mexico and the fact that most of the assault guns come from the U.S. But Mexican officials desperately want us to control the gun traffic going into Mexico.

So the NRA went into action. As reported in Newsweek:

The National Rifle Association quickly sent out "action alerts" to its members. Sixty-five House Democrats signed a letter saying they would oppose any new ban—as did Montana's two Democratic senators, Max Baucus and Jon Tester.

"Senators to Attorney General Holder: Stay Away From Our Guns," read a press release sent out by Baucus's office. In addition, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid both shot down the idea that Congress would take up any new assault weapons ban this year.

This is crazy. Who needs assault weapons? They're designed only for killing people. Hunters don't use them. They aren't what you want to keep in your bedside table to protect you from intruders. They're not even used for suicide. Nobody needs to have an assault gun.

It's crazy, but it's a political reality. Whatever the NRA wants, the NRA gets. Because the NRA spreads an awful lot of money around to politicians, and they can round up an awful lot of people who don't want anybody to mess with their guns.

Ralph