Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Here it is, your daily WTF?

Well, this is a real puzzler ... straight from Time's blog Swampland this morning and courtesy of Karen Tumulty (whom you can follow, as I do, on Twitter):

So after we've been reading all these stories about record sales of firearms and ammo, and how gun owners are stocking up because they think Barack Obama is going to take away their weapons, the NYT tells us:

WASHINGTON — Advocates of gun rights are poised to win a Congressional victory that eluded them under a Republican president.

To the frustration and discouragement of many Democrats, House and Senate lawmakers and aides say it now appears likely that President Obama will this week sign into law a provision allowing visitors to national parks and refuges to carry loaded and concealed weapons.
What exactly are you thinking, Mr. President? The Second Amendment says nothing about the right to arm bears, y'know ...

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