Holy Moly, Breaking all the Rules
Brian Kemp is running for Governor of Georgia. Since they wouldn’t let him kill something on teevee for a political ad, he did the next best thing.
I grew up in a household that owned a shotgun. We lived in a rural area and you’ll notice that I said “a” shotgun, not an armory like Brian Kemp has. I mean, it never entered our minds that we’ll have to fight a war against Armenia all on our own. I think probably ole Brian worries about that a lot.
When time came for me to learn how to use the shotgun, my daddy told me the Number One Rule: you never point a shotgun at someone unless you’re fixing to pull the trigger.
I wish he’d have taught Brian that before Brian wants all of Georgia to begin pointing shotguns at people as a joke.
Damn fool.
Kemp makes Tea Party types look like flaming liberals. He and Casey Cagle are pretty much the front runners in the governor’s race, and they’re about as stable, responsible, and intelligent as Trump. But let’s face it: in states this red, a sane, honest candidate stands little chance of ever being elected.
1The last sane governor my home state had was Roy Barnes. I don’t think much of the current Guv there – he tried to get me fired once because he didn’t like my opinions on women’s rights. That says it all, I believe.
2way back in the day, I took the NRA gun safety class (long before it went batshit crazy), the first two things I was taught were:
1. never point a gun at anything you don’t intend to shoot, whether you think the gun is unloaded or not.
2. never assume the gun is unloaded, always check it first.
how quaint that seems now.
3So sorry for Kemp’s “shortcomings”, but why advertise them by hiding behind all the guns? He must feel so impotent without them. Not a good look for a governor. Why not a Corvette or
4a set of clubs? They would amply cover his vulnerabilities, without making him look afraid of sudden attack, as he does in this pic.
OK. I just came back from the dentist so I’m not the happy camper I was yesterday. Look, Kemp has a sub-single digit IQ. The pix say it all. I will bet you my dentures that one of these days while is holding a loaded gun like that, he completely forgets about it and uses it as a toothpick to clean his teeth. Need I say more?
5Did Brian Kemp imply his daughter requires a shotgun wedding in that commercial? Then why not make it a twofer, and highlight how pro-life he is at the same time. Son.
6I don’t blame the consultants and candidates behind this ad, and others like it. They want to find out just how stupid their targeted voters are.
7@cpinva
c 1959 my sainted father lectured these rules related to the fam’s firearms:
1. All guns are always loaded.
2. Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy.
3. Golden Rule: Keep your finger off the trigger till your sights are on the target. This prevents pre-mature discharges. So to speak.
4. Positively identify your target, and what is behind it.
As a teen, I compared memories with my sainted brothers and they confirmed that these rules were burned into their brains as if branded in.
As an adult I found these same rules prominently displayed at a handgunner’s course I took in the 1970s in Arizona, instructed by a former Marine officer of roughly the same vintage as my sainted father. Apparently at some point in the 1940s or 1950s these rules passed through the body and mind of Marines tasked with teaching younger Marines marksmanship.
Along with these rules I add “Your number one option for personal security is a lifelong commitment to avoidance, deterrence, and de-escalation.”
8I hate guns, won’t have one in the house unless Maryland doesn’t pass a Death With Dignity law and I need one for that, only shot a gun at a target once and that was under protest, and I STILL know the rules that Micr listed. How come all these jackwagons with their stupid anti-government arsenals don’t know those rules? And how come they’re allowed to buy guns without proving they know those rules?
9Awful! He’s nuts.
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