Yeee-haw!

Finally, the moment Floridians have been waiting for. They can now legally take their guns to work:

"TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Most Florida residents would be allowed to take guns to work under a measure passed by Florida lawmakers on Wednesday.

The bill, allowing workers to keep guns in their cars for self-protection, was approved by the Florida Senate by a vote of 26-13. It now goes to Republican Gov. Charlie Crist to sign into law.

Backed by the National Rifle Association and some labor unions, the so-called "take-your-guns-to-work" measure would prohibit business owners from banning guns kept locked in motor vehicles on their private property.

The measure applies to employees, customers and those invited to the business establishment as long as they have a permit to carry the weapon."

Woohoo! What could possibly go wrong? And what about when an employer has to fire someone? Will the ex-employee fire back?

Gungasms

Lulu at Canadian Cynic reports that racist nutjob Five Feet of Pigshit is foaming at the snout as she prepares for the upcoming Clash Of Civilizations (wherein frumpy middle-aged housewives take on Muslim vacuum cleaner salesmen). Piggie's getting a gun, and getting a little too excited about it, I might add. And not in a good way, if you know what I mean.

As a woman, I think it's a good idea for women to be able to self-defend. But as a responsible gun owner, I'm offended by wannabes who go into drooling paroxysms over deadly weapons and, presumably, the havoc they're capable of wreaking. Anyone who's gripped by such spasms of ecstasy at the sight of a gun would probably be better off with one of these:

"The Gunslinger!"

Talk about offensive! On more levels than I can even begin to address. But that kind of makes it a perfect match for FFoPS, doesn't it?

This is timely

This nitwit was recently suspended from a university after he sent the staff a couple of long, rambling, semi-coherent emails asking them to "reconsider" the ban on concealed weapons, and uh, oh yeah, by the way, doesn't diversity suck and aren't people that are anything other than white Christians a real pain in the ass? Yikes. It's obvious what needed to be done here and the university did it -- suspended his ass pending a psych exam -- but the situation has reheated the gun control debate. This time the focus is on so-called "stand your ground" laws and whether it should be legal to carry concealed weapons in public. I mean, what could possibly go wrong?

By sheerest jolly serendipity and happenstance, we have a news item today that graphically illustrates at least one thing that could go wrong:

"FORT WORTH, Texas - A 47-year-old insurance company worker accidentally fired his gun in his office cubicle, shooting himself in both legs, police said.

The man, whose identity was not released, put his .45-calibre gun into his jacket pocket and then draped the jacket over the back of his chair Tuesday morning, said Lake Worth Police Chief Brett McGuire. The gun discharged as the man settled into his chair."

A .45, no less! Maybe he thought he'd get mugged by a grizzly bear on his way out of Starbucks? Egads. I'm not against guns (I own a couple), but I'm most definitely against guns being packed around by every asshole on the street. The trigger-happy argue that criminals will have guns while the rest of us won't, but that's a chance I'm willing to take rather than accidentally getting my head blown off at the office water cooler.