The Inconvenient Gun Truth

Nobody really wants to offend anybody when discussing the right to bear arms--(especially scary, large people with ammunition!) so they don't like to talk about (although they probably know) the reality:--Gun zealots are not your average Joe suburban neighbor.

Having myself lived in communities with zero guns (except maybe an antique rifle mounted on a wall), to tolerating gun crazed neighbors in Alaska...here is a short list for those that may not know how to spot the difference:

PRETTY SURE THEY DON'T HAVE AN ARSENAL:

College Professors

Tech Geeks

Chemists

Astronauts

New Yorkers

Soccer Moms

Bankers

Surfers

Chefs

Hipsters

PRETTY SURE THEY DO:

Those that wear camo suits to church

Subscribe to the Sarah Palin channel

Post "We don't call 911" signs

Say "git" instead of "get"

Walk around generally paranoid

Stockpilers of everything

Under-employed, angry and missing a tooth

Post the Constitution in their truck window

That said, the crazy part is that my gun yielding, paranoid, toothless friends just can't see the real hoax that has been played on them. As they keep chugging the propaganda juice they are being fed--assuming "gubernment" is responsible for all their problems...they can't see that it was really corporate America that pulled the rug out from under them. In the meantime, in their confusion and paranoia---they will continue to stockpile weapons and do bizarre things like take over visitor centers...