That the Senate was even voting today on a bill that would allow gun owners to carry a concealed weapon across state lines makes the mind reel, and that it was barely defeated is enough to make you think, “Yeah, sure, waterboarding, makes sense to me. Get me a towel and some water.” The right to carry a concealed weapon seems strange to me on two fronts: the first being that you want the gun concealed. If self-defense is the aim here, wouldn’t it be better to have the guns out in public, where everyone could see who had what firearm? Best defense is a good offense, and all that? The second is the simple cowardice of carrying a hidden gun. If you’re so tough, man up and put the thing on your hip, Doc, where we can see it.
But anyway. The more these sort of issues come around, the more I understand the immutable truth that Eddie Izzard has already addressed them, and unearthed logic such that no one can argue. Here’s Eddie on gun control. (NSFW)