Back in the mid-80’s, I was the Managing Editor of Creative Loafing in Atlanta, Georgia. That’s how liberal the paper used to be. Since then, well, today’s Charlotte version has a word or two to say about the NRA. None of them are what you’d call complimentary. “Today’s NRA is a right-wing juggernaut, probably the second most effective right-wing organization in the world, slightly behind Myanmar’s secret police,” John Grooms CLogs (Creative Loafing blog, geddit?). “Congress members are scared to offend the NRA, which continually ups the ante on how much ‘protection’ gun owners are entitled to. Currently, the group is busy defending the rights of terrorists and the criminally insane to buy guns — I wish I were kidding — and trying to convince Virginia’s legislature to allow people with loaded guns to drink in bars. What’s next — a revival of dueling?” It gets better/worse . . .
