It was the rave scene that killed those poor kids Saturday on Capitol Hill. It was the city's weak All Ages Dance Ordinance. It was the weed they smoked, the beer they drank, the music that drained their heads of reason. It was the parents who didn't keep track. Stop.Nicole Brodeur thinks banning the above is synonymous with "common sense gun-safety measures."
What killed those people was a 28-year-old man named Kyle Huff, who took advantage of American gun laws and packed his pickup with an arsenal of weapons that no person should ever want or need: An assault rifle. A handgun. A shotgun. A machete. Hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
That means Nicole will tolerate no semiautos.
No handguns.
No shotguns.
No machetes.
And no ammunition--at least not "hundreds of rounds" (GASP! That many?)
Besides, why would you "ever want or need" them?
Nicole agrees with Chief Gil Kerlikowske that a 12-gauge is "not for hunting purposes, but for hunting people." (Funny--she didn't ask the chief about that evil semiautomatic service pistol he "lost" that is now out there "on the street"...)
I suppose if Huff had burned the place down, Nicole would want to implement "common sense match-safety measures."
"They were just kids," Nicole laments in righteous indignation.
Two of them were. I have yet to hear those like Nicole asking what the hell grown men in their 20's and 30's were doing partying with 14 and 15-year-old girls instead of protecting them.
Look at Nicole. She looks like she'd be a lot of help in a bind, doesn't she?
Listen to Nicole. She knows best. She's the expert.
Urban newspaper editorialists. Is there anything they don't know?
Hey Nicole: Molon Labe. What I told Sallie goes double for you.