
Fig. 1: an apt analogy for gun control
Unsurprisingly, there has been some talk recently about whether to ban certain types of firearms. This produced the following comment from a former president of the National Rifle Association:
“And they even admit this is about banning the ugliest guns, it’s about cosmetics and it has nothing to do about how a firearm works,” host Ginny Simone said toward the end of the segment.
“Well, you know, banning people and things because of the way they look went out a long time ago,” Hammer responded. “But here they are again. The color of a gun. The way it looks. It’s just bad politics.”
People and things?
via Balloon Juice.
