Thursday, 2 July 2009

ARIZONA........DON'T GO THERE

I read in the Times this week, that the Arizona state legislature are about to pass what they call some 'common sense laws' regarding gun control. It may soon be legal to walk into a bar with unconcealed weapons a la Billy the Kid. Now, correct me if I am wrong, but is this not the state where Boothill Cemetary is and where the OK Corral took place (always found that a bit odd, as it it strikes me that not too many people felt OK about that particular Corral)? Is this not also the country that has had three mass murders in the past few months? Twice as many people have been killed on American soil by guns than soldiers serving overseas in the last five years. It strikes me that alchohol and 'peacemakers' probably don't belong in the same building, or am I just being a bit too British.......or a bit too sane. I cannot help feeling that perhaps the time has come to maybe re-write the beloved constitution, you mentalists!!!
PS. Can you imagine if you were permitted to carry guns into a nightclub in Manchester, it would make the Ok Corral look like the National Cotton Bud Flinging Championship