Saturday Night Special

My padna is blogging about a POS revolver that he recently obtained. He is offended, and rightfully so, about the elitist attitudes of some of his commenters.

And that, dear friends, is precisely the argument of the elites on the other side of the 2nd Amendment question. I am old enough to remember when the anti-gunners decried the easy availablity of inexpensive revolvers. The Rohm was one of them, the FIE Titan Tiger was another.

I remember the first revolver I bought when I became a cop. I paid $300.00 for it. I still have it and it is still worth $300.00.

However, the poor little ole black lady who lives two houses down from the crack dealer can't afford a $300.00 pistol. She has to make do with what she has, and she certainly has the right to defend herself, her property and her family. So, if she wants a gun, she buys an inexpensive one.

The only problem, is that nowadays, the anti-gunners have made it almost impossible to produce or import an inexpensive revolver. Those same anti-gunners often present themselves as the champions of the downtrodden, the poverty stricken, the ecomomically disadvantaged. Hell, in our nations capitol, a person can't legally own a pistol unless they are willing to jump through some pretty impressive hoops. The poor grandma living in the projects simply can't do it, so she is unarmed, easy prey for anyone who wants to victimize her.

That pisses me off. We need inexpensive firearms if the 2nd Amendment means anything. Those politicos who want to ban them are firmly against the poor people defending themselves.