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The Undisputed Truth

All I Do Is Bust My Gun


July 01, 2008 | Tags: none

va dude, this one is for you.

 

Well, damn. I wasn’t sure I’d ever see the day, but the Supreme Court ruled that DC’s longstanding gun ban is unconstitutional. Gotta love that something this monumental happens in the heat of the presidential campaigning, but anyway…

This calls for some celebratory music. So, to honor this monumental event, I compiled some of the most gat-tastic tracks I had on my hard drive at the moment. Two guns up! (And yes, dopeboyz, I used some of the tracks you so lovingly provided to the public).

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5924X0D5

“All I do is bust my gun!”

…That may be what critics of the ruling are afraid of. But from one Virginian to…well, the rest of you - worry not. VA is for (gun) lovers, and you don’t see us having that many problems. Well, that is, if you ignore the Virginia Tech incident and the psycho kid who shot up that police station out in the NoVA boonies. And the sniper. But I doubt he got his guns in VA itself, so maybe he doesn’t count. Meanwhile, the laws here in VA are more strict on things like knives and window tints, and ironically I’m much more afraid of getting carved like a Thanksgiving turkey by a random passerby than I ever am of getting shot out here.

Which brings me to my point – DC residents? Stop stressing, strap up, and enjoy your constitutional right. That is, if Fenty really lets it happen. OK, so the ban is unconstitutional, but that doesn’t solve it all. Now the questions are piling up. When can you begin to buy guns? What kind of guns will you be able to buy? To open carry, or to conceal? Semi-automatic? If we allow them to be taxable items, could DC citizens run up in Congress with them and finally use an effective way to get their representation?

…Kidding, of course.

See, in places where guns are outlawed, people still get shot. So obviously something isn’t working. What happens is that the people with bad motives that are determined enough to get their hands on one just turn to the black market, while law-abiding citizens are left without any firepower because they don’t want to catch a charge for copping an illegal firearm. Then you have a situation where the innocent are rendered pretty defenseless against the psychos that hit up the black market. I mean shit, look at TI. If he can get that big of an arsenal on the downlow [||](?), pretty much anyone else can, too. I’d personally like to have the option of having the right to a fair fight by being prepared in case somebody pulls a gun on me. Gun vs. no gun = a hard fight to win. Gun vs. another gun = a pretty fair fight. And after all, isn’t that the basis of the American dream? Everyone has a fair shot at winning?

…or so they say. But that’s another argument for another day.

By the way, I don’t own a gun. Perhaps in the future, but for now I’m just talking shit here. And I by no means endorse shooting things up while you’re listening to that music I gave you. It’s merely mood music, to be enjoyed peacefully. The ambassador is all about the peace. Kind of.

Anyway…DC, it’s about damn time. So start brushing up on your shooting skills, hit up those ranges, and don’t end up looking like this girl:


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