"a to the motherfucking k"/: latour on weapons

[David Morris]

John,

I live in New Orleans' French Quarter, but on the edge, Rampart Street, which
borders the Iberville housing project, the 9th Ward, and what was once Congo
Square.  I live amongst an abundance of local color, and I love it!

One of the ongoing public-service campaigns here is geared toward convincing
folks to refrain from shooting their guns up into the sky on New Years Eve. 
The bullets come back down every year hitting and sometimes killing people
looking up at the fireworks.  I've vowed to never go out that Big Night without
an iron skillet held over my head.

As for the sawed-off shotgun, in Louisiana (unless I've been egregiously misled
[Frodeaux?]) there is a legal limit.  All you have to do is go to one of many
gun shops and ask them to so modify your purchase.  And I shit you not that
there are TV adds which feature girls with big cleavage modeling guns and
touting a particular gun shop.

Do you know about those shotgun racks pickup truck have in their rear
windshield?  My thought was to get one of those and mount it on the front side
of my front door.  Then, when I'd stoop-sit (one of my life's purist
pleasures), I'd put a bid sawed-off right behind me within easy reach,
perfectly legal: blaring "Don't Fuck with Me" sign.  (Can you imagine the moths
that flame would attract?)

John, you have no idea how exhilarating it is to be so close to guns.

And you don't even have to be sixteen to legally wield one, unlike a car.

And as for the Akita, they don't yet sell them jap guns here. :)

I will not abandon my stoop (unless there's someone w/ a gun coming at me).

Live Free Or Die!
David Morris


--- John Bailey <johnbonbailey at hotmail.com> wrote:

>My not living in the US always creates a (mostly) pleasant dissonance in
reading this list, as I'm sure a few of the others in a similar sitch here can
attest to, and the English-Murder-Mystery style fascination with Americanisms,
local detail, regional idioms and anecdotes which comes from not REALLY getting
many of the minor reference points mentioned feels far short of any
'pornographies of deduction', unless it be really amateur home video type stuff
(drawing an analogy to a stupid length, so to speak).
But you have no idea how hard it is to relate to Gun Talk!!! It's not just that
it's not a realistic option here, it's barely imaginable. Lock that door, Dave!
Get a security screen! just don't go the vigilante!
I'm pretty sure I should stop here. For everyone's sake

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