Wednesday, July 25, 2007

the second ammendment poetry contest

No one of my generation probably knows what Burma Shave signs are, but the Champaign County Rifle Association has resurrected this style of progressive highway signs to try to convince the people of Illinois how great guns are. I saw these while traveling across the state this weekend:

tyrants and crooks
love gun control
unarmed victims
are their goal

if a safe society
is what you seek
it won't happen
disarming the meek

when gun control
has us beat
criminals will
own the street

All end with the URL gunssavelife.com, a sentence I consider to be contradictory to the actual purpose of guns - that is, to kill things.

2 comments:

Laura said...

tell your senator
when he runs
ban the criminals
not the guns

Anonymous said...

don't be ridiculous, laura. a gun saves the life of the guy firing it, no?