Newspaper Publishes Map of Texas Gun Owners
January 5th, 2013 - 1:03 pm
Heh.
But the real-world fallout from the New York State Journal News’ insane decision continues to multiply: “Inmates Use Newspaper’s Gun Map to Threaten Guards.”
Presumably, from the point of the view of some of the more zealous members of the Journal News editorial bullpen, it’s two-for, then.
(Via Doug Powers.)
Update: Lest you think the above mapmaker is kidding, “Reminder to Criminals of All Kinds: Just About Everyone in Texas May Own, and in Fact May Be Carrying, a Gun,” Lone Star State resident Bryan Preston writes at the PJ Tatler.
And at least judging from my visits there, all things considered, it really is a remarkably polite state.
More: “How about this map, Journal News? Awesome pic shows map of criminals with guns.”
Here are some other maps the Journal News can publish that are in the ‘public interest’:
• Homes left unlocked and subsequently burgled. (Public interest in ‘attractive nuisances.’)
• Households with AIDS patients. (Public interest in knowing local blood donation heath risks.)
• Households with gay partners. (Public interest in gay marriage support levels.)
• Households with Occupy Wall Street protestors. (Public interest in mopery and dopery.)
• Households affected by new Obama tax hike (Public interest in greedy 1%. See above.)
• Households belonging to both the two above maps. (Public interest in flim flam artists.)
• Households who drive SUVs but are members of Sierra Club, National Wildlife, Green Peace, etc. (Public interest in carbon footprint.)
• Households who access online porn from home computers. (Public interest in potential pool of online child porn users.)
• Household members who have cancelled their Journal News subscriptons since gun map publication. (Public interest in hubris and nemesis.)
We know this is very true, but the surprising thing is you never see guns in Texas. Lived here all my life (60yrs), I know most everyone has a gun of somekind, but they are almost invisible!
Speaks volumes!
What have you got against the barrier islands? No one in Galveston owns a gun?