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Wednesday, March 02, 2005

Attention anyone who voted for Bush because you think he's made you safe
Posted by Jill | 6:59 AM

The latest episode of Administration grandstanding about increasing American safety without actually doing anything constructive is its ban of cigarette lighters on airplanes. Now I don't have a problem with this; it seems silly that someone can bring something that can CREATE A FIRE in a high oxygen environment on a plane, though I believe you can still bring matches on board, so I'm not sure what the point is. However, it does create a problem for smokers, and those traveling with smokers, who have now had about an hour tacked onto the amount of time without a fix, which may result in some extreme nastiness occurring on planes on the part of smokers in the throes of a nicotine fit.

Still, it's not a major issue to me, except taken in the context of what remains perfectly legal: .50 caliber sniper rifles, available for purchase over the internet, that anyone, including terrorsts, can purchase. These rifles are capable of shooting armor-piercing bullets for a distance of 200 yards. This is more than enough distance for terrorists to shoot down civilian aircraft during takeoff and landing. Needless to say, gun kooks -- some of Bush's biggest supporters, and the guys with the biggest flags and the most ribbon magnets on their trucks -- are 100% opposed to any kinds of restrictions on this type of firearm, even though this is sort of like protecting your family with a nuclear warhead.
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