A hail of bullets and a hearty Hey-ho, Silver!

Police are trained in the use of firearms,
not just in how to shoot, but when and when not to shoot.
Trained, as they are, most of the shots fired by the police
miss their targets. Shootouts with criminals
sends a lot of lead flying around.

Now even members of Congress want to carry firearms.
Some of them may have been trained to shoot a gun,
but it is a good bet that almost none of them
has been trained when and when not to shoot.
We may be quite sure that members of Congress
will not be as accurate, under fire, as the police are,
and most of the shots fired by the police miss their targets.

The bullets come out of the guns,
and the lead goes flying around but,
most of the time, misses the target.

How would you like to attend a rally for your favorite politician
knowing that if some madman with a gun starts firing
that the politician up there, and his staff, are going to start firing back,
in your general direction?

When I was a kid, I had a stack of Zane Gray novels.
I wonder where all those old fantasies went?
Probably to Congress, where they are helping other kids
go through puberty. Standing tall. Talking softly.
There where the fastest gun is keeping law and order.

"Say! Who was that masked man?"

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