Firing Back: Philadelphia Inquirer Offers Snide Editorial, so Here’s my Rebuttal

We all get junk mail, but Leonard Boasberg of the Philadelphia Inquirer made light of it when he received an NRA application and questionnaire. For the record I don’t own a car, as I live in New York City at this point, but I still get offers for car insurance. I also get all sorts of catalogs for things I don’t want. Most of this junk mail I just throw away!

Oh don’t get me wrong. I don’t “recycle” these paper catalogs. I throw them away. Of course I’m being snide and anti-politically correct, and I’m going off topic. But what gets me fired up is that Boasberg notes that he’s a Democrat yet gets junk mail from the RNC. So when he received the NRA package, he made light of it. Good for him. But he goes too far with this point:

“By the way, if I join the NRA (at a special discount of $10 off the regular $35), they’ll send me a special bonus gift: a razor-sharp, rosewood-handle pocket knife.

“A knife? Why not a gun? Maybe just a little gun, like a Beretta?”

I know Leo is trying to be snide, and I get it, but its off topic. In truth it is a stupid question to ask, especially as he tries to “set the record” straight regarding gun violence, and offers all sorts of statistics to back up his argument.

And here is my problem. If you’re going to be all facts and figures and try to make a point, then understand that you shouldn’t make such stupid points in the process such as asking why you can’t get a “little gun.” You lost all credibility with me before you even got started..