Daily Archives: May 4, 2009

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Things we don’t discuss

I’ve been subject to some truly absurd lines of conversation over the last few months, some of which are truly troubling.

Yesterday, I was approached by a meek middle-aged sort. He asked me, without preamble, “which handgun calibers will pierce body armor?”

There’s no way I’m answering that, and he seemed a bit miffed when I told him so. Tough. You don’t go asking strangers that kind of thing out of the blue. It’s rude, and it’s dangerous.

Let’s get a couple of things straight. The Revolution is not on our doorstep, and frankly, if you’re asking stupid questions like that, you’re not going to be fighting it anyway.