I love it. When Virginia Delegate John S. "Jack" Reid (R-Henrico) isn't busy making immigrants' lives miserable and "cracking down" on them in a variety of ways, he's busy with even more pressing matters: shooting up his General Assembly office! Luckily, the bullet hit a bulletproof vest (yep, you can't make this stuff up) that was hanging on the wall in Reid's office, so nobody was hurt. Still, why on earth does Reid feel the need to "regularly [bring] his gun to the legislative session?" Here are a few theories:
1) He's secretly afraid of all those "girly men" liberals in the House of Delegates.
2) He wants to be prepared to defend the Capitol in case a bunch of enraged homosexuals storm the building.
3) He's worried that some day, inevitably, Bob Marshall will "go postal," and he wants to be ready.
4) He would hate to be left out of the action when the anti-immigrant "Minutemen" show up and decide to form a posse.
5) He only got an 83% positive rating from the National Rifle Association in 2005 and he wants to up his score to 100%.
Whatever the reason, Reid ended up apologizing, saying that "everyone has a right to feel safe here." Which is interesting, because I thought the argument made by gun enthusiasts is that more guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens - let alone lawmakers themselves! - actually make people SAFER. Politics is very confusing, isn't it? Anyway, I hope that Del. Reid will stop shooting off his gun at the Capitol building and go back to shooting off his mouth for a change.