Want to Overthrow the Government? Buy an AR-15.

See this putz in the picture? He was standing outside the Michigan State Capitol building protesting something or other last year. Why did he have two assault rifles strapped to his chest plus what appears to be a small Ruger LC9 pistol in his right hand? Because in Michigan the law allows him to walk around showing off his guns.

This idiot probably paid at least $1,500 for those three guns. So, he was going to make goddamn sure that he could get his picture taken with all his most sacred possessions and then no doubt stuck the pic on Facebook, or Twitter, or Instagram, or some other social media site which he uses to ‘communicate’ with all his friends.

By the way, I love how the advertisers who inundate my handheld and my laptop celebrate how the internet gives me all kinds of new ways to connect with my family and my friends. In the olden days, I communicated just as easily by dialing a phone number on my landline phone, and during the entire conversation I didn’t see one fucki*g advertisement for organic dog food or a new underarms shaver, or a remedy to reduce the size of my prostate, or anything else.

If I wanted to send a picture around with the favorite thing belonging to me, I had a choice of two: The first and most favorite item was my Marty Marion baseball glove, which I still have, by the way, even…