My father, an avid consumer of right-wing propaganda, recently started making noises about buying a gun.
I was like "Dad, blah blah on the politics. Probably the only things that will happen are a reinstatement of the assault weapons ban, and maybe a little tighter regulation. You should have one for home defense. If you're really serious about it, I'll help you."
I've lost count of how many times the right-wing screamers got him all worked up about something, then losing interest when they stopped screaming about it
