Paul Bass:

NRA instructor describes accidentally shooting himself in the foot – the lessons he drew — and why gun control measures threaten citizens’ rights and safety.

Kenny is a 49-year-old licensed National Rifle Association instructor who leads training classes in pistol and rifle use.

Q:

“So then why do you need the rifle if the government’s gonna roll ya?”

Kenny the NRA instructor:

“Because every particular firearm has its own personality. It shoots differently. Some are more accurate. Some shoot, kick light.”

Ahhh, got it! Finally! The reason gun fetishists gotta have a firearm that will be completely ineffective against the heavy artillery and drones that the U.S. government will undoubtedly use on its own citizens IS– fanfare!– because every firearm has its own personality.

At long last, the mystery of irrational fear and obsession with military style weaponry is solved.

Via the New Haven Independent:

NRA instructor Eugene Kenny would have joined his fellow gun-rights supporters at the state Capitol Wednesday—if he hadn’t accidentally shot himself in the foot. [...]

Wearing an NRA hooded sweatshirt, he had his left foot in a cast because he accidentally shot a bullet last week while cleaning his Glock handgun.

Let’s review our lessons, now, class: There are no gun accidents. There is plenty of gun negligence.

Please proceed, Kenny:

“I usually always cock it back and it usually ejects a shell that’s in the chamber. You pull the trigger to release the slide … This time there was a cartridge in there. And BANG! Hit my ankle.”

“There was a cartridge in there,” said NRA Instructor Kenny. No, it wasn’t “in there.” Kenny negligently left it in there, or failed to notice it was in there, but it wasn’t just magically “in there.”

Did I mention that Kenny had $8,000 worth of guns—ten, mostly handguns, plus a rifle– stolen from his apartment? They must have been grabbed by the “bad guys”– who now have the “good guy’s” guns.

Ooo! Ooo! I bet you didn’t know that gun safety laws are adding jobs:

He said while he opposes the package of bills in Hartford on philosophical grounds, they may only help his business because rifle owners and others may need new certification training.

See, gun zealots? There’s always a silver lining.