Like Socialism, Gun Control has never worked anywhere it's been tried

see also: Chicago....

so anyway, I can't remember where I saw this today, but you need to watch this.  Fair warning: it's safe for work, but it contains some graphic images that may make you tear up (or get really pissed off).  It's a little over six minutes long describing the aftermath of Australia's gun ban.

IIRC, after the Australian gun ban went into effect, they had a dramatic increase in people being attached with swords.  In the twenty-first century.

A couple of relevant quotes.  First, Robert Heinlein:

"An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life."

And second, a little gem I recently picked up over at Cold Fury:

"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards." – Claire Wolfe, 101 Things to Do 'Til the Revolution

Yeah, that's going to end up on the sidebar soon.

more soon