This photo has been stuck in my head since I came upon it in last Sunday's New York Times. In it, gun-enthusiast and Cat-Scratch Febriac Ted Nugent treats journalist Jim Zumbo to a wheel on his ax -- a popular semi-automatic weapon known, misleadingly in this case, as a "Black Rifle."
Tempting though it may be to wonder once again, in the aftermath of Virginia Tech, about America's Collective Sanity, this post has nothing whatsoever to do with our hallowed and harrowing Second Amendment rights. It is rather to marvel at the design sense still possessed by the erstwhile Minister of Wango-Tango. In short, what's with the neon pink, tiger-striped cannon? I can appreciate a "Free For All" as much as the next wacko...but pink stripes? What do you call that...Vegas camouflage?
Perhaps it's simply the latest indication that -- with age -- The Great Gonzo is at last at peace. No longer, when in close combat with a grouse or illegal immigrant, does he need to broadcast his own masculinity. And if he's okay with that...I jolly well guess I am too.
Not everyone, after all, can have the biggest almonds on the nut farm...
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