Armed and Dangerous (Dangerously Inept) while Old and White, Flabby and Crabby - 6

The demographic for gun nuts, as reflected in the NRA membership, is old and white, flabby and crabby.  My impression of a lot of these gun owners is that they are compensating for their lack of physical fitness as well as reflecting a more commonly right wing unreasonable fear and suspicion of the world.  These individuals don't strike me as the optimum candidates to be entrusted with lethal weapons, no matter how often they claim they are safe.  We have far too many incidents which suggests this is a correct assessment, that these people are a disaster, deliberate or accidental just waiting to happen.  There may from time to time be variation in one or more of the characteristics, but overall, it seems a great rule of thumb to identify people we should not be allowing to arm, least of all permitting them to be armed in public, because they are a danger to themselves and to the rest of us.  In that context, any and all 'Shoot First' laws should be repealed, effective immediately.  We do not need these extra homicides or injuries from gun nuts shooting people.  We need to return to the same premise in law that is respected in the rest of the world  (the parts where they don't have only the tiniest fraction of the shootings we have ) of duty to retreat, a premise that it is better to  let law enforcement do whatever shooting needs to be done, and that private individuals should only do so when there is no other alternative - and when they can do so safely without injuring an innocent victim.
Here is the latest:
Man shoots himself and wife -- at gun safety class
The Roanoke Times
April 24, 2012
By Duncan Adams
BEDFORD COUNTY
A firearms safety course went awry in Bedford County on Saturday afternoon when a participant shot himself in the hand with a .45-caliber handgun and the bullet passed through his hand and struck his wife, seated next to him, in the leg.
Shot were Michael L. Deel, 54, and Michelle K. Deel, 49, both of Roanoke. Emergency dispatchers in Bedford County received a call at 12:25 p.m. reporting a shooting on Chapel Woods Drive. The Bedford County Sheriff's Office said county rescue units and deputies responded.
The Deels were attending a firearms safety class being taught and hosted by Thomas Starke, 57, according to the department.
The sheriff's office said Starke told deputies that he had left the room, heard a shot and returned to find the Deels had been shot.
The couple was taken by ambulance to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
The shooting remains under investigation.

Armed While Old and White, Flabby and Crabby 4

One of the testosterone replacement guys

There is a very distinctive NRA demographic, old and white, and grumpy, and well........lets just say old or not so old, they are typically  not aging like the legendary fitness figures the late Jack LaLanne or Charles Atlas or guys like these who model for testosterone replacement therapy (a side note - testosterone levels are often synonymous with baldness):

another hormone replacement old guy

No - HERE is the reality of the NRA loving gun nuts, below:

courtesy of mikeb302000 blog

These people have to have them their guns because they feel inept, impotent, incapable of dealing with a world around them which frightens them disproportionately to any real danger.  It's not like they're going to outrun someone.  They're looking for the proverbial magic bullet to make them powerful.  Except that given their temperamental infirmities, it mostly makes them something else.  In the absence of anyone caring about them one way or the other, much less being important enough to rob or otherwise pay attention to them, we see the usually white and old, flabby and crabby crowd doing things like this, to lash out at the world for their lack of importance; yup, that'll learn 'em!
Seriously - who let Grandpa out in his night shirt, apparently barefoot, with a gun?  And if grandpa can't shoot straight enough to hit something at pretty much point blank range.....maybe it is past due to take away his car keys as well as his ammo and firearm.  Getting grumpy gramps here some happy pills to aid his temperament and judgment doesn't seem amiss either.
from Aol News:
Video: Elderly Man Shoots Unmanned Police Vehicle In Santa Fe, N.M.

Police say only 3 of 5 shots hit from distance of 10 feet

Police officers in Santa Fe, N.M. recently started using unmanned speed-enforcement vehicles to ticket heavy-footed motorists. It hasn't exactly been a popular endeavor.

One disgruntled man took his dissatisfaction to another level in the wee hours of Wednesday, April 11, firing at least five rounds from a handgun at the vehicle, which sustained minor damage.

Video cameras inside the police SUV captured the incident. Upon examination, the tape showed an elderly gentleman with a flowing mane of white hair, wearing what appears to be a nightgown of some sort, approach the vehicle.

As he fires his weapon from approximately 10 feet away, he mutters something inaudible, then gets back into his own vehicle, believed to be an Audi SUV or wagon. Police say only 3 of his 5 shots hit the vehicle.

The victim vehicle, the Santa Fe New Mexican reports, had been left overnight on Bishops Lodge Road, north of downtown, and is out of commission while being repaired.

Many critics have complained about "Big Brother" recording their whereabouts as well as inaccurate tickets with high fees. Police are hoping release of the video results in the assailant's arrest. He'll be on the hook for something more serious than a speeding ticket.