How can we trust Kerry when his trusted advisors pilfer documents from the National Archives?

Today’s reason: reefer madnees II.

Unsatisfied with the billions of dollars of wasted tax money, and the thousands (tens of thousands?) of lives ruined by draconian marijuana laws, the officials at the National Institutes of Health and at the White House are upping the ante on mary-jane and using some bogus statistics to back their puritanical idealogy.

NPR had a piece today on renewing the assault weapons ban and the fact that several House members avoided CSPAN exposure when the topic was brought up. It seems, for some Congressfolk, that the bulk of their constituents approve of the ban, but the minority of NRA supporters who disapprove wield more power.

We started a rancourous discussion of this topic before, but I think it deserves more bitter in-fighting. I enjoy shooting an automatic weapon as much as the next guy, but I think the ban is a good thing since it has so much potential for widespread death. I would think any ban on weapons that have a high ratio of death/trigger-pull is a good thing. How can NRA supporters (and I mean the more moderate ones) think a ban on assault weapons is bad, but a ban on shoulder-fired missles or small thermonuclear devices is not? What is the thought process on drawing that line?

Altoids mimics my favorite GBA game online with 2 Fast 2 Curious.