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There’s a reason I sat on yesterday’s post for a while.

Writing about my gun was something I’ve toyed with since the beginning of the foolsletter.

I wasn’t ready to release that yet.

Why?

Guys are really controversial.

They are either a yes or a no for people.

From a man who is pretty yes/no about many things, the gun issue is a big ole’ maybe.

They are dangerous. They kill.

And I’m talking about a lousy single shot, break the barrel to reload slow ass dinky little pop gun of a shot gun.

I’m not a fan of having personal access to automatic weapons.

I like my gun but those things? Those are for soldiers. They’re not for the civilian public. Automatic weapons take shit too far.

and this is coming from someone who has been accused in the past of taking shit too far.

Getting clumsy with a gun is terrible.

Getting clumsy with an automatic weapon is an expressway to heartache.

They’re like getting a little clumsy with a woodchipper at a tug of war competition. Never bring a wood chipper to a tug of …