ExNotes features a bunch of things (motorcycles, guns, watches, reloading, and more).\u00a0 We get way more hits on the gun pieces than we do on anything else, but truth be told, we’re old and we’re not motivated by hits, likes, tweets, or any of the other silliness introduced by the so-called social media platforms.\u00a0 Gresh and I write because we like to write.\u00a0 It’s that simple.\u00a0 Don’t get me wrong:\u00a0 We love it when you click on the pop up ads that appear on the site and in our blogs because that puts money in our pockets.<\/p>\n
On occasion, we’ll hear from some left wing asshole (sorry for the redundancy) with his shorts in a knot when we do a gun blog.\u00a0 Hey, we get it: Some folks hate guns.\u00a0 My advice and response has always been simple:\u00a0 If you don’t like guns, don’t buy one.\u00a0 If you don’t like a gun blog, don’t read it.<\/p>\n
But even a lifelong, died-in-the-wool shooting enthusiast like yours truly feels sick, disgusted, and unspeakably sad at the rash of mass shootings that have become common in the last few years.\u00a0 I knew a guy who lost a daughter in the Virginia Tech shooting.\u00a0 The aftermath is gut-wrenching.\u00a0 I’ve wondered:\u00a0 Should these high capacity weapons be outlawed?\u00a0 Then I remembered…guns that hold large quantities of ammo have been around for over a hundred years, and when I was a kid, we didn’t have these mass shootings.\u00a0 So what’s changed?<\/p>\n
A friend sent this YouTube video to me a few days ago.\u00a0 I can’t remember ever having agreed with Bill Maher on anything (not that he or anyone else needs me to), but I think old Maher nailed it.\u00a0 \u00a0Take a look:<\/p>\n