A cracked post I missed!

Thanks to Oddball,   and the vagaries of RSS feeds I have a cracked article talking about guns that I missed.

It came out in September and for reference was between an article where they admit  the futility and massive damage gun confiscation in the us would cause.

And one where they take gun control advocates to task for doing counterproductive things and  declare that gun control is a lost cause.

This was shortly followed by an article where they actually decided to talk to people who worked at gun shops to get their perspective.

Annnnnd then a two months later they went back to form with an article on why the NRA is bad for gun owners  Including such reasons as the NRA can occasionally defeat a gun ban.

But the article we're talking about, that I missed  was in that brief window when Cracked was at least talking about the problems of implementing gun control,  the counter productive actions of gun control advocates, and the difficulties they have in making their case.


In a somewhat dark article about why the Marvel Universe would be a nightmare to live in...
They mention gun rights.  As #1.  Specifically with regard to self defense.

Yes there is the obligatory, boilerplate opening swipes of "Mass shootings are happening all the time in the US" and "Gun companies profit off of mass shootings"

But after that....    they go onto:

• People would want guns, not for glory of awesomeness... but just to protect their families.  
• (With the unspoken admission that the goverment would not be able to protect everyone)
• That even in the Marvel universe, guns would be pretty effective for self defense against most villains.
• That gun bans would be a political dead letter given that the citizenry would want to defend themselves against the sundry threats.
• Broaches the subject of if people with super-powers would be treated like those with CCW permits.  Including issues of duty to inform.
• Where is the line drawn between super-powers,  innate skill, and gadgets 
• Annd the difficulty the goverment would have on regulating new and weapons technology.

All in all a pretty sober assessment and a fair explanation as to why gun rights people want to have the rights they agitate for.


So, it's interesting to go back to the brief window when Cracked actually questioned the gun control dogma.