Tuesday, March 15, 2005

Here's a Shocker

U.S. charges 18 in Russian weapons-smuggling plot

NEW YORK (CNN) -- U.S. authorities on Tuesday announced the arrests of more than a dozen men on charges of attempting to smuggle Russian-made military weapons into the United States for sale to terrorists.

Eighteen men of various nationalities were charged by federal prosecutors for attempting to smuggle into the country arms that ranged from shoulder-fired missiles and rocket-propelled grenades, U.S. Attorney David Kelly said at a news conference in New York.


What? No .50-caliber rifles? No semi-automatic rifles? No magic detonating bullets capable of penetrating even the most rotund of Kennedy's?

And, you mean to tell me terrorists could actually acquire these weapons on the black market, foregoing any and all licensing requirements and government-mandated background checks?? Say it isn't so! I'm SHOCKED.

Why, this means that all the sniveling little dipshits like Senator Barrios here, in all likelihood, don't know what the fuck they're talking about. Or worse, that they know exactly what they're talking about, but have no moral qualms about using this blatantly transparent facade of anti-terrorism rhetoric to accomplish their goal of depriving law-abiding Americans of their constitutional right to bear arms.

I mean, why let silly little details like facts and logical thought cloud your thinking when you have hyperbole, lies, and fear-mongering in your corner?