It’s like living with a six-year old.
So said Steve Martin’s character Lucky Day in the classic, “The Three Amigos”
Over the last week or so, my son (who is almost 4, not 6) has had nightmares where he is being chased by “sharptooths” (tyrannosaurus rex) & “mean wolves” who want to eat him. Last night when I came home, he was excited to show me what he had done to put a stop to this problem. With the help of my wife, he had drawn a sign that said no sharptooths or wolves are allowed in his room, and taped it to his door. Of course, I smiled and thought that was quite cute, but a short time later, I realized that a large number of grown adults do and support the same thing, but with a different “monster.” The anti-gun crowd long ago decided that by placing signs and banners in areas and pronouncing them “gun free zones” or stating that guns aren’t allowed, they can keep evil guns away. What my son did & what the anti-2nd amendment crowd have in common is that the signs share the same level of effectiveness. Where they differ is that when a 3 YO child makes a sign like that, it’s cute, but when a large group of adults do it, it’s just pathetic.