We cats didn't think we could get any more alarmed about the latest headlines. Guess again.
A firearms company based in South Carolina — which is Number 18 on the list of the top 20 most dangerous gun states, by the way — is selling semi-automatic rifle components engraved with a famous quote from Tea Party darling Joe Wilson.
"You lie."
Okay, we'd like to see Rush Limbaugh, Erick Erickson and the teabaggers worm their way out of this one. This AR-15 lower receiver with its loathsome engraving is nothing less than a threat against the life of the President of the United States. Prove to us, boys, that it isn't.
Does this story just overwhelm you with a sense of awfulness and near-despair? It did us. But here's a small ray of hope. Since we cats have visited the gun company's website and can't find the vile "you lie" rifle component anywhere, we assume that the Secret Service has already done its job.
In the meantime, since we don't hear any protests from Congressman Wilson — who nearly lost a colleague to an assassin's bullet four days ago — we just have one thing to say: If South Carolina wants to secede from the union again, our little cat hearts will not be broken.
UPDATE: We cats just had an unsettling thought. Perhaps the page on the website is down because all the rifle components are sold out.
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