[Newspoetry] interview with a gun

[Joe Futrelle]

NP: We're speaking today with a gun.  Gun, do you feel that the second
amendment grants individual Americans the right to own firearms, or do
you agree with a more limited interpretation which holds that the
amendment applies only to state-regulated militias?

Gun: Bang.

NP: Although gun violence has been widely publicized in the news media
in the past year, the overall rates of violent crime continue to
drop.  How do guns feel about how they're represented in the news
media?

Gun: Bang.

NP: Guns are a fixture of a number of violent film and television
genres.  Do you feel that these genres represent guns fairly, or do
they misrepresent guns and their concerns?

Gun: Bang.

NP: Finally, debate on gun control has intensifed in the wake of such
tragedies as the Columbine shootings.  Increasingly, citizens are
calling on the government to enact measures to stop the spread of
dangerous and illegal firearms.  How do you personally feel about this
kind of legislation?

Gun: Bang.

NP: Gun, thank you very much for speaking with us today.

Gun: Bang.

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Joe Futrelle
Editor-within-chief,
Newspoetry dot com