Hard to believe. Let's recap:

I start a thread to point out the folly of linking a gun sale with a national holiday. Soon I'm being asked to defend the death penalty and shooting down black kids in the street. So let me restate my position in language that some of the thick people here will understand:

Guns R bad
Bullets R bad
Killing people R bad
Shooting people with your gun R bad
Killing prisoners R bad
NRA R very bad.

Is it clear now?