War, what the hell is it good for?

We lost in Vietnam, but what changed. Did we lose what we were told we would?

We won in Iraq, but what changed. We can barely cross borders in the US, without an ID check. Been to the airport? Do you feel as though you won the war. All the enemy is dead, yet do we have a better life freer, or even, just as free?

That little mouse roared, and we have shackled ourselves to absolutely nothing.

Attendees at an R.K Shows Inc. gun and knife show are met at the door with a bit of unintended irony: The shows are, essentially, gun-free zones.

The policy prohibits loaded guns, loaded magazines and loose ammo, requires that showgoers check guns at the door. And that occasionally raises eyebrows with the typically armed crowd. But Rex Kehrli, owner of R.K. Shows, which put on a recent gun show in Franklin, told The City Paper there’s a good reason for the rule.

“I’m a big believer in concealed carry. But there’s one area that I’m not a big believer in concealed carry and that is at a gun show. We get people coming in there that want to check out a holster for their handgun, that want to maybe show their handgun to a friend, or maybe even trade their handgun. And we simply can’t take the chance on public safety that everybody is going to handle that firearm correctly.”