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It's NOT Rocket Science
All the president has to do
Is mention gun regulation that COULD work,
And what do we have? Thousands of paranoid
Gun-lovers coming out of the woodwork.
Can they calmly sit down for ONCE
And listen to a viable suggestion
And NOT madly run for their guns
And say the proposal is out of the question?
Ask them in a non-threatening manner
If they seriously recollect
That the president said he was taking their guns
Or anything else to that effect.
Say "Background checks. Listen again:
Background checks. NOT confiscation."
It's almost as though some guys confuse
Gun laws with the threat of castration.
We're talking common sense here, right?
We don't want guns in the wrong hands.
But finding ways to control that has been
As hard as controlling the shifting sands.
Most Americans like the idea
Of background checks, according to polls.
It's just a few paranoid ones
That shoot the plan full of holes.
Why be held hostage by politicians
Held hostage in turn by the NRA?
If we want a safer America,
We must act now and not delay.
(1-9-16)
Is mention gun regulation that COULD work,
And what do we have? Thousands of paranoid
Gun-lovers coming out of the woodwork.
Can they calmly sit down for ONCE
And listen to a viable suggestion
And NOT madly run for their guns
And say the proposal is out of the question?
Ask them in a non-threatening manner
If they seriously recollect
That the president said he was taking their guns
Or anything else to that effect.
Say "Background checks. Listen again:
Background checks. NOT confiscation."
It's almost as though some guys confuse
Gun laws with the threat of castration.
We're talking common sense here, right?
We don't want guns in the wrong hands.
But finding ways to control that has been
As hard as controlling the shifting sands.
Most Americans like the idea
Of background checks, according to polls.
It's just a few paranoid ones
That shoot the plan full of holes.
Why be held hostage by politicians
Held hostage in turn by the NRA?
If we want a safer America,
We must act now and not delay.
(1-9-16)
