The NRA Goes "Reasonable"  Having written just last week on the
subject of gun control, it's the last topic I'd choose to
address in this week's space.  But the National Rifle
Association (NRA) made me do it. Actually, it was the NRA's
full-page ad in Tuesday's USA Today that unleashed all the
godless, communist-sympathizing, Second Amendment-bashing,
criminal-coddling demons lurking deep within my evil liberal
self. It was just too much.  On a page headlined "SPIKE LEE,
ROSIE O'DONNELL AND THE REST OF THIS COUNTRY'S GUN HATERS NEED
TO READ THIS," the NRA unveiled its bold new theme: "Be
reasonable."  Yes, "be reasonable." That was the message
delivered last week by NRA executive vice president Wayne R.
LaPierre (in testimony before a House subcommittee) and repeated
to the public in the USA Today ad.  The NRA says "be
reasonable." It's Jerry Falwell telling us to loosen up and
party like rock stars. It's Jerry Springer begging for civility.
By my count, LaPierre used the word "reasonable" on 18 separate
occ