Francis Wilkinson, Columnist

NRA Decides Good Guys With Guns Are Weirdos

The NRA concludes that walking into Chipotle with your rifle is "weird."

June 2, 2014 at 4:46 PM UTC

Francis Wilkinson is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering US politics and policy. Previously, he was executive editor for the Week and a writer for Rolling Stone.

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"The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," said National Rifle Association chieftain Wayne LaPierre. Unless, apparently, the good guy with a gun is in Texas and obeying the state's open-carry law while hunting down some Mexican food or a cup of joe.

According to a May 30 post on the NRA website, exercising one's rights in such a manner is, well, a little weird.