Thursday, July 23, 1998: Avery and the second amendment

[NonsenseWords]

I didn't think bazooka's came in extra-large. Or that they allowed children near the gun-counter unaccompanied by an adult.

I also didn't think you were allowed to smoke in a store.

[Muninn]

I also don't think I have to over-analyse everything to enjoy comics.

And what's a kid going to do? Ask for the smaller chocolate bar or the extra-large one?

[NonsenseWords]

Ask for an uzi.

When I was a little kid, it was uzis that everybody wanted to use.

Bazookas don't come in extra-large, and kids aren't allowed near gun counters; it's not over-analyzing, these are literally the first two things that popped into my head at this comic. (Well, after the gross stereotyping of the guy behind the gun counter, anyhow.)

Besides, bazooka's are a large-shell weapon that you have to be stationary to use. Having one for casual purposes is just silly. You know what Avery should be asking for?

A BAZOOKA VESPA.

[nickspoon]

I didn't think bazooka's came in extra-large. Or that they allowed children near the gun-counter unaccompanied by an adult.

I also didn't think you were allowed to smoke in a store.

This was the '90s. When you could smoke in shops, kids could buy explosive projectile weapons, and men were really men.

[Tom_Radigan]

Illinois has banned pretty much all indoor smoking within the last few years. I don't know how other places are.

And the BB guns of yesteryear were far less potent than modern ones are. Why they are made stronger I cannot imagine.

[osprey]

And what's a kid going to do? Ask for the smaller chocolate bar or the extra-large one?

Do bazookas come in fun size?

[Happy Rutabegas year]

I sure hope so.

[Trance]

Any size bazooka is fun size.

[Arloest]

Any size bazooka is fun size.

True that.

[Cactus Jack]

Avery should have tried buying a child sized rifle from Walmart. They even have pink ones for the girls.

[Doc Sigma]

Avery should have tried buying a child sized rifle from Walmart. They even have pink ones for the girls.

True that.

[Happy Rutabegas year]

I want one of those so badly now.

[Muninn]

Ask for an uzi.

When I was a little kid, it was uzis that everybody wanted to use.

Bazookas don't come in extra-large, and kids aren't allowed near gun counters; it's not over-analyzing, these are literally the first two things that popped into my head at this comic. (Well, after the gross stereotyping of the guy behind the gun counter, anyhow.)

Besides, bazooka's are a large-shell weapon that you have to be stationary to use. Having one for casual purposes is just silly.

Maybe it was uzis in the real world but this is a comic. A kid like Avery who takes things to the extreme (becoming a walking advertisement, dyeing his hair to be like Eminem) is going to go for the "extra-large" option and possibly the one that causes the bigger boom.

The sizes of bazookas are irrelevant. The joke there is that Avery thinks there are extra-large sizes to a weapon that's already large and destructive.

And whether it's for casual purposes or limited to being stationary to use doesn't matter because he wasn't ever going to get to buy it anyway. Not only that, but I doubt he's even aware of finer points like that, since he took a long time to plan this out.

Well, who's over-analysing now?

THESE SHALL BE THE NEW STANDARD WEAPON OF THE IMPERIAL STORMTROOPERS!

[Bocaj Claw]

Me. Clearly this is a thinly veiled metaphor for the advance of fascist authoritarian restrictions on civilian rights in our post-9/11 society. The refusal to sell a perfectly dangerous weapon to a perfectly responsible child represents the nanny state coddling us with tax-free air and laws against punching people just because they didn't use a turn signal before side-swiping you. The bazooka is representative of political power being restricted to the haves and away from the have-nots and Avery is symbolic of how dumb people are in general. Also, the Lion King is about how a gay ruler will cause economic and environmental disaster.

[Happy Rutabegas year]

and he did!