Gun advocates really aren't helping their cause.

The truth comes out. Five weeks after Adam Lanza killed 20 first graders in less than three minutes, a merry band of delusional gun-toters declared that the AR-15 was not to blame.

"It's not an assault rifle," said Elizabeth Mais, of Prospect, Connecticut. "It's a modern-day musket."

Right. I say it's horrifying that Adam Lanza was able to kill an entire first-grade class in less than a minute, you say po-tah-to.

Normally, after a mass shooting, the NRA's strategy has been to keep quiet, lest somebody point out the host of logical inconsistencies in their mantra. How many people normally get shot at a gun show? I don't know, because normally, accidental shootings don't make the news. Then again, yesterday was "Gun Appreciation Day." In that case, it tends to grab the headlines.

At Dixie Gun and Knife Show in Raleigh North Carolina, Gary Lynn Wilson accidentally fired a round from his shotgun as he tried to unzip from it's shotgun case, injuring three people. Real smart Gary. You might want to do a better packing job next time.

I guess Stanley McChrystal is no expert guns. Or maybe he is.

In Ohio, a proud owner of a new semi-automatic handgun was displaying he recent purchase to a friend. According to police reports, the owner of said handgun had removed the magazine, and then, upon further examining the gun, accidentally pulled the trigger. The bullet ricocheted off the floor, injuring the friend in the arm and leg. Quite and acrobatic bullet.

Perhaps the best of the three stooges routine belongs to a man named Emory Cozee, who accidentally shot himself in the hand as he was leaving the Indy 1500 Gun and Knife Show, according to state police.  Why was he loading the gun after he left the gun show? Apparently, loaded personal firearms are not allowed at the Indy 1500 Gun and Knife Show! I guess the organizers realize that guns are inherently dangerous, and it would be ill-advised to let just anyone walk around with a loaded gun.

This would be funny if not for the fact that a man was shot and injured a Martin Luther King Day parade in Jackson Mississippi, yesterday. And in New Mexico, a teenager shot and killed two adults and three children. The weapon of choice? An AR-15.

We don't have all the horrific details from the New Mexico shooting, but it wouldn't surprise me if this was a case of domestic violence, and that the parents were killed by a gun they purchased to protect them from the home invasion that never happened. If so, do you think Wayne LaPierre is going to use his influence to warn families about the potential danger of owning an Assault Rifle? I wouldn't bet on it. 

Then again, he might unwittingly say something really stupid and really comical that might provide comic relief in the face of the bloodshed. Apparently, "law-abiding citizens" are quite proud of their less-than professional use of firearms.