Who Do Wimps Defend Wolves and Witches?

By Bob Owens

The Washington Post’s Lindsey Bever is upset.

Why?

Author Amelia Hamilton has taken the original Grimm’s Fairy Tales and has updated the self-defense capabilities of the protagonists, and folks, that simply isn’t fair to the witches and wolves of the world.

Imagine a world where the characters from your favorite childhood fairy tales and fables are armed.

Hansel with a hunting rifle. Or Little Red Riding Hood’s granny with a shotgun.

That world now exists on the National Rifle Association’s NRA Family website, which partnered with author Amelia Hamilton “to present her twist on those classic tales” — a series that has infuriated gun-control advocates, some of whom called it “absolutely sick.”

Gun-rights supporters say the stories — which started with “Little Red Riding Hood (Has a Gun)” and continued with “Hansel and Gretel (Have Guns)” — are a more peaceful alternative to the often disturbing fairy tales from childhood.

Bever goes on to note that the gun control supporters have utterly lost their marbles over Hamilton’s retelling …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms