Stupid Human Tricks

Not of the David Letterman variety, of the "guns and booze" variety...

I was going to write about the appointment (document courtesy AZCentral.com) of retired AZ Chief Justice Ruth McGregor as "special master" to oversee the myriad court cases involving various Maricopa County officials, which all seem to have Andrew Thomas and Joe Arpaio as the complainants or complainees (aka whiners or whinees), but I'm trying to avoid hardcore political posting for the next few days.

So I'm left with this -

Also from AZCentral.com -

Gilbert man shows off gun, shoots finger

A Gilbert man proved once again early Wednesday morning that guns and alcohol don't mix.

Ryan Maes, 33, told police that he and a friend had been drinking and playing video games about 2 a.m. when he accidentally shot himself in the finger with a .40 caliber pistol.

To the 59 legislators (54 of them Republicans) who voted for the "guns in bars" bill during the last session, and the governor (also an R) who signed it:

Guns and booze don't mix.

Never did and never will, no matter how much the backslappers at last summer's NRA convention told you otherwise.

And they probably did it after a couple of cocktails.