The Left-Cheek Ass Clown for August, 2019

There are so many ass clowns in the political arena nowadays that we often lose sight of the fact that there are plenty of them running loose (and, sadly, breeding) in other realms of endeavor. And so it is with our latest dishonoree - the award for

The Left-Cheek Ass Clown for August, 2019

is presented to

Dmitriy Andreychenko 

A few days after a gunman murdered 22 people at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, Dmitriy Andreychenco demonstrated staggeringly bad judgment and total idiocy by deciding to test his sacred Second Amendment right to bear arms by donning body armor, carrying a rifle and a handgun, and sauntering into a Wal-Mart store in Springfield, Missouri to "test whether Walmart would honor his constitutional right to bear arms." He filmed his jaunt through the store on his cell phone.

Predictably, the sight of an armed man wearing body armor in a Walmart just days after the El Paso massacre caused consternation among other shoppers, who fled the store in terror. Andreychenco was arrested without incident after being stopped by "an armed off-duty firefighter" in the store and has been charged with "making a terrorist threat in the second degree," a felony offense punishable by up to four years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000. Wal-Mart has also said that Andreychenco is no longer welcome in its stores. Duh. Andreychenco's wife and sister had both told him his proposed armed shopping expedition was a bad idea, and his wife referred to him as an "immature boy."

Since 2017, Missouri has not required persons 19 years of age or older to obtain a permit to carry a firearm, either openly or concealed. Nor, evidently, does it require such persons to demonstrate the maturity and common sense one would hope to be shown by persons who wish to own and openly carry deadly weapons. 

The actions of Dmitriy Andreychenco are a shining example of the worst excesses of the gun culture that makes America an increasingly dangerous place, and earn him a truly righteous designation as this month's Left-Cheek Ass Clown.

I wonder if the NRA will be paying his legal fees, or if they're still working on finding a safe house for Wayne LaPierre.

Have a good day, and come back tomorrow for Cartoon Saturday. More thoughts then.

Bilbo