Let a great singer teach you the danger of guns. Steve Earle. The character in his song spots his first pistol when just a boy, and figures it the finest thing he ever has seen. He asks if he can have one once he grows up, and his mama drops the eggs she is carrying and blows up, telling him the pistol is the devil's right hand. Well, he ends up getting a gun, anyway, the first one being a cap and ball Colt. The song preaches that, "It can get you into trouble, but it can't get you out," words that speak the truth of the gun, if it is to be used for more than self defense. The second gun he buys is a Colt 45, "called a peacemaker, but I never knew why. Never knew why. I didn't understand, 'cause Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand."
Well, Steve Earle's songbook character ends up in a card game, and his opponent cheats, so he shoots him dead. They drag him into court the next morning, and ask him how he pleads. "Not guilty," he says. "You've got the wrong man. Nothing touched the trigger but the devil's right hand."
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