In a very subtle message to America, the NRA's radio show Cam & Company took the opportunity to explain that any man whose wife supports gun control -- we guess it's "gun safety" now -- is just not quite a man anymore, if you know what rightwing funnyman Kurt Schlichter means (and we know you do, because he is not exactly subtle).

Schlichter explained to host Cam Edwards that Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts must be married to some kind of wuss, because god, what a castrating bitch, amiright fellas?

Kurt Schlichter: Oh my gosh, I got to tell you something. I got to tell you something. I finally figured out who Shannon Watts of Moms Demand Action reminds me of.

Edwards: Oh?

Schlichter: Annette Bening in American Beauty.

Edwards: Wow.

Schlichter: Yeah. Huh? Huh? Yeah.

Edwards: Boy, now I am going to have to go back and re-watch -- I don't think I've that movie since it came out.

Schlichter: Oh yeah.

Edwards: But yeah, okay, okay.

Schlichter: Yeah, yeah, and her husband has got to be named Lester.

Edwards: [Laughter] That's awful.

Schlichter: Stripped of the most basic and threshold abilities of a man; that is to defend his self, his family and his community, by being married to this shrill harridan. She is Annette Bening in American Beauty.

Edwards: Talking with Kurt Schlichter, writing at Townhall.

So, as we can see, American Beauty would have been a much better movie if Kevin Spacey had had a gun collection, we guess. Or maybe men who let their women flirt with political activism will end up fantasizing about Thora Birch's best friend. Honestly, the real point here is that if you don't have a gun, you're not a man, and only non-men would ever think of opposing instant access to all guns for everyone.

How about you? Do you need to upgrade to a larger caliber?

[Media Matters]