The U.S. military is easing restrictions on facial hair, turbans, and other religious accoutrements. And man, are chauvinist super-patriots pissed!

If, as a Kentucky state legislator, you "accidentally" discharge your Ruger .380 semiauto handgun in the capitol just before the governor gives a speech there, you can react a few different ways. "Oops, I'm sorry" seems good. "I'm an idiot" is better. Rep. Leslie Combs went with "It happens."

Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Texas), who is challenging conservative Sen. John Cornyn in a primary because Corny's too librul, evidently doesn't know much about gun-cleaning, or buying American.