As part of his manifesto Mr Bishop had pledged to tighten laws on hand gun ownership and legalise brothels with a 30% discount for OAPs.
He would take his post amidships with and starboard batteries on either hand, guns loaded with blan & crew in readiness.
But passenger screening, armed crew members, prohibitions on licensed hand guns and hunting rifles, metal detectors, frisking, vehicle searches and subtler, less intrusive security measures, some already in use, are on the table.
He'd hold crew meetings with a couple of hand-guns, loaded, on the table.
On the other hand, gun owners have singled out Starbucks for praise and support.
On the other hand, gun rights advocates are too quick to assume that laws allowing guns on campus will discourage mass murderers.
The conflict is emblematized, both physically and metonymically, by the gun on one hand and women on the other.
This is where our national problems of addiction on the one hand and of gun violence on the other meet.
Mop or broom in hand, gun-belt on the hip, the officer roots out dust and dirt in the dankest of police quarters.
