[palmer]

Ah, she doesn't like cars either. Everyone can ride to work on their bicycle with tight, form-fitting clothes so they can't conceal a weapon. So the real reason she doesn't like guns is that they cause global warming. Specifically:

4 KNO3 (s) + 7 C (s) + S (s) ---> 3 CO2 (g) + 3 CO (g) + 2 N2 (g) + K2CO3 (s) + K2S (s).

[buffaloguy]

One of the questions on the certification test for chemistry teachers is to balance a chemical equation that starts out:

Kno3....

I cracked up when I saw it as I was drilling my wife for the test. It is the equation for the firing of black powder. Texas is a whole different country.