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Homer then heads to the “Bloodbath & Beyond Gun Shop,” where he immediately asks for the store’s deadliest gun.

The ensuing scenes, starting with the one in which a salesman shows Homer an accessory kit that includes a “silencer,” a “loudener,” a “speed cocker,” and a bazooka-looking device “for shooting down police helicopters,” are among the most morbidly funny in Simpsons history. They’re also some of the most terrifying. When a mesmerized Homer is told that he needs to abide by the standard waiting period before obtaining a revolver, he says,  “Five days?! But I’m mad now. I’d kill you if I had my gun.”

Following a montage fittingly scored to The Waiting by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Homer returns to pick up his piece. Even after ticking off his past problems (“You’ve been in a mental institution, frequent problems with alcohol, beat up President Bush…”) and deeming him potentially dangerous, the clerk still sells Homer a piece.