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Just in time for the NRA: etiquette advice for the reluctant party hostess

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With White House aspirant Donald Trump and more than 70,000 other visitors roaming Louisville next week for the annual NRA meeting, Boulevard thought yesterday’s installment of our favorite Courier-Journal feature couldn’t be more timely. We’re talking about advice column Annie’s Mailbox, which asked and answered the following:

Dear Annie,
What is the polite thing to do with a guest who carries a gun? I do not like guns in my house, but I have a friend who adamantly refuses to leave his gun at home when he comes here. Do people who carry a concealed weapon have an obligation to notify the host before entering their residence?

Signed, Pennsylvania

Dear Pennsylvania,
Yes. More importantly, it’s your house. You get to set the rules, and if you don’t want guns, say so. You can’t force him to be honest about having a concealed weapon, but you certainly can inform him of your preferences.

Trump has a permit to carry a concealed gun. In Kentucky, you can, too; here’s how. Plus, there’s no shortage of places to buy guns in the Louisville area, as this Google map shows.

Gun map

Photo, top: A Bersa concealed carry 40-caliber pistol: $319.95 at Gilbert’s Guns in Frankfort.

Dear Boulevard readers: What do you think? Please post your replies in the comments section, below.

Jennifer LawrenceBoulevard reviews the latest media coverage of the Oscar-winning Louisville native in our exclusive Jennifer Lawrence Diary™. Today’s news, rated on a scale of 1-5 stars:

One starFor the second consecutive day, Boulevard’s foreign policy team is struck by the very British slant the Fleet Street tabloids bring to stories about one of the world’s most eligible single women. Lawrence, 25, is in London promoting the new “X Men: Apocalypse” for its May 18 release.

Let’s start with today’s Mirror headline: Jennifer Lawrence calls English men “good sausage” as she talks about finding love in London

WTF?!

It seems to have something to do with this Lawrence quote: “We are in London. There are still STDs in London. There is still some good sausage.”

Sausage we get. But STDs? Could that be “singles to date”? A typo for “studs”? Boulevard has searched the Internet, wondering if that’s British slang for something much more pleasant. All we can find is this icky quiz from McSweeny’s, and Urban Dictionary’s list — a favorite of which is “Snooki Transmitted Dumbness.”

The Mirror gets only one star, for leaving us distressingly confused. (And speaking of bad reviews . . . )

Derby quiz: It’s sometimes black, but mostly red — and always walked on

21c Museum Hotel rolled out a black one Derby Eve. But nearly every other celebrity-stocked venue opted for the traditional red (Mayor Greg Fischer‘s tweet is Exhibit A) — leaving Boulevard wondering about the history of red carpets. They date to 458 BC!

Jennifer LawrenceBoulevard reviews the latest media coverage of the Oscar-winning Louisville native in our exclusive Jennifer Lawrence Diary™. Today’s news, rated on a scale of 1-5 stars:

Three starsIs it just us, or is there something especially British about the Daily Star’s headline this morning? Look: “Jennifer Lawrence turns sex kitten by baring her bra in serious image revamp.”

The scene last night: somewhere in London, where Lawrence, 25, was partying after a screening earlier in the evening of her latest film, X Men: Apocalypse, where she’d fallen after a stiletto heel gave way while she was greeting fans. “The blond bombshell,” the Star growls, “stripped right down to a lacy bra-like dress, and risked a major wardrobe fail in the process. The black figure-hugging frock ended in a floral skirt and allowed the hottie to flash some serious cleavage as she passed the paps.”

Serious cleavage, indeed, based on the Star photos with the story — earning them three stars! (An accompanying sidebar about other celebrities is more blunt: “The biggest boobs in showbiz.”)

Related: Lawrence has developed a reputation for being something of a klutz, according to the Independent.

“We have loyal people who come year after year and I have the pleasure of talking to people from all over the country and that is so much fun. Oklahoma, Texas, New York!”

Wilma Barnstable, 83-year-old matriarch of the Barnstable family, in W magazine after Friday’s annual Barnstable-Brown Derby party.

Related: Both of Tiger Woods’ exes made the party rounds Derby weekend — and organizers were ordered to keep the two blondes apart (Fox News).