“… Fewer people own guns, but the people who own them own more of them—a lot more—and the reason they most often cite for owning them is no longer hunting (56 percent) or even target shooting (70 percent), both activities one can imagine normal people engaging in, but “protection against crime” (88 percent). For all but a small subset of people, owning guns for protection against crime is not normal. I’m sorry, but it isn’t. It’s paranoid and unhealthy and very, very dangerous.
People used to own guns to kill animals. Now they own guns to kill people. And enough of them are emotionally unbalanced enough to cause serious trouble…
Everything unkind that Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama ever said about this group (“basket of deplorables,” “cling to guns or religion”) is true, easily confirmed by even the most cursory review of polling data. Because of the unrepresentative nature of the Electoral College and the U.S. Senate, this minority’s opposition to gun control is sufficient to block any and all legislation intended to address the problem…
A majority of Americans favor stricter gun laws, but 80 percent of Republicans and Republican leaners do not, and that’s enough to prevent anything from happening…
How many more children will die before things change? It’s my duty to inform you, future victims, that 185 isn’t going to be enough. Your blood will have to be spilled as well. You probably won’t have to wait very long. The next school massacre is likely only a month or two away.”
May 30th, 2022 at 4:07PM
I’m not getting over this one. I can’t describe how ludicrous the active shooter drills are at my school. Beyond their insulting pointlessness, it’s the mindset that our students have to become child soldiers, their bodies shot to pieces to protect the craven adults.
The whole country is standing in the parking lot of that Texas parking lot waiting for somebody else to do something.
May 30th, 2022 at 6:53PM
Matt: Here’s hoping that enough people don’t get over this one, and we focus the energies of the country on an assault weapons ban.