The same men who say global warming is a hoax, Obamacare has been failing for eight years, and abstinence-only sex-ed works are also convinced even basic gun control is an impossible and useless approach which would only make us less safe. These are also the dudes most likely to tell you black and brown folk have it too good, Obama is a secret Muslim born in Kenya, and Sharia law is being forced on American legal systems. I wonder if there's some sort of overarching thread or theme to all this.
It's the end of summer, once again. I could not be any more ready for cool weather, rain, and a chance for the forests to recover from the flames. After travelling near fires in Colorado and Oregon's Columbia river gorge, I am back wondering about north Seattle, under a red sun and painterly clouds, not far enough from the source of the drifting smoke. It seems like the world is burning, but that can only last so long.
At least it seems like Republicans and the NRA are getting behind regulating the trigger modification devices that allow the semi automatics to fire like 9 rounds per second. So perhaps something will be done in that regard.
ReplyDeleteAlthough then you still have people like this guy quoted in the nytimes from yesterday...
"Erich Pratt, executive director of another gun rights group, Gun Owners of America, vowed to block any legislation.
'We see this as an item that is certainly protected by the Second Amendment, and realistically, they are already on the market, so passing a law banning them isn’t going to stop bad guys like this creep in Las Vegas,' he said."
Yeah, there's always the 'bad guys with guns' argument. It's a threadbare cliche, but somehow it continues to work for just enough people.
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