03-16-2018, 07:59 AM
At Columbine the armed police response did nothing. Nineteen years later at Parkland the armed response did nothing.
Never in history have we as a country (and maybe the world) had so many guns in our society. It is unique and has become a problem in its own right. The firepower is frightening in the hands of idiots and we have no shortage of idiots. In the old west many if not most towns understood the potential for carnage and required guns to be checked at the edge of town. We have not learned from our history.
Meanwhile in this moment of history every segment of our economy has become gamed and controlled by corporate interests. Education, transportation, medicine, food, housing, all segments. Guns are in the same position.... controlled by corporations interested in extracting the most profit for the least effort. I have to give the NRA credit for their mastery of lobbying for a minority interest ($$$) to the detriment of the majority.
Never in history have we as a country (and maybe the world) had so many guns in our society. It is unique and has become a problem in its own right. The firepower is frightening in the hands of idiots and we have no shortage of idiots. In the old west many if not most towns understood the potential for carnage and required guns to be checked at the edge of town. We have not learned from our history.
Meanwhile in this moment of history every segment of our economy has become gamed and controlled by corporate interests. Education, transportation, medicine, food, housing, all segments. Guns are in the same position.... controlled by corporations interested in extracting the most profit for the least effort. I have to give the NRA credit for their mastery of lobbying for a minority interest ($$$) to the detriment of the majority.
Assume the best and ask questions.
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