Our Children Should Not Have to Suffer and Die to Pander to the Machismo Fantasies and Cowardly Fears of a Minority.
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What I always think of is the analogy with cars.
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People don't generally go around committing mass murder with autos. Sure, people get killed in auto accidents, but it is not intentional. And we all *need* autos for daily tasks, errands, and work (unlike guns) ... so if it is an "evil" it is a necessary one ... daily!
Yet, what of cars? We require registration of them, of the driver, licensing, and training. Why are guns exempt from safety concerns? Why? I'll tell you why ... bc of rednecks who need them to feel "manly" (i.e., machismo)...
Why do I say the root cause of gun worship is machismo and rootless fears? Again, the analogy with cars shows something: Can anyone imagine a society with no driver's licensing, speed limit laws...none of that?
We would have to imagine people getting hurt because some people would abuse the privilege of driving ... drive too fast, recklessly, while drunk, etc. ... & much more, right? They would endanger *other* people's lives with their *ahem* freedom.
"Cars don't kill people, people do!" “If CARS ARE OUTLAWED only outlaws will have cars!” "Go and fix what's wrong with *society* that *some* people don't drive safely!"
We are talking about safety laws, and they immediately go talking as if we are taking their guns away. They are no more the same than having traffic laws amounts to TAKING ALL CARS AWAY.
I meet my girlfriend, on her bike, & my bike I’ve parked about 15 feet away around the corner of the store. We kiss. Stuff. I turn back around & there’s a guy pushing one bike & with his hands on mine, about to push it away.
Clearly he was attempting to steal it (in a matter of a minute from having gotten there! With me nearby & him even pushing a (probably) stolen other bike!)
Not seeing the Trump/Republican connection, yet, I’m sure. But you will.