Gun control is a tough subject in our country. As much as we would like to, we are not (yet) going to discuss the meaning of the 2nd amendment in our posts on this subject. That is because the “right to carry arms” has been settled for now, whether we agree or not. It has been baked into the American psyche that one has the right to defend oneself, but most Americans agree that something will have to change. All those mass shootings are totally unacceptable and disgusting to the vast majority of us.

There are intense public discussions going on about background checks, about the availability of those military grade guns that can fire hundreds of rounds per minute, and about large capacity magazines.

So, let us look a little deeper into the reasons for this “American carnage” (we know this is not what the former reality show host meant when he used that phrase, but we really are talking about carnage). At the time of writing this, mid March 2023, we are already at well over 110 mass shootings this year.

Some mentally disturbed person was just able to legally buy seven guns, including 2 AR 15s, and went on to kill 3 young kids and 3 staff members at a private Christian school. It is revolting and disgusting, except of course to the fascists, the racists, the Trumpers and the other crazies. If that is you, please seek some help.

In 2022 there were about 393 million privately owned firearms in the US, according to an estimate by the Switzerland-based Small Arms Survey. In other words, 120 guns for every 100 Americans. Frigging ridiculous!

Why do we need that many guns? We are being told we all need a gun to protect ourselves. Therein lies the evil genius of the gun manufacturers and the NRA.

First, they sell guns unrestricted to everyone and their grandmother. Next, they tell us we all need a gun to protect ourselves from all those people with guns! Think about the ridiculousness of that.

Then there are the politicians, local and national, who take money from gun manufacturers and the NRA, and refuse any discussion about what is nowadays called common sense gun control. Their slogan is that the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. What a complete and utter bullshit!

That is a great example of what we will call circular marketing. First sell a gun to “the bad guy”, then tell others that they need guns to protect themselves from that “bad guy”.  The best word to describe this practice is CORRUPT. Corrupt gun manufacturers, the corrupt NRA, and the corrupt politicians who value campaign contributions over life, and who so many of you morons keep voting for.

Corrupt. The kind of blatant corruption that many Americans associate with third world countries. It’s right here in the USA.

Shame on all of you who continue to support those idiots.

We will go deeper into the subject of gun control in the next post. We will talk about the ridiculousness of the hunting argument. Hunting is fine, but do you need an AR15 for it? Are you that bad a shot?