Two Questions For Gun Rights Advocates

Another mass shooting. Honestly, the immediate details don’t matter in the scope of this article. I will intentionally leave that out so this article will remain relevant for the next mass shooting. And the next. And the next. And the next.

Also in the news, a child shot, caught in the crossfire of a shooting her family had no part in. Imagine that was your child.

And the next shooting. And the next. And the next.

So, I have a couple of questions for gun rights advocates. Or should I say gun nuts?

The US has the highest rate of violent deaths, mostly by firearms, of any nation not at war. We also have the highest number of firearms of any nation on earth not at war.

I am well associated with the standard, memorized, regurgitated, knee-jerk, paranoid, emotional, mindless replies I expect to get.

What if the government tries to.. take over the country?!!! Yeah, because that’s not a thing?

What if they try and herd us all into camps?!!! We have children in cages right this minute. Millions of immigrants being rounded up and incarcerated. Should all of them pick up guns to protect themselves? We have the largest prison population of any country on earth, at any time in history. Police documented shooting unarmed civilians. People dying in police custody both with and without medical histories to explain it. Police caught on video planting evidence and falsifying documents. You think we’re not…