Shit has hit the fan in America. Only the shit is bullets and the fan is the bodies of thousands and thousands of homicide victims. And the NRA couldn’t be happier about it. What are 5 dead cops in Dallas to the NRA? The same thing 50 dead LGBT were in Orlando — a promotional opportunity. The chance to sell MOAR GUNZ.
Oh, sure, they’ll probably come out with some lame-assed platitude about how they’re morally outraged about the killing of police officers in Dallas. But then what will they do? You know what they’ll do, what they ALWAYS do — fight to get MOAR GUNZ on the streets.
If some people in this country see the police as an occupying force or even terrorists then there’s one man who is the master mind, the Osama bin Laden of that force, and that man is Wayne LaPierre. He and his organization have spent years, no decades, convincing civilians and police alike that the solution, the ONLY solution, to crime in America is MOAR GUNZ! Always. Every. Single. Time. We’re now at the point in America where there are more guns in this country than people. There are about 350 million guns for 325 million people. We’re no longer in the majority, the guns run this country.
For example, a few years ago in my state of Washington a ballot measure was proposed that said people accused of violent domestic assaults should have their guns taken away immediately. It seemed to makes a lot of sense. After all this is a group of people that are known to kill. Maybe, just maybe, taking their guns away might save some lives. Right? Well the NRA and the various law enforcement agencies in Washington banded together to defeat that proposal so it didn’t become law. Why were they against it? Because, get this, someone could be falsely accused and need MOAR GUNZ to defend themselves.
Yes, it’s tragic that police in Dallas were killed. By who and why are not really all that relevant to the discussion. Because come tomorrow, if they haven’t already done it, you know one thing will come from the NRA — a call by Wayne LaPierre for MOAR GUNZ!