I don’t understand how the “more armed good guys” stance is even the slightest bit defensible given how many guns are in this country and how often these shootings happen. Are they just repeating a mantra at this point? All these public shootings, all these people loudly suggesting that more guns are the answer and so…

I believe you can buy as much as you want, but ammo is expensive. We have an outdoor shooting lease but never go more than once a month because of how expensive ammo is.

Like you I have no idea what this was about—mental illness? workplace dispute? terrorism? — and I thought, “Huh. In France and other countries where mass shootings are not that common they get to terrorism super quickly. In the US we can’t really comment for quite a while because, you know, another mass shooting. What…

Well, I certainly don’t approve of what they did but you know, Republicans are always saying they want immigrants to really embrace the American way of life.

Gives a whole new meaning to “They fuck you up, your mum and dad...” (Philip Larkin poem)

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