After the Newtown shootings, NRA head Wayne LaPierre's most publicized quote was probably, "The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun."
Hmmm ... that DA in Texas, Mike McLelland, you know the one? The one who just got slaughtered in his own home, along with his wife? HAD guns. HAD guns in his home. But evidently he was surprised by his assailants, and died trying to GET to his gun.
So. Mr. LaPierre? Is the only solution to "bad guys with guns" having everyone be armed, all the time? Just in case, so to speak? And if that knock on the door happens to be a Girl Scout instead of a member of the Aryan Nation, and you get startled and shoot anyway, well, hell, collateral damage happens, am I right?
And oh freaking lord, let's not forget about the the "School Security Plan" the NRA busted out with today. Let's put MORE guns in the flipping schools!
I just ... this level of insanity makes me tired. What we need, what our children need, is LESS guns, not more. It's simple flipping math. The less guns, the less deaths.
And let's not pretend that it's not about money. The NRA is heavily, heavily subsidized by gun manufacturers. And money talks.
Want to know the truth of a situation? Follow the money. And man oh man, I hope Wayne LaPierre goes hunting with Dick Cheney real soon, because ... well, just because.
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