1. The fact GOP's "solutions" to mass shootings grow ever more absurd (reducing doors has become a consensus talking point) is symptomatic of the gun lobby's combination of intellectual bankruptcy & political dominance. They have what they want, so don't need good argumentshttps://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1530184420371709952 …
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4. The fact that this is a rhetorical filibuster rather than a true debate can be seen by the fact that the standard "good guys with guns" & "more security/cops" arguments still being made even though everything in latest atrocity gives them lie.
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5. Even before Uvalde, the "good guy with gun" argument ran counter to the evidence for one simple reason: many mass shooters are suicidal so the presence of armed resistance makes schools a more tempting target, not less. This paper is suggestive https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2776515 …
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6. Some more thoughts on the bankruptcy of the pro-gun arguments. And the political culture where the badness of ideas doesn't hamper their success.https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/uvalde-shooting-delusion-nra/ …
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The second argument is void because it means it’s ok to go after manufacturers
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Small things like hardened access to schools and red flag laws might actually find support on the GOP side. If we ridicule small changes we might end up with no changes at all.
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