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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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 fact that they have no answer whatsoever to the question “why only in the US?” betrays that all their preferred BS causes exist in other countries too. The only meaningful difference are the gun laws & gun volume.
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Can’t wait to see the door lobby go nuts!
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