I abhor violence and I don’t want this to ever be considered normal or acceptable. Once again, we need actual gun regulation in this country.
That being said, fuck that guy in particular. He, his ideology, and the causes he advocates for are monstrous and no amount of violence against him should be used to wash any of that away. Make no mistake, his political ideology has helped build the society that is making this kind of horror more commonplace. Let’s not forget, the society that HE is helping to build is largely accepting of gun violence toward children, not to mention many others.
Once again, we need actual gun regulation in this country.
Hard disagree. We have plenty of gun regulation. Too much, in fact.
And Trump just said he wants to disarm all Trans folks, so they’re all easier to victimize because of one person. You want more of that? You know who else was in favor of gun control? That’s right.
What we need more than “actual gun regulation” is “actual universal healthcare including mental healthcare”.
You know already, I’m sure, that most gun deaths in the USA each year are from suicide. (gunviolencearchive.org)
Imagine if you gave a shit about that statistic. Now keep imagining that either or both political parties did too. (Stop laughing!) Because however hard you ban guns, all those people still want to die. Imagine fixing that, instead of worrying about whether or not honest people deserve to be able to defend themselves. (Because as it turns out, murderers don’t care about the law, google Abe Japan for an example of that.)
Gun bans won’t stop attacks like today. They’ll stop normal people from defending themselves, and that’s it.
