Right, because it's the backpacks. And more officers. And metal detectors, And immigration. And "bad hombres" and every damned thing else but what it's really about - a bullet and a gun.
[i]Texas just effectively banned abortion and a woman's right over her own autonomy "for the children" but will stand by as babies are ripped from this word in this kind of violence.[/i] The next words from my mind are censored here.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT GUNS. THIS IS ABOUT POWER. The 2nd amendment (not even interpreted by the Scotus until 2008), was put in place to maintain well-regulated militias. [i]Not[/i] just in case of the marauding British. Militias were protection against slave revolts and runaways, and militias were regularly sent out looking for runaway slaves. Red states were plied with promises of keeping that stipulation should they choose to join the Union.
This has continued throughout the decades, through the civil rights movement and into today. Old white men love power because they are cowards. They hold women down through legislating their bodies and lives; they hold "different" people down by passing legislation outlawing their lifestyles; they keep minorities down (in so many way) by bolstering the ridiculously hollow rhetoric of the NRA with arguably the strongest lobby in Washington.
Until someone says, "That's it; until we figure this out, we're removing the problem from hands." I don't need to hear a word from anyone official on this. And until the millions of people who scream about the 2nd amendment and their freedoms but would never think of owning a firearm, find a different hill to die on. Because until you do, we're all taking the crossfire.
