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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Sunday, September 1, 2019

And Another

I got on a plane from Atlanta to Hartford, and when I got off the plane, there was another mass shooting.  It has led to two interesting responses.

One is Beto O'Rourke saying "this is fucked up" and that we need to ban and buy back assault weapons.

Then you have this response which boggles my mind.  You read through the comments below the original tweet and you realize how broken some of the gun humpers are.  Most gun owners believe in a great deal more gun safety measures: licensing, background checks maybe even some liability.  And then you have this Cult of Death that basically prioritizes their property rights over human life.

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