ANOTHER EXAMPLE THAT AMERICA IS TOTALLY GUN CRAZY

…Hard to argue with this sign

 

The NRA has won the battle for now…..

 

An internet story caught my eye that I just had to check it out.  The title of the article was,  "What's Wrong With America Shown In This One Tweet".

 

Boy, I then found out just how correct was that come-on title.

 

First I have to ask my readers, “Do you recall what your first thought was after you heard about the latest school massacre shooting in Roseburg, Oregon?”

 

For most Americans it probably was something like, “Oh no. not again!!!”, or “Oh my God, that’s horrible!!!”

 

But the focus of the article that got to me was the actual Tweet that was sent by a Ms. Candi Kinney of the Roseburg Gun Shop.  Ms. Kinney had excitedly Tweeted that she had “…just ordered more assault rifles”.  She had also added that there was, “Always a rush after a big shooting”.

 

No, I’m not kidding, this was a real Tweet. 

 

The article went onto say that Ms. Kinney was, ”… downright giddy at the prospect of the surge in business that no doubt was coming her way.”

 

The issue and truth of the article is that after these shootings, those people running both the federal and state legislatures tend to go after protecting the guns.

 

Yes, historically, after virtually every mass shooting, the NRA gun lobby fires up the troops to go after loosening gun restrictions even more. Their approach is always their long time motto that: “To get a bad man with a gun, you need a good man with a gun.”

 

The obvious answer from the gun lobby is that all Americans should go out and buy more guns to protect their families.

 

Ergo, Ms. Kinney immediately got her order in to the gun manufacturers so she would have the necessary inventory for supplying the inceased demand.

 

So, instead of having the first thought after the shooting of, “Oh my God, that’s horrible!!!”, Ms. Kinney is counting on a first thought of, “Oh My God, I Better Get More Guns!!!"

 

What’s so bazaar about all this is that the gun laws will get opened-up, not more restrictions.  That's because the lobbying efforts are not for telling Americans that they need to buy more guns to protect themselves from those responsible for the mass shootings. 

 

The NRA has learned that their lobbying efforts work much better when they promote the idea that it’s the government that’s going to tighten the laws to take away law abiding citizen’s guns.  By taking this approach, it not only encourages more gun sales, it also puts a force on the legislators to loosen the laws for proving that the government isn’t going to take away the guns.

 

To prove this point, President Obama, who talks very convincingly about asking for stricter gun laws.  But the only two gun laws that he has approved, actually gave Americans more gun access….?  

 

Therefore, there have been record annual gun sales in America every year since President Obama took office.

 

Today, the members of the NRA range from those easily-frightened to downright paranoid nut-cases.  Therefore, when Wayne LaPierre, the NRA Vice President and official spokesperson, tells them that this time Congress will order government agents to confiscate American’s guns, they always believe him and then, buy more guns

 

This is the reason that today’s US Congress can't muster a simple majority to require a basic background check or even allow data to be gathered on US gun deaths.  

 

The net result of all this is that the craziest Americans will be allowed to get ever deadlier weapons.   In fact, today you can buy a bazooka or a flame thrower for your personal arsenal if you desire.  It’s ridiculous.

 

The gun manufacturers are making a fortune peddling their fear and their death by guns. The ones who make their living off of these mass shooting tragedies have already sold their souls, so it is no wonder they become so giddy about these mass shooting events.

 

As of today, the gun lobby has won the gun battle in America.

 

Their winning occurred after the mass shooting at the Sandy Hook school.  That was when the nation decided that a kindergarten classroom filled with slaughtered children was a tolerable act and collectively everyone decided to do nothing about it in going forward.  

 

It isn't just the laws that need to change in America, it's the nation’s gung-ho gun culture.  

 

But banking on that to change anytime soon is definitely not in the cards.

 

As previously stated, "What's Wrong With America Was Shown In This One Tweet."

 

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