I said to myself...
"I don't think that shooting at people is a reasonable expectation. Somehow I go through each day without a gun battle."
"The danger to my family goes way up with firearms in the house. Kids get shot. Guns are trouble. I know this. I see this."
"Why did I think otherwise? What influenced me? Where did I get that dangerous self-concept?"
"Let a change begin with me."
Then I turned in my two firearms to be destroyed.
Years ago.
I got rid of my guns for the immediate practical reason of increasing my American family's safety...
There are stories I won't tell now, of those whose lives stopped because of a gun. Of those whose timelines almost forked badly. Not yet.
Let's focus on how guns are a radicalization vector.
A long op. A tool to lead us to a strange and ugly place.
We are being taught to kill each other.
To be ready to.
To consider it reasonable to do so.
Who teaches us that?
Why?
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