Look, I'm glad we're having a conversation about the hypocrisy of the legal logic used by America's gun nuts. But can we stop pretending this is a new thing? They have never advocated for universal access to firearms. They only want their team to be armed. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/25/alex-pretti-gun-debate-second-amendment/
Minnesota shooting scrambles America’s gun debate

Some gun rights backers cite Alex Pretti’s gun as a justification for his killing in Minneapolis, while gun-control supporters dismiss its relevance.

The Washington Post
@SeanCasten Heh @dandb you were saying...
@cjhubbs @SeanCasten Yep! The article is very silly, confused about very obvious things!
@cjhubbs I wonder if this is more obvious to people outside of the US maybe? Like maybe if I had been raised with this mythic understanding of the US as a level playing field or whatever...

@dandb @cjhubbs

Not sure I'm the right one for a regular outsider's view on what's happening there. Seems to me that the US is now run, ruled and governed by people seeking to re-establish the Confederacy. The majority, if not all, in states like AL where the white supremacists run the show and seemingly most of the south. At the other extreme, say MN, the racist sentiment is still a strong voice, even if a minority.

Expect no logic from White Nationalists; their entire ideology is idiotic