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Imagine if the USA and USSR kept increasing nuclear arsenals instead of having treaties to reduce the number. That’s how insane the idea of “more guns will keep us safer” is.

The most vehement defenders of unlimited gun rights are hobbyists. They don’t want their hobby infringed upon even if it could save innocent children from being brutally murdered. It’s the epitome of the GOP “F U, I got mine” mentality.

A sizable majority of people, and even a majority of gun owners support the ideas put forward by Biden in his recent speech. But as we see every day, we are not ruled by the majority. We’re ruled by lobbyists. And gun lobbyists are almost as powerful as fossil fuel lobbyists… with their main weakness being only 1 Democrat on their side. But there might never be 60 votes in the Senate for the Democrats, so it’s probably good enough for the gun lobby to keep getting whatever they want. And with LaPierre’s well-documented illegal activities, we know he has no moral compass.

And when you have more guns than people, they invariably end up where they don’t belong:

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