A few weeks ago I wrote about everything I thought was wrong in America.
For such an amazing country, it’s mind-blowing to me that there is resistance to dealing with the issues undermining it.
Worse, there’s resistance to even talking about the issues undermining it.
In the post, I highlighted one issue in particular.
Gun control.
Despite the mountains of evidence, the NRA continues to ignore the damage and dangers of gun ownership.
They fight aggressively against any challenge to it.
Any.
They use ‘government control’ as their reasoning behind their obstinance.
That if they give in to this, what else will the government want to take away.
It’s a fucking stupid argument made worse by the fact I received this in my letterbox recently.
Admittedly it was addressed to the person who used to own our house.
A cop.
But that doesn’t take away the fact an organization felt it was necessary to send out a pamphlet about how to deal with school violence – specifically violence that goes ‘beyond the active shooter’.
I don’t know about you, but this makes me ill.
School should be a place of safety.
I know that’s unrealistic, but there’s a massive difference between worrying about bullying and worrying about being shot.
And yet the NRA choose to ignore their role in this situation.
Preferring to blame the shooter rather than acknowledge any role the guns play in allowing people to kill on a mass scale.
The fact this pamphlet had to be sent out at all should be enough for America to realise the gun laws in their country need a major overhaul.
Sadly it won’t be.