Gun control now

There’s been another mass shooting today in America. Sadly, this sentence is evergreen at this point, with only the geography and the death toll changing. And before you run down some ridiculous road of misdirection and Fox News fiction: yes, it’s the guns. Of course, it's the guns. You're insulting people's intelligence when you claim that it isn't; attempting to gaslight us all into imagining we're not seeing what we're seeing, trying to fool us into believing that our faculties are not fully intact, that our minds are somehow clouded, not accurately assessing the reality in front of us. But we see it all clearly. And we see you clearly, too. As you rush to throw blame everywhere else but on guns, you’re exposing yourself, you’re tipping your hand, you’re showing us who you are. Rational, reasonable people can admit that there are all sorts of factors contributing to the United States' stratospheric gun homicide rate. We know that depression matters, that addiction matters, that a culture of violence does, that toxic misogyny does, that institutional racism does, that incendiary politicians do, that personal upbringing does, that extremist religion does. And, we believe in addressing all of these areas, both personally, collectively, and legislatively where possible. But we also know that the guns matter, because the guns are the preferred method of choice when unwell, unstable, hateful, angry people want to murder many human beings quickly. We understand that entertaining these realities is problematic for you because it will do something to you that we all have a hard time with: it will show you your culpability. It will be a mirror to your policies and your President and your prejudices. Every nation in the world has mental illness and racism and nationalism, but they aren't seeing the bloodshed we're seeing, and we can't ignore that we have more guns per capita than anywhere else, and that this isn't immaterial in the rising body count here. 25 years ago, we had a single shoe bomber on a plane, who didn't kill a single human being, and we completely altered airport screening for the country. We changed protocols. We "inconvenienced" millions and millions of people, and you were willing to abide that because the *how* of murder matters, and you know it. And there is no greater how in the bloody mess we are seeing in our schools and streets and neighborhoods and churches, than the weapons you tirelessly advocate for and pump your chest over. Yes. It's the guns. You can deny it and hide from it and refuse to acknowledge it and try and distract from it, but that's simply the truth. And if you won't admit this and you will not commit to doing anything about it, then yeah, it's you too.