The Good Guys with Guns
POV: Concealed weapons license holder with multiple guns in my home. I don’t know about you, but I’m exhausted. I am emotionally just spent and there are not words adequate for what is going on. We are still in the midst of a pandemic that some still refuse to believe is true. Some still refuse to get vaccinated and/or wear a mask. On top of that, we are still allowing our children to be murdered at school. I am appalled, but not even a little surprised, by the “pro-life” and “pro-family” party blaming absolutely everything and anything except the weapon used. The only other weapon, besides a gun, that is effective in mass casualties would be a bomb. Arguments of “it’s not the gun, it’s the person” would be much more convincing and effective if they were actually followed by actions to address the person behind the gun. According to Statista.com, 86 of the 127 guns used in mass shootings between 1982 and 2022 were legally obtained. Another 24 were undetermined. There is a cl