BreadConqueror
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- Jan 25, 2018
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- Libertarian - Left
I am a high school teacher living and working in Louisiana.
I am a southern born conservative, who years ago rejected party politics. I am not a partisan, and I have no political loyalties.
My father was an NRA member for decades, but after Sandy Hook, when I was first beginning to teach, he told me he could no longer give money to an organization which refused to address this real issue.
My father is one of the most conservative people I personally know. He and I argue constantly about taxation, spending, militarism, etc., yet on this issue, we are in agreement.
The NRA is not a force protecting gun rights. It is an organization which shields manufacturers and distributors, not owners.
We have a crisis in this nation, born of desperation and hateful rhetoric. This is the same cause for the rise of fascism and Trump. The same cause for the perpetuation of our historically inherited sectarian struggles.
Our schools are highly organized, structured and rigid. They are designed and scheduled with this concern in mind, that at any time, some crazed or distraught individual could harm dozens of our children on a whim. Because they certainly will have access to the tools to make that easy.
A crazed teen with a knife is much less dangerous than one with a long-rifle.
I am southern, I hunt, (especially ducks), I fish, (brim and perch are delicious!), i own guns. I advocate for responsible gun laws.
I would voluntarily register my weapons. I would submit to mental health screening. I would apply for licenses for those firearms were they mandated.
I am an anarchist. I believe in resistance to illegitimate authority. I believe violence is sometimes necessary and appropriate to preserve liberty.
Why is it so difficult for gun-rights advocates to give some ground on this issue? Innocent children are dead, again. Dozens have been killed this year alone.
This is not an issue isolated to firearm availability. That is only one VERY LARGE aspect of this issue.
This is an issue of mental health, and the causes for distress among Americans. The causes are clear. Economic anxiety, a fear-culture propagated by the media and state for the purpose of control, segmentation of society and communities along arbitrary grounds, xenophobia and isolationist culture, interpersonal politics, the structure of the classroom-to-retail education for the lucky, the classroom-to-prison pipeline for the unlucky.
This is a cultural issue, and a large part of that culture is born of this refusal to even address, discuss and consider legislative solutions and voluntary sacrifices to make the nation a safer, healthier place.
I would give up every gun I had, every future morning on the lake or in the woods, if it meant one of these 17 kids would still be alive today.
I'll cut this short, because it's hard to write without thinking about my kids and my students and what it would feel like to have this happen where I teach.
I am a southern born conservative, who years ago rejected party politics. I am not a partisan, and I have no political loyalties.
My father was an NRA member for decades, but after Sandy Hook, when I was first beginning to teach, he told me he could no longer give money to an organization which refused to address this real issue.
My father is one of the most conservative people I personally know. He and I argue constantly about taxation, spending, militarism, etc., yet on this issue, we are in agreement.
The NRA is not a force protecting gun rights. It is an organization which shields manufacturers and distributors, not owners.
We have a crisis in this nation, born of desperation and hateful rhetoric. This is the same cause for the rise of fascism and Trump. The same cause for the perpetuation of our historically inherited sectarian struggles.
Our schools are highly organized, structured and rigid. They are designed and scheduled with this concern in mind, that at any time, some crazed or distraught individual could harm dozens of our children on a whim. Because they certainly will have access to the tools to make that easy.
A crazed teen with a knife is much less dangerous than one with a long-rifle.
I am southern, I hunt, (especially ducks), I fish, (brim and perch are delicious!), i own guns. I advocate for responsible gun laws.
I would voluntarily register my weapons. I would submit to mental health screening. I would apply for licenses for those firearms were they mandated.
I am an anarchist. I believe in resistance to illegitimate authority. I believe violence is sometimes necessary and appropriate to preserve liberty.
Why is it so difficult for gun-rights advocates to give some ground on this issue? Innocent children are dead, again. Dozens have been killed this year alone.
This is not an issue isolated to firearm availability. That is only one VERY LARGE aspect of this issue.
This is an issue of mental health, and the causes for distress among Americans. The causes are clear. Economic anxiety, a fear-culture propagated by the media and state for the purpose of control, segmentation of society and communities along arbitrary grounds, xenophobia and isolationist culture, interpersonal politics, the structure of the classroom-to-retail education for the lucky, the classroom-to-prison pipeline for the unlucky.
This is a cultural issue, and a large part of that culture is born of this refusal to even address, discuss and consider legislative solutions and voluntary sacrifices to make the nation a safer, healthier place.
I would give up every gun I had, every future morning on the lake or in the woods, if it meant one of these 17 kids would still be alive today.
I'll cut this short, because it's hard to write without thinking about my kids and my students and what it would feel like to have this happen where I teach.
