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14-year-old facing five murder charges after confessing to killing his family in their Alabama home, police say - CNN
With some folks on the internet bragging about leaving guns and ammo laying around their house, you'd think responsible gun owners would step up and try to increase gun safety drives.One would hope they'd get united as a community and criticize those who proudly tell strangers about dangerous equipment they have laying around the house within the reach of kids. Instead anyone who even suggests restricting access to guns to minors faces an uphill battle as rights organizations hold manufacturer funded events to promote the purchase of guns instead of respect for them.
In recent days I've come to agree that the main threat to America is not guns. It isn't minorities. It isn't white supremacy. The main threat to Americans will not be fixed with projects taking place thousands of miles away. The main threat is the centuries long refusal to stop spending money on fights around the world, and enriching the pockets of war profiteers waiting to stock our troops with the best equipment. It is ignoring possibility that spending 30-40% of our yearly income on weapons and all related asterisks (wars, bases around the world, r&d, etc) is probably not something our wives and/or husband's would agree with at home, so why continue to do it as a country.
Time to spend a bit more on people. You know, just have a few months where we shut down a few wars, spend the money on sending kids and adults to psychologists. You know, reviewing the prescriptions of people. Doing family home check ups. Spending more on schools to have support counselors. Maybe getting folks some dental care. Seeing if anyone is interested in eye exams. You know, some of the humane things we do for other countries.
Sent from the Matrioshka in the WH Christmas tree.
With some folks on the internet bragging about leaving guns and ammo laying around their house, you'd think responsible gun owners would step up and try to increase gun safety drives.One would hope they'd get united as a community and criticize those who proudly tell strangers about dangerous equipment they have laying around the house within the reach of kids. Instead anyone who even suggests restricting access to guns to minors faces an uphill battle as rights organizations hold manufacturer funded events to promote the purchase of guns instead of respect for them.
In recent days I've come to agree that the main threat to America is not guns. It isn't minorities. It isn't white supremacy. The main threat to Americans will not be fixed with projects taking place thousands of miles away. The main threat is the centuries long refusal to stop spending money on fights around the world, and enriching the pockets of war profiteers waiting to stock our troops with the best equipment. It is ignoring possibility that spending 30-40% of our yearly income on weapons and all related asterisks (wars, bases around the world, r&d, etc) is probably not something our wives and/or husband's would agree with at home, so why continue to do it as a country.
Time to spend a bit more on people. You know, just have a few months where we shut down a few wars, spend the money on sending kids and adults to psychologists. You know, reviewing the prescriptions of people. Doing family home check ups. Spending more on schools to have support counselors. Maybe getting folks some dental care. Seeing if anyone is interested in eye exams. You know, some of the humane things we do for other countries.
Sent from the Matrioshka in the WH Christmas tree.
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