The American love affair with guns
Source: Bang for the Buck | Adam Hochschild | The New York Review of Books
The American love affair with guns
Source: Bang for the Buck | Adam Hochschild | The New York Review of Books
The NRA is holding its annual convention just days after the Uvalde school shooting. The group exists to protect gun industry profits and the state’s monopoly on violence, and keep guns in the hands of right-wingers.
“This has become part of who we are as a country,” said Julián Castro. “The free availability of guns has not made us safer in the United States or here in the state of Texas.”
Source: At Least 19 Children, 2 Adults Killed in Texas Elementary School Shooting
Last week, the National Rifle Association successfully struck down an assault weapons ban in Boulder, Colorado. Five days later, Boulder was the scene of a mass shooting — reportedly with the same kind of weapon the city tried and failed to ban.
Source: Last Week in Boulder, the NRA Struck Down an Assault Weapons Ban. This Week in Boulder, a Massacre.