Out of respect
Interesting. Three people who were scheduled to perform at the Gun Jamboree have sent regrets.
Several musical performers who planned to appear at this week’s National Rifle Association convention in Houston have withdrawn out of respect for the victims of the massacre in Uvalde, 279 miles west of the typically boisterous annual gun-rights gathering.
Out of respect for the victims? But why does respect for the victims entail not performing at the National Rifle Association convention? Presumably all musical performances all over the country aren’t being canceled, are they? Why these in particular?
Could it be, could it possibly be, that it suddenly doesn’t feel altogether right and good to celebrate The Holy Gun when The Holy Gun has just murdered a lot of children and two teachers? If that’s it, could it be that it is in fact not altogether right and good to celebrate The Holy Gun? Could there be some downsides to the cult of the gun?
The convention was planned months ago, before a recent spate of mass shootings, including the killings in Uvalde, and a racist attack on a supermarket in Buffalo earlier this month that left 10 people dead. Both gunmen used AR-15-type semiautomatics that have been legal since the expiration of the assault weapons ban in 2004, a big N.R.A. victory.
A big NRA victory to make it easier for racists and grandmother-haters to kill a lot of people in a short time.
The event’s political keynoters — Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas, Senator Ted Cruz and Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota — all plan to attend. Former President Donald J. Trump is scheduled to appear on Friday, although those in attendance will be prohibited from carrying firearms to his speech by the Secret Service.
Trump must be kept safe. No one else, just him.
Should be a fabulous party.
But the right to bear arms is everywhere and universal, from sea to shining sea. Amendment #2.
Expiring patents have made it possible for dozens of companies to flood the market with ARs.
‘Daniel Defense’ was ‘Daniel Overhead Door & Fireplace’ before 2002.
What was it about Uvalde that caused them to check their conscience but not in Buffalo or any of the other hundreds of mass shootings? Why are the False Flag claims not being blasted across the airwaves and intertubes?
These are not rhetorical questions. It makes no sense to me. Maybe it was the cops not being willing to go in that wakes people up to how truly dangerous our gun society is?
I’ve seen false flags claims about Uvalde (“how could he afford to buy the guns and ammo on a Wendy’s salary?”).
Maybe it’s all because of the 279 miles distance? I really don’t know. I don’t understand any of this.