***I do think that the days of widespread gun ownership are numbered. Because from what I've seen, it's not just "some" psychological damage. These kids are seriously impacted, even if there hasn't been a real shooting at their school. And we, as adults, are going to have to answer the question one day: "Why didn't you do something?" - to guns, climate, finances, all of it.
Thus far, we won't have much of an answer.***
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4 reasons i don't think those days are numbered [ days of widespread gun ownership ]
-- The guy i saw riding a motorcycle yesterday with a jacket with a 1 1/2 foot diameter patch on the back stating. " 2nd amendment , 1788 , don't tread on me, anything else is un-american, support the troops" etc . This was an big expensive looking patch, sewed on a nice jacket , and a $$ motorcycle.
-- The guys at work discussing that the proper # of concealed carry weapons to have on your person is 3 - "one on your hip, one in a shoulder holster under your arm, and another in an ankle holster " This was a 60yr old and a 30 yr old. I hope no-one accidenttally bumps into the older one at night in the grocery store parking lot.
-- Another guy at work lamenting the fact that our attorney general wont let "carry insurance" be sold in the state anymore and so his policy was cancelled . he can barely afford his bills, but this is a big priority for him.
-- The fellow selling ammo out of the back of a pickup truck in the vacant lot next to the elementary school i saw last year - with a big handwritten cardboard sign.