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All gun violence, and threats of it, is about power, whether it’s done by an angry spouse, a kid with a tribal grudge, a dress-up GI Joe in a statehouse or a Starbucks, or a scared/incompetent/racist cop. We rightly freak out over mass killings, but mostly people die one at a time, dispersed through the day, the weeks, the months, the years, a steady drip drip drip that never ends.
All gun violence, and threats of it, is about power, whether it’s done by an angry spouse, a kid with a tribal grudge, a dress-up GI Joe in a statehouse or a Starbucks, or a scared/incompetent/racist cop. We rightly freak out over mass killings, but mostly people die one at a time, dispersed through the day, the weeks, the months, the years, a steady drip drip drip that never ends.
Guns are empowering. Sociopaths are narcissistic and desire to have power and dominate others. They make a lovely marriage.
Yeah, death is a daily occurrence. But it's a part of life and it impacts individuals greatly.