General Discussion

... the per capita number of gun deaths in America is more than 10 TIMES that of comparable high-income countries. And that number is primarily driven by a gun homicide rate that is 25 TIMES that of comparable high-income countries.

I grieve for the manner of death as a reflection of the intolerable level of gun violence in America.

I hate that the shooter created a martyr whose death will be used by reactionaries as a bludgeon to spread more hate and lies.

I do not grieve the loss of a man who called for some "amazing patriot" to bail out Paul Pelosi’s attacker. I do not grieve the loss of a man who was hellbent on doing everything in his power to ensure this nation did NOTHING to reduce gun deaths.

And while I fiercely oppose Christian Nationalism, I utterly reject the use of force or violence to control or silence ANYONE who is acting or speaking in accord with the spirit of our constitution (not the unrecognizable version of that constitution being constructed by the black-robed traitors on SCOTUS).

Perhaps every governor who gives a shit about the intolerable number of PREVENTABLE gun deaths in America should order flags to be flown at half-staff until this nation passes meaningful gun control and puts big money into interventions and community-based programs that are PROVEN to reduce gun violence.

Just a thought.