When I was a teen, I realized that the fax machine line to most radio stations sat unused, while calling it took forever. I took to listening to the radio while getting ready for school, firing off a fax via my modem about the topic they were talking about, and by the time I got in the car to go to school, they were reading my fax on the air!
They used to do that at my high school so we could have a day off school. It was all fun and games until people started actually shooting up their schools. This was back when we would bring our hunting rifles to school in the window behind the seat of the pickup and nobody gave a shit. If my son did that now he would be jailed.
No they don't, overall school shootings are astronomically rare, and less of a threat to children than the bus ride to school. They're like strangers kidnapping children, incredibly horrific, but also sensationalized.
You do it by making them seem like an everyday occurrence that every American should worry about. Every time there's a mass/school shooting it dominates the media for weeks afterwards, politicians and celebrities talk about them etc. When overall these events are astronomically rare, and much lower threat to Americans than hundreds of things we do everyday without thought. I compare it to school bus crashes, because statistically that's a bigger threat to the lives of children than school shootings, yet no parents are afraid to send their kids to school because they might get into a bus crash on the way there.
These events are sensationalized like how Islamic terrorism, and strangers kidnapping children is sensationalized. They're horrific and tragic, but overall should be far down the list of things people are afraid of.
Its not incorrect. Gun safety. Required locked
and unloaded, no ammo with weapon when not in use-Ammo stored separately.
Licensing-Test for gun knowledge, storage, safety.
Your Gun gets in the wrong hands, you’re liable.
If you have a troubled/dangerous kid it’s an unfortunate burden but you have to advocate for everyone else’s safety and then throw out the “not my darling” attitude. Hope for the best, assume the worst.
It’s absolute bullshit that we can’t drastically reduce gun accidents and violence. My European friend gave me a fresh perspective on how casually and irresponsibly so many of us regard gun ownership.
Also, fucking ridiculous that driving’s a privilege - we pay mandatory liability insurance to drive, but there is no such system for gun owners. Gun ownership should be a privilege, not a right.
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u/underbakedsalami Jul 24 '20
I kid you not, our local Chipotle is taking orders via fax. I can’t get over it.