I can say with absolute certainty that had there been a mass shooting, this man would be responsible for many deaths, and almost certainly the hypothetical “active shooter” would not be among the deaths his firearm caused.
Nothing to see here, folks…just more evidence of the Glock Cycle:
Mass shooting > fear > NRA propaganda to exacerbate fear and prevent regs > more gun and ammo sales > more guns in circulation > more mass shooting > fear > NRA > sales > circulation > mass shootings > fear > NRA > sales…
Yes…if you show two fully clothed people on the same bed moving their hips…its an instant “R” rating. Same with having one utterance of the word “Fuck”.
Show a few dozen people getting their heads blown off…we can discuss a possible PG-13 rating for that.
He ain’t lying (at least about the fear of mass shootings part…the “reaching” sounds fabricated) and he ain’t crazy…afraid and gullible, maybe, but he’s telling the truth here, I guarantee it. That’s the whole point. Growing up in gun culture Amurikkka creates the predispositions that helped the NRA and its puppets prey on human nature’s response to fear, feelings of powerlessness/lack of control and confusion in the face of the unexplainable. He’s convinced he needed the “safety” of a concealed weapon at the movie theater because he felt fear and confusion about mass shootings and his own safety, and he was convinced that his feelings of powerlessness could be assuaged by placing himself in a position of power that would (supposedly) allow him to control the world around him. He was taught that owning and carrying a gun achieve those ends and truly believes it. Here’s a picture that speaks to this whole phenomenon better than my words:
Haha…just kidding…although next time there’s a mass shooting, take a gander at the KKKomment boards over at Faux News underneath the articles about it. You will see that they actually spend a ton of time convincing themselves that what I just said is actually the truth, to the extent that in their minds the fact that a liberal did it is self-evident from the fact that a mass shooting happened.
But isn’t that what the law USED to be? You needed to have a justification to carry a handgun? I remember seeing stories some years back about abused women who’d left their husbands, and they wanted gun permits to protect themselves but had to go through a lot of paperwork to get them.