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Kind of analogous to Trumpism…
Because FREEDOM!!
Live free AND die.
I wonder if the initial outbreaks had occurred in red states rather than in blue back in march
would have the administration in DC acted differently?
States that voted for Donnie Deadly do Wrong are spreading sh*t beyond their borders.
It’s like gun control. States with sensible restrictions on firearms are at the mercy of places like Texas or Alabammy, where some creep can go fill up the trunk of their car with weapons they picked up at the Wal-mart on their lunch break and sell them to criminals in the sensible states.
Governor Little is a spineless lickspittle frightened of Idaho’s vociferous militia movement spearheaded by Ammon Bundy, a man who should be in jail as we speak. Ada County (home of Boise), where we have had a mask mandate since July, is dealing with the the overflow patients from counties where there are no mask mandates. And then there are the Trump supporters who are literally protesting these safety precautions in front of the homes of local officials.
This is the biggest problem with ignoring masks and violating social distancing rules; those idiots will infect others who are trying to stay healthy. This will be the legacy of 45; allowing a pandemic to flourish when this country could have done so much better.
You mean that States with insane gun laws like California put their citizens at risk by infringing on their 2nd Amendment Rights, leaving them at the mercy of criminals who weren’t going to follow the laws anyways.
Another reason why comparing masks to seat belts is counter-productive.
Seats belts protect YOU; masks protect OTHERS.
These morons have the right to kill themselves, but not innocent bystanders.
…and why I’m happy to keep our border closed to Americans. We have our own issues to deal with.
States With Few COVID-19 Restrictions Are Spreading the Virus Beyond Their Borders
Just like states with lax gun laws spread death to neighboring states! Oh, it’s the same states as the ones with weak covid-19 measures, you say?
Not surprising at all
A lack of such consistency is affecting eastern Washington, which appears to be absorbing some of the costs — both human and economic — of Idaho’s more laissez-faire approach to the virus.
I am a Washingtonian. And this makes me absolutely apoplectic!
There’s one form of “interstate commerce” that cries out to be regulated.
Laws crafted by saint Reagan’s administration
Sacramento got real nervous real quick when the Black Panther Party
began exercising their 2nd amendment right to open carry.
There are always consequences.
It seems that we here in MO are on the slippery slope of fear and fire arms availability.
And to the lax gun laws in Indiana that keep Chicago bathed in blood.
See page 4 from the Chicago PD on where recovered guns are coming from. 7 of the top 10 are in Illinois, only 3 in Indiana.
And BTW, since we have data like that, one has to wonder why they aren’t just shutting down those FFLs which are having lots of guns end up in crimes…