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Friday, May 27th, 2022

Shootings Aren’t a Sign America is ‘Broken’. It’s Working Exactly as Intended

Author:     Ryan Busse
Source:     The Guardian U.K.)
Publication Date:     Wed 25 May 2022 15.29 EDT
 Link: Shootings Aren’t a Sign America is ‘Broken’. It’s Working Exactly as Intended
Stephan:   The measurable trends validate what Ryan Busse, a former executive in the firearms industry, is saying in this piece. Because as a society we have only one social priority, greed and the profit it produces, the military-industrial complex Eisenhower warned us about has been allowed to create a weaponized society. It has been unbelievably profitable. An 18-year-old in Texas, who couldn't buy a Margarita in a restaurant, or a handgun, could spend over $3,000 outfitting himself essentially as a soldier would be outfitted, down to both carrying an AR-15 long gun. A weapon designed for military combat offering the ability to kill a great number of people in a very short time. This is a form of social insanity. Nothing is going to fix it but you, me, and all the people who think as we do. Are we enough? November will tell us.
‘This Friday, Trump is scheduled to speak at the annual NRA convention in Houston – less than 300 miles from Uvalde.’ 
Credit: Lucas Jackson/Reuters

I was a firearms exec for years. The industry used to adhere to self-imposed rules and norms – until gun makers and lobby groups like the NRA realized fear and extremism sold more guns.

After the horrific mass murders in Buffalo and Uvalde, Americans are hearing a familiar chorus emanating from the cable networks. Every host and guest seems shocked. They search for the right words.

Eventually, their message becomes almost universal: Something is horribly broken in a country that allows troubled young men to arm themselves to the teeth and kill innocent people – especially young children. Social media explodes, expressing a version of the shock that the first lady, Jill Biden, expressed after the murders in Uvalde – “Stunned. Angry. Heartbroken.”

I too am angry and heartbroken. But I am not stunned, and I don’t believe anything is broken. The truth is that Americans now live within an escalating system of radicalized gun tragedy that is working […]

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1 Comment

  1. Dream on Friday, May 27, 2022 at 12:36 pm

    As the author of this article says “The NSSF helped craft a new world of gun lobby extremism in which profits are all that matter.” Just tweak that line to “[fill in the blank] in which profits are all that matter” and you will see the source of practically every major problem in the US today.