Dwain Northey (Gen X)
I feel like I am banging my head against the wall complaining about guns. The article linked is reference the to Ron (Death Sentence) DeSantis quietly signing into Florida law a bill that actually makes it easier for conceal carry in his State.
This death merchant wants to be President and thinks that the glory days of the wild, wild west should be the marker of the 21st century. Ron is as delusional as the rest of the wanna-be gun slingers not recognizing that the old west while riddled with shoot out lore had gun laws. Most western towns banned guns in the city limits and usually, if not always in saloons.
Florida already has a ridiculous stand your ground law that gives anyone (we all know anyone means white person) the right to shoot first and ask questions later if they feel at all threatened. Ask Trayvon Martin how that law works, oh yeah you can’t because he didn’t live to see 18 because Andrew Zimmer felt threatened by Trayvon’s hoodie and shot him.
Stoneman Douglas High School in the Miami tragedy of February 14, 2018 may just be another normal day in Sunny Florida because now anyone can get a gun and conceal it. Yes there is still a waiting period if you buy from an authorized dealer but not from trade shows or online purchases. Trayvon Martins death will be followed by many more because the combination of Stand your ground and Conceal Carry can only end with more killing.
DeSantis has tried to take control of Disney in Orlando but the was outsmarted by the popular tourist destination. Will he try to make a private company allow concealed weapons in their parks. I am sure that his authoritarian nature would truly love to impose that rule on a private corporation but fortunately, at least for now, there are laws to prevent that.
As of Feb. 23, there have been seven mass shootings in Florida in 2023.
- Jan. 1, Miami Gardens: Nine people were shot or grazed in a shooting at a New Year’s Eve party. A 2-year-old was hit in the foot and a boy was shot in the knee, according to NBC6.
- Jan. 1, Ocala: Two men were killed and four others were injured in a shooting early New Year’s Day in a large gathering of people in Ocala, police reported.
- Jan. 5, Miami Gardens: As many as 10 people were wounded in a shooting outside The Licking, a soul food restaurant.
- Jan. 15, Homestead: Four people in their 20s were shot in Homestead, according to Miami-Dade police. One man, 24, died from his injuries.
- Jan. 16, Fort Pierce: Eight people were shot during an MLK Day celebration at a Fort Pierce park. One victim died the next morning.
- Jan. 30, Lakeland: Eleven people were shot, leaving two of them in critical condition in a drive-by shooting in Lakeland’s midtown.
- Feb. 22, Pine Hills: A gunman opened fire on a TV news crew reporting on a fatal shooting earlier in the day, before walking to a nearby home and shooting woman and her daughter.
Is anyone delusional enough to believe that letting anyone conceal carry will make these numbers go down. This is just mass shootings I am not even reporting individual incidents of gun homicide or suicide.
This mass hysteria and deification of guns and gun culture has to end. We live through 4 years of a Psychopathic Narcissist Moron, we won’t survive a Authoritarian, Napoleonic DeSantis who knows how to manipulate the system.
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