I always love when people present gallup polls as evidence.
This results are from a poll of 1,035 people. We have a population of over 330 million.
So out of that 1035 people, 32% own a gun. Not representative of actual gun ownership. especially this year when gun sales have skyrocketed due to the civil unrest.
I am not here to change your minds about gun ownership. And honestly, until any of you move here and become citizens, you opinion doesn't mean squat to me.
But I hope that even one person sits back today and says to themselves, wow, am I looking at this with the lens of a sterotype? I also hope that even one person will read what I wrote and think, wow, now I understand better how the laws in the US work in regards to the rights of the people and our culture going back 245 years.
I have seen mentions of "religious right".
I have voted republican, democrat and 3rd party. I am an atheist. I believe in a women's right to choose. I believe in helping immigrants. I also believe in my individual right. I have a friend who is a Bernie Sanders supporter. She owns a gun.
My original post was in result specifically about the Boulder shooting. His family has known for years that he was paranoid and delusional. They did nothing. They knew 2 days before the shooting that he had a gun. They took it away and tried to hide it from him. If they weren't feeling safe with him having a gun, why didn't they call the police? This is why we have Red Flag Laws.
So yes, I blame this shooting on mental health. Not on the gun.
He planned on killing people. And if it wouldn't have been this gun it could have been a bomb. Or a truck.