A Facebook comment I made following this op-ed by David Brooks:
If you read this op-ed piece without looking at the name of the author, you would demand to know more. You would demand to know how we can build a new national narrative, revive family life, restore community bonds and our shared moral culture. You would want some names of potential national and local leaders who are able to think "about our shared social and moral formative institutions and how such institutions could be reconstituted". These cults of ego worship on the left and the right have been ripping us apart since at least the Vietnam years (and I'm old enough to have witnessed this close-up). Perhaps the language of "recovery" will help: We (that's the "we" implied by 'E Pluribus Unum') have not yet reached the bottom and are unable to admit that "we" have a problem. Judging from the year we all have experienced, I think we may be getting really close. I'm going to save this op-ed piece to use as a measure for any "leadership" that emerges in the near future.
Friday, November 17, 2017
Thursday, November 9, 2017
Educating Congressman Gallagher on the Nature of Weapons
A Facebook comment to Mike Gallagher:
Too many people are eager to play with words while children die. Forget the crap about "assault weapon", "automatic", "semiautomatic", etcetera ad nauseum. To the survivors of the dead and to the wounded, it wasn't a word that spilled their blood. It was a weapon, a firearm, a tool intended for the single purpose of killing. The real issue is CAPACITY FOR CARNAGE. How many casualties can a particular weapon inflict in one minute? It looks like the one used in Las Vegas and Sutherland Springs can create around 60 casualties per minute. Can we get some agreement that this level of carnage is completely uncalled for in civilian life? There are many baby steps that we can take to lessen the death toll. Some are obvious while some require a public health approach. However, limiting the capacity for casualties should be one of the earliest efforts.
Too many people are eager to play with words while children die. Forget the crap about "assault weapon", "automatic", "semiautomatic", etcetera ad nauseum. To the survivors of the dead and to the wounded, it wasn't a word that spilled their blood. It was a weapon, a firearm, a tool intended for the single purpose of killing. The real issue is CAPACITY FOR CARNAGE. How many casualties can a particular weapon inflict in one minute? It looks like the one used in Las Vegas and Sutherland Springs can create around 60 casualties per minute. Can we get some agreement that this level of carnage is completely uncalled for in civilian life? There are many baby steps that we can take to lessen the death toll. Some are obvious while some require a public health approach. However, limiting the capacity for casualties should be one of the earliest efforts.
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