Three days ago, a teenager armed with a semi-automatic assault-style rifle entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and locked himself in a classroom, where he tormented and murdered students for an hour. Meanwhile, the cops stationed outside were paralyzed by stupidity, incompetence, or both. Twenty-one people died before a Border Patrol agent finally reached the gunman, 18-year-old Salvador Rolando Ramos, and killed him.
The vast majority of Americans want common-sense gun control legislation, but seeing as a significant portion of our corporate congress would rather be re-elected than stand up to the gun lobby, this isn't likely to happen any time soon.
Gabriel of Urantia, our favorite UFO cultist, has his own thoughts about gun control: "[W]hen the Lord returns, there will be no weapons at all, in public or in military," he wrote in a meme published earlier today. "But we are not there yet, and we do need to protect ourselves from those who choose to disobey the commandments and man's laws."
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