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It doesn’t need to be a gut feeling. This is a violent reactionary response to other violence. Violence + violence = more violence, until one side decides to stop fighting.

But the violence being combated here has its roots in a distinct lack of proper mental health care and an increasingly violent political scene driven by the rise of fascism, which is driven by the increasing gap between the rich and the poor, encouraged by oligarchs who are enriched through regulatory capture, and accelerated by Citizens United.

This product only takes away rights and doesn’t begin to try to solve any of the actual problems.

I also don’t know that there is much we as individuals can do about it. But talking about it with friends and family is a good step.