Hayes Brown: Real cowards shove weapons at throngs of scared people, insisting after every shooting that there's nothing to be done, but offer up more guns.
And yet an ongoing and deliberate project to strip down the requirements for owning a gun is dependent on the idea that in a world where everyone is well-defended, only a fool would dare attack. “An armed society is a polite society,” is a quote from science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein’s “Beyond This Horizon,” often. The story is set in a world where gun duels over honor are common and the knowledge that a challenge could come over any slight.
That is not this world. A cheerleader in Texas tried to open the wrong car door in the parking lot of a grocery store early Tuesday morning. She realized her mistake when she saw a man inside and retreated to her friend’s car. Pedro Tello Rodriguez Jr., 25, didn’t listen to her apology when she rolled down the window of her friend’s car to offer it. HeAmerica is a scared country, and it should be.
Both sides being armed does not change the equation, either. Earlier this month, authorities in Floridawho exchanged fire during a road rage incident last October, each with children in their cars. The first was deemed to be acting in self-defense, despite hitting a 5-year-old girl in the leg. The second was charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault for returning fire, collapsing a 14-year-old girl’s lung.
This is paired with a disdain for any requirements related to training or safety before owning a gun. In North Carolina, a man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly after a ball rolled into his yard. North Carolina Republicans last month voted to repeal the state’s requirement that buying a handgun require a permit from their local sheriff’s office.
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