#ToponymAmericaNorthUSLouisianaNewOrleans #NMRURussiaTodayRT "Black culture is violent, aggressive, criminal, sociopathic, narcissistic, corrosive, contagious, and detrimental for any society." #OtheringCaricatureSlaveryBrute
#ReasoningFallacyOversimplificationCausalReductionism #NMUSPublicBroadcastingServicePBS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0u5MA31T6I https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/despite-high-gun-ownership-scandinavia-remains-largely-free-of-firearm-violence #MassShooting2022ThailandNongBuaLamphuMassacre #ToponymAsiaThailand #ToponymEuropeNordicScandinaviaNorway #ToponymEuropeNordicScandinaviaSweden #OtheringOutGroupGangMob #OrgClassifPPSESverigedemokraternaSD #LiteralWeaponFirearmAR15
Addendum what's missing here is any mention of #OtheringDiscriminationRacismStructuralSystemicInstitutional e.g. #PhenomnDeprivationPoverty etc. #PhenomnDemography
The headline: "Despite high gun ownership, Scandinavia remains largely free of firearm violence" seems to allude to a 'value neutral' i.e. #TheoryInstrumentalism argument such as those of the #AdvocacyUSNationalRifleAssociationNRA e.g. "guns don't kill people; people kill people" (thereby absolving gun advocates, gun manufactures etc. of any responsibility). #CatchcryGunsDontKillPeoplePeopleKillPeople #TauntAmmosexual [Wiktionary]
#SymbolEmblemFlagUSOldGloryBetsyRoss [Wikipedia] #TheoryCodedMasculinityOver #SymbolHeadgearHatTricorne
Supplementary #OrgUSPoliticalActionCommitteePACMeidasTouch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKrFQVuB1iU&t=11s #OrgClassifPPUSDemocraticPartyAdrianFontes
#LegislationUS1791ConstAmdt2RightToBearArms: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." [Government]
"To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;" [Government]
"To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;" [Government] #OrgUSLeagueOfWomenVoters
#ToponymAmericaNorthUSArizonaMaricopaCounty, #ToponymAmericaNorthUSArizonaYumaCountyYumaCity
#OrgUSFedAFMMarines
#LiteralWeaponFirearmM16A2
#LiteralWeaponFirearmAR15
#OrgClassifPPUSDemocraticPartyJoeManchin and
#OrgClassifPPUSDemocraticPartyKyrstenSinema versus
#OrgClassifPPUSRepublicanPartyGOPTedCruz (and seemingly, the rest of the Republican Party).
#NewspaperUKBrdshtTheGuardianArwaMahdawi "it seems doors are the newest enemy of the Republican party. In the wake of the horrific elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas - where 19 children and two teachers were killed by a teenager with military-grade weapons - some Republicans are choosing to channel their energy towards the important question of door control.
'You want to talk about how we could have prevented the horror that played out across the street?' the Texas senator Ted Cruz said on Wednesday, while standing outside Robb elementary school. 'Having one door that goes in and out of the school, having armed police officers at that one door.'
An ordinary person would have paused for a second after saying something so patently ridiculous and then, hit by the realization that they had just blamed the massacre of school children on the problem of 'too many doors and not enough guns'" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/may/28/republican-party-texas-school-shooting-doors
#ToponymAmericaNorthUSTexasUvalde
#MassShooting2022RobbElementarySchool
Addendum in context with the US Constitution, 2nd Amendment, #CharacterisationVigilanteAndOrMilitia seems to have (perhaps, conveniently for some) undergone a #TheoryLinguisticsLexicalChange; from being a Congress-prescribed military outfit to being (mis)interpreted as a autonomous, vigilante group.
#BeliefTheismChristianityCrucifix #LiteralWeaponFirearmAR15
Supplementary "Republican Charlie Kirk suggested that Kyle Rittenhouse is like Jesus Christ while comparing him to 'wrongfully accused' Bible characters.
The Turning Point USA founder said the remark during his organization's AmericaFest conference with Kirk referring to Rittenhouse as a 'hero to millions'.
Kirk said: 'It's a win for due process, it's a win for presumption of innocence--all Biblical values, by the way. Plenty of people were wrongfully accused all throughout the Bible, especially the Old Testament, including Jesus Christ himself.'" https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/charlie-kirk-kyle-rittenhouse-jesus-v23e220d1 #AdvocacyTurningPointTPUSACharlieKirk [Wikipedia] #AdvocacyTurningPointTPUSAAmericaFest #BeliefTheismDeityGodAllahYHWHJesusChristMessiah #NMUSTheVictoryChannelFlashPointGeneBailey [tweet] #HandleTwitterPatriotTakes #MagazineUSTheAtlanticKaitlynTiffany "PatriotTakes is effectively re-platforming people who have been removed from the public square for a reason." [digital archives]
#NewspaperUKBrdshtTheGuardianJennaAmatulli, #NewspaperUKBrdshtTheGuardianAnnaBetts, #NewspaperUKBrdshtTheGuardianMayaYang "Charlie Kirk, the powerful rightwing activist, Trump ally and executive director of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), has died after being shot in the neck on Wednesday while speaking at a university campus event in Utah...
Videos circulating on social media showed an attender asking Kirk: 'Do you know how many transgender Americans have been mass shooters over the last 10 years?' In response, Kirk says: 'Too many,' as the crowd clapped.
In a follow-up question, the attender asks: 'Do you know how many mass shooters there have been in America over the last 10 years?' Kirk replies: 'Counting or not counting gang violence?' Seconds later, Kirk could be seen struck in the neck as he falls back in his chair." https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/10/charlie-kirk-shot-utah #EDUUSUtahValleyUniversityUVU [Wikipedia] #PowerControlViolenceGunShooting #IdentityLGBTQIATrans #PowerControlViolenceGunShootingMass #OtheringOutGroupGangMob
#NMUSMSNBCNicolleWallace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNfTgOwpn20 #OrgUSGunViolenceArchiveGVA [Wikipedia] [site archive]
#MagazineNewsweekNickMordowanec "Charlie Kirk, the conservative founder and president of Turning Point USA, said during an organizational event on Wednesday that gun deaths in exchange for the preservation of Second Amendment rights is part of America's reality.
Kirk's comments come about one week after three children and three adults were killed at the Christian Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee. ...
'I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights....'" https://www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk-says-gun-deaths-worth-it-2nd-amendment-1793113
#LegislationUS1791ConstAmdt2RightToBearArms #CatchcryGodAndGuns #PowerControlViolenceGunShootingSchool
#MassShooting2023NashvilleCovenantSchool [Wikipedia] #OrgUSGunViolenceArchiveGVA [Wikipedia] [site archive]
#IRLAuthorKatherineKoonce #IRLDeceasedMikeHill #IRLDeceasedCindyPeak #IRLDeceasedEvelynDieckhaus #IRLDeceasedHallieScruggs #IRLDeceasedWilliamKinney
#BrandDisney #OrgClassifPPUSDemocraticPartyPOTUSJoeBiden #CatchcryTrumpTrain #ConspiracyTheoryStolenElectionBigLie #IdentityLGBTQIA #PhenomnVirusCOVID19 #InvectiveFuckJoeBidenFJB #ConspiracyTheoryCOVID19PlandemicScamdemic #CharacterisationWeaknessLaughingStock #IRLEntrepreneurElonMusk #BrandTechSocialMediaXFKATwitter #OrgClassifPPUSDemocraticPartyHillaryClinton #ConspiracyTheoryCabalPizzagate [Wikipedia] #MetaphorDeceitLugenpresseFakeNews #CatchcryFreedomOfSpeechFreeSpeech #MetaphorWarfareSoldierFighter #LiteralFieldEconomicsInflationGasPrices
#OrgUSFedWhiteHouse
#LiteralWeaponFirearmAR15
Context #NMUSCableSatellitePublicAffairsNetworkCSPAN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJOw0XUyTQs&t=8s
#IRLActorMatthewMcConaughey
#IRLModelCamilaMcConaughey [Wikipedia]
#ToponymAmericaNorthUSTexasUvalde
#MassShooting2022RobbElementarySchool
#NewspaperUKBrdshtTheGuardian "Matthew McConaughey made an emotional plea for US lawmakers to pass gun control legislation during an appearance at the White House on Tuesday, where he urged Congress to 'reach a higher ground'. ...
'We want secure and safe schools and we want gun laws that won't make it so easy for the bad guys to get the damn guns,' McConaughey said.
His speech came in the wake of last month's shooting rampage at an elementary school in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 students and two teachers." https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/07/matthew-mcconaughey-gun-control-uvalde-white-house
"So how did the Texas shooter Ramos, who worked at Wendy's, afford an $1800 Daniel Defense rifle, plus a second rifle, and 375 rounds of ammunition? We're talking over $3500 in purchases, yet the media claims he was teased for being 'poor' and he worked a minimum wage part time job.
Doesn't add up..."
#ToponymAmericaNorthUSTexas
#IRLMurdererSalvadorRamos
#BrandWendys
#BrandDanielDefense [Wikipedia] i.e.
#LiteralWeaponFirearmAR15
#LiteralSalaryMinimumWage #PhenomnResponsibilityBlamingVictim ?
#MassShooting2022RobbElementarySchool
#MassShooting2022RobbElementarySchool
Supplementary #ToponymAmericaNorthUSTexasUvalde #IRLMurdererSalvadorRamos i.e. "Minutes after Tuesday's tragic shooting at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, false rumours began spreading about the identity of the gunman.
Images of three separate trans women were shared online purporting to be of the gunman, and leading to a barrage of abuse." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/61607042 #PhenomnMisdirectionScapegoatingQueer i.e. #OtheringHateHomophobia #LiteralWeaponFirearmAR15
#LegislationUS1791ConstAmdt2RightToBearArms
#ReasoningFallacyFalseDilemmaDichotomy i.e. both are weapons
#TheoryOfAffordances.fford and are intended for killing.
#WebsiteIAmTrump
Supplementary #IRLAnthropologistBrunoLatour "Each artifact has its script, its 'affordance,' its potential to take hold of passersby and force them to play roles in its story. By contrast, the sociological version of the NRA renders the gun a neutral carrier of will that adds nothing the action, playing the role of an electrical conductor, good and evil flowing through it effortlessly. ...
Reversing the dogma of moralism, the materialists insist that we are what we have - what we have in our hands, at least. ...
For the NRA, one's moral state is a Platonic essence: One is born a good citizen or a criminal. Period. As such, the NRA account is moralist-what matters is what you are, not what you have" (Bruno Latour, 1994, p.31). Latour, B. (1994). 'On Technical Mediation Philosophy, Sociology, Genealogy.' Common Knowledge 3(2). [pdf] #TheoryOfAffordances #TheoryPsychologySchemaTheory #AdvocacyUSNationalRifleAssociationNRA #TheoryPhysicalismOrMaterialism #TheoryInstrumentalism #IRLPhilosopherPlato #TheoryDeterminismFatalistic
#MagazineForbesTheodoreMcDarrah "You are different with a gun in your hand; the gun is different with you holding it. You are another subject because you hold the gun; the gun is another object because it has entered into a relationship with you." https://www.forbes.com/sites/teddymcdarrah/2021/03/29/how-a-gun-changes-you-a-philosophical-look-at-gun-control/
"When you see me watching, look well into my eyes. For I am your creation. For now, I will sit and watch. But soon very soon, I and my brothers alike, will come for you. For we are many, and we are strong, and you will know our name.
The American Patriot"
#SymbolTheAmericaPatriot
#SymbolEmblemFlagUSOldGloryBetsyRoss
#SymbolEmblemFlagUSOldGloryConfederate
#SymbolHeadgearHatTricorne
#LiteralWeaponFirearmAR15
#PoliticsNationalismRomantic
#CharacterisationVigilanteAndOrMilitia ?
Context the meme's central image appears to be repurposed from a composite image produced by #BrandStraight8CustomPhotographyJasonSwarr [blog]
Addendum the AR-15-styled assault rifle shown in this illustration was seemingly invented in #1956_ [Wikipedia] and so, is incongruous with the #NarrativeWarAmericanCivil period depicted in the illustration.
pro-gun comment i.e. an #LiteralWeaponFirearmAR15 is a lightweight semi-automatic rifle.