Political armed violence is historically inherent to the United States and will only approach zero the day Americans relinquish the right to bear arms. And we will never see this, because the sanctification of the Second Amendment, the multi-billion dollar rifle business, and the self-serving use of the Bible (especially the Old Testament) make millions of Americans believe that bearing arms is a divine right that is theirs as citizens of an exceptional nation. Guns equal freedom, all the Republican candidates say, the Democratic candidates swallow it, and pro-Trump influencer Charlie Kirk defended it. murder Wednesday, who had once claimed that a few gun deaths a year was a price worth paying to protect freedoms. A martyr to the cause of freedom, then.
The recurring school massacres, despite the national mourning they've caused, have only sparked debates on issues such as raising the age to purchase a gun to 21, limiting magazine capacity, or banning the sale of guns to people with mental illnesses, but people are stuck in a loop: many parents and their families, precisely because the right to buy a gun increases the danger that someone might misuse it. That's why gun sales increase after a massacre. Hence, the response to Kirk's murder is more armed and verbal violence, in a public discussion in which might is more important than reason.
