Wouldn’t it be better to put that time and energy into staffing a government with representatives who demonstrate integrity and ethics so that people won’t have to worry about it turning authoritarian?
It isn’t as much fun as looking tough and waving a gun around in the mirror or going to the range to shoot targets but at least they can appreciate knowing the country won’t implode and their children won’t be shot in their classrooms.
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And we know the NRA isn’t funded strictly by members. The gun and ammunition manufacturers own the organization and it wouldn’t surprise me to learn they own the others as well.
Something else to note is the NRA is funding efforts in countries worldwide to loosen gun regulations. It’s good for business. They loosen regulations to sell more guns which increases gun violence overall which makes people afraid and motivates them to buy a gun for protection.
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Fetterman Checks Into Hospital to Seek Treatment for Clinical Depression
Not good at allSenator John Fetterman, Democrat of Pennsylvania, who was hospitalized last week after feeling lightheaded, checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Wednesday night to receive treatment for clinical depression, his office said on Thursday.
“While John has experienced depression off and on throughout his life, it only became severe in recent weeks,” Adam Jentleson, his chief of staff, said in a statement. He said that after undergoing an evaluation on Monday by Dr. Brian P. Monahan, the attending physician in Congress, Mr. Fetterman followed the recommendation for inpatient care at Walter Reed.
“John agreed, and he is receiving treatment on a voluntary basis,” Mr. Jentleson said.
Mr. Fetterman, 53, was admitted to George Washington University Hospital last week after feeling unwell during a daylong Senate Democratic retreat. He spent two days in the stroke unit, where he underwent an M.R.I. and other tests that ruled out another stroke and remained free of any seizures, a spokesman said.
The decision to seek help at Walter Reed underscored the challenges, both physical and emotional, that Mr. Fetterman has been dealing with since entering the Senate last month, a transition that has been vastly more difficult because of the strains of his recovery.
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I'm sure enough wishing him well. But I have friends and family who have dealt with clinical depression, and the last sentence seems... very optimistic. Depression is not a flu you get over in a week or two.
You had government tyranny a couple of summers ago, when police declared war on their communities because their communities had the nerve to ask them to please stop killing unarmed people in the street. The 2nd Amendment crowd did nothing about that, because they're cowards and hypocrites. The only 'tyranny' they're concerned about is the idea that the government might one day come and take their toys away.
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Joh Fetterman had a stroke before this. Do you guys think the two could be linked?