"Nina Shapiro reports at Forbes this week in an article titled "The
Leading Cause Of Death In Children And Youths Is Now Guns":"

""Access to firearms by children, by unlicensed owners, and absence of
safety measures when it comes to both intentional and unintentional
gun-related injuries and deaths, are among the reasons that the
incidence of this horrific, truly avoidable tragedy is on the rise."

The latest con from the GOP is that they're all about "the children.""

"They're worried that trans people will show up in the "wrong" bathroom
and scare or threaten "the children."They're hysterical that teaching
American history will cause white children to "feel bad."They're locking
up women and threatening them with life in prison because they had a miscarriage that Republicans suspect might have been a self-induced abortion.They're happily jumping on the 2022 GOP version of the Tsar's antisemitic blood libel, claiming their political opponents are
"groomers" targeting children.They're enthusiastically embracing the
Qanon slogan: "Save the children!""

"Until you mention children killed by guns.

Then, Republicans retreat into a bizarre cone of silence or simply turn
and run away from the conversation altogether. Or, worse, they continue grooming their own young people to become school shooters, as you can
see below."
[snip]

What silence? We always have "thoughts and prayers".

TB

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