Liberals have predictably seized upon the recent Nashville private school shooting rampage by a mentally troubled 28-year-old transgender woman to call for more gun control. Also predictably, gun sales will go up.
Each side said politicians on the other side politicized this latest shooting. The left and their social justice warriors were mad because Republicans are standing firm on the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens.
We all need to go slowly, get the facts straight and not make rash decisions that give politicians and the government more power — which we will later regret. We make the worst decisions when emotions are heightened and Americans are worked up. We invaded Iraq and Afghanistan after 9/11. The government gave us the “Patriot Act,” TSA, NSA, FISA Courts (which, according to news reports, illegally spy on more than 3 million Americans), and the Department of Homeland Security — all over anger about 9/11. Now we live with these unneeded agencies.
Never underestimate political “mission creep” when there are so many creeps in government. Freedoms ceded to government are never regained.
A chapter in my book (“There’s No Such Thing As a Pretty Alligator Wrestler”) discussed the most enduring, divisive issues. Its title is “God, Guns and Gays.” I know a lot about this because I grew up in a small town near Nashville, and “God, Guns and Gays” was my high school prom theme.