{"id":72962,"date":"2020-01-03T11:00:19","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T17:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=72962"},"modified":"2020-01-03T06:52:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T12:52:33","slug":"all-the-same","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=72962","title":{"rendered":"All The Same"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCENE: Mitch BERG is walking out of a Ukrainian sausage shop in Northeast Minneapolis when he notes Avery LIBRELLE, wearing matching “Meat is Murder” hat, T-Shirt, and carrying a matching sign, beginning to picket the store. BERG tries to tiptoe back inside, but LIBRELLE notices him. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LIBRELLE: Merg!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BERG: Er, hey, Avery. What brings you… (But LIBRELLE interrupts)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LIBRELLE: The presence of those guns in that church in Tennesee…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BERG: Texas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LIBRELLE: Tomayto tomahto. The presence of guns in that peckerwood church made the murders possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

BERG: So let me get this straight…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LIBRELLE: Inclusivity! <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BERG: Sure fine – look, almost nobody makes the jump from “clean criminal record” to “mass murderer”, and even less so “street criminal”, without some kind of warning sign. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But we’re dodging the point here. Society really has two options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Disarm the law-abiding, Which leaves only those who don’t bother following the law with guns.<\/li>
  2. Let the law-abiding exercise their right to defend themselves. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    LIBRELLE: Option three – take away all the guns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    BERG: Er, yeah – in a society of 320 million people, with 100 million gun owners and probably 200 million guns, you won’t get ’em all, and a ban will do for guns what prohibition did for booze, pot and cocaine. So we’re back to two options: disarm the law abiding, or recognize their right to defend themselves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    LIBRELLE: Nope. If you disarm the so-called “law-abiding”, you’ll get rid of all guns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    BERG: (Sounding tired<\/em>) Huh. Do tell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    LIBRELLE: Every criminal was once a so-called “law biding citizen”. So if you disarm them, eventually criminals will be disarmed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    BERG: Huh. Hey, look – that guy is wearing a “Carnivores for Trump” cap!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    LIBRELLE: (Frantically looks for cap<\/em>) Where? Where? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    (But BERG has already made his escape<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    And SCENE<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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