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Opinion | Stephen King on Mass Shootings: We’re Out of Things to Say (www.nytimes.com)
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There is no solution to the gun problem, and little more to write, because Americans are addicted to firearms.

Representative Jared Golden, from Maine’s Second Congressional District, has reversed course and says he will now support outlawing military-style semiautomatic rifles like the one used in the killing of 18 people in Lewiston this week. But neither the House nor the Senate is likely to pass such a law, and if Congress actually did, the Supreme Court, as it now exists, would almost certainly rule it unconstitutional.

Every mass shooting is a gut-punch; with every one, unimaginative people say, “I never thought it could happen here,” but such things can and will happen anywhere and everywhere in this locked-and-loaded country. The guns are available and the targets are soft.

When rapid-fire guns are difficult to get, things improve, but I see no such improvement in the future. Americans love guns, and appear willing to pay the price in blood.

Edit to add non-paywalled link: https://web.archive.org/web/20231028000212/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/27/opinion/stephen-king-maine-shootings.html

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

NYTimes is paywalled. Requesting the entire text or another link or nothing.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I copied the entire text initially, but also edited to add a non-paywalled link. I apologize, I've been using paywall blockers so long I keep forgetting others don't have them or don't turn off javascript for sites with paywalls.