AR-15 style rifles from Rock River Arms are displayed during the National Rifle Association annual meeting on Sunday, May 6, 2018, in Dallas, Texas.
That's the guy's defense, anyway — that plus his right to carry four handguns, an AR-15 and a 12-gauge shotgun into a supermarket in Atlanta. Oh yeah, and he was wearing body armor. This was in March 2021, barely a week after an actual mass shooting at several massage parlors in Atlanta, in which eight people were killed. And it was only two days after a mass shooting at a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, where 10 people were killed.
What is freedom — in this case, the freedom to be armed and, you know, able to defend yourself? Does one man's freedom force the rest of us to watch their country turn into a John Wayne movie? And there you have it. A normal American situation. Well, sure, as the Times points out:"All but three states allow for the open carry of handguns, long guns or both, and in many there is little the police can do."
Except they aren't safe at all — they're just swimming in the chaos, clinging to a belief that their guns make them safe. But such a belief is crucial. I understand the need to believe one is safe. When I moved to Chicago from rural Michigan — my God, almost half a century ago, in search of a career in journalism — I wasn't sure how I'd fare in the dangerous big city. But I was a peacenik, not a gun guy. Here's what I decided: I'll look everyone in the eye.
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