OK, boys and girls, gather round while your kindly old Uncle Karl explains the politics of gun legislation. Remember earlier when I told you that Marxist analysis can be summed up in just three words: “Follow the Money.”
Let’s apply that to proposed gun legislation. If a ban on assault weapons is passed, who will reap a financial reward? Almost no one that I can think of. On the other hand, who will lose? Gun manufacturers, ammo manufacturers, and gun dealers, and they will lose a great deal.
Ergo, the pressure to curb the sale of assault rifles will fail. This is the U.S. The political system responds to money.
In the meantime, an average of seven kids die every day in the U.S. because of guns. They won’t all be little kids; many will be teenagers. They won’t all be homicides; some will be from accidents or suicides, but the seven deaths will result from guns. In the meantime, membership in the N.R.A. continues to climb.
And the undertakers will continue to prosper. And the gun owners will be happy because they still have their guns. I wonder how many people have lost their lives with their own guns.
ReplyDeleteAs you pointed out--it's all about the money and always will be.