Repost: The American Normal UPDATED

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a gun law case challenging New York law which prohibits carrying concealed handguns outside the home without a license. This post is just one of many offering a possible argument against changing the New York law.

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UPDATE: News outlets in Texas report two victims of the El Paso mass murder have died in hospital bringing the total dead to 22.

20 Murdered, 26 Injured In El Paso

***13 Hours Later***

9 Murdered, 27 Injured In Dayton

Donald J. Trump, Mitch McConnell And Lindsey Graham And Greg Abbott And The Rest of The Trump Sycophants, This Is On You!

Sheriff Richard Wiles (El Paso County) posted on Facebook:

“This Anglo man came here to kill Hispanics. I’m outraged and you should be too. This entire nation should be outraged.”

The wounded ranged in age from a 2-year-old child to an 82-year-old victim.

Internet posting by El Paso shooter:

“This attack is a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas. They are the instigators, not me. I am simply defending my country from cultural and ethnic replacement brought on by an invasion.” (Sound familiar).

“An image of the word ‘Trump’ spelled out in guns, circulating on Sunday as the work of the shooter, was in fact initially created in January 2017, and posted on the ‘Weakend Gunnit’ subreddit, where gun fans share memes and softcore porn.

Since then it has regularly shown up in other corners of the rightwing web, including the main Trump subreddits and several popular Twitter accounts. One of those reposts, by an account under the obviously-fake name ‘John Doe’, was ‘liked’ by an account in the name of the alleged El Paso shooter in February 2017, a month after the image was first created.”

The murders in Dayton took place in the Oregon District, a ‘busy nightlife scene of bars and restaurants’.

The murderer used an ‘AK47-like gun and “used a .223-caliber high-capacity magazine and was wearing body armor… he had additional magazines”.

Yeah, I Guess This Is Our Normal…

This was originally posted 4 August 2019