The older I get, the more I'm convinced that these people have a worldview that was shaped by '80s action movies.
It's the only way I can explain how they think things like arming teachers and wanting them to get into shootouts with school shooters is a good idea.
They think that it'll work out like in an action movie. Where there's no collateral damage, and some, probably white male teacher, will skillfully kill the shooter and then throw out some sort of one-liner.
As opposed to the reality where shots are going to be going all over the place and punching through the thin walls of the schools and into rooms where students and other teachers are hiding.
It's also why they are enamored with the idea of a good guy with a gun, because they fantasize about being that person and living out those action movie moments. They don't stop to think about how that's a reactive solution and not a proactive solution, so in their little hero fantasy they have to react after people are already shooting kids.
The children are just a necessary sacrifice for their fantasies
They've been told for decades by the NRA and conservative talking heads that they need to be READY. Liberals and commies are gonna take over, (black) criminals are gonna invade your home! So they've been daydreaming of the day they finally get to live out their murder fantasies and be the big, strong man every conservative thinks they are. Defend your country! Defend your castle! GUNS GUNS GUNS. but when it's their side that's doing the tyranny, well.. "don't tread on me💪🐍" becomes "tread on me a little, Daddy, but tread on them 👉HARDER".
Revisionist History Podcast has a series on guns that's interesting, one episode talks about the TV show Gun Smoke and how it portrayed so much violence that wasn't anywhere near accurate to the old West. Gladwell hypothesizes that Gun Smoke shaped a ton of cultural ideas about guns and violence, and I think he's got a point.
As someone who does trap shooting a couple times a year, the unique adrenaline rush and false sense of confidence a firearm gives is kind of scary.
Kind of like if you've ever driven a really big truck on the road.
It's fine to like guns, to have guns, to have fun with guns, but this idea that we're going to fight THE US GOVT with handguns or rifles or something is crazy.
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u/AmputeeHandModel 7h ago
I NEED GUNS TO FIGHT TYRANNY!!
((tyranny))
NO NOT LIKE THAT!! I MEAN LIKE TEACHERS FORCING MY KIDS TO BE TRANS OR FORCING ME TO CARE FOR PEOPLE BESIDES MYSELF!!