Charles Pierce comments on a report by Jenna Russell in New York Times about the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine. Ellis interviewed two homeless men who told her they had moved into the Lewiston park to be near the police station, after new of the shooting broke. They had nowhere to go and thought that might be the safest place.
Pierce writes,
#Maine #MassShooting #guns #OpenCarry #violence #AmericanExceptionalism #homeless
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https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a45654569/unhoused-men-lewiston-maine-shooting/
"We can arm our people, but we can't house our people. We can load them up like a heavy-weapons platoon, but we can't arrange a one-room efficiency for the winter. We can hand them an AR-15 and say, 'Go with god,' but we can't protect them, and we can't protect our fellow citizens against well-armed madmen. 'Shelter in place' has no chance against 'open carry.'"
#Maine #MassShooting #guns #OpenCarry #violence #AmericanExceptionalism #homeless
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Shut the fuck up you whinging cunt
