{"id":103139,"date":"2021-04-21T15:10:46","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T20:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=103139"},"modified":"2021-04-21T15:11:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T20:11:12","slug":"opinion-time-to-stfu-about-masks-and-put-down-the-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=103139","title":{"rendered":"Opinion: Time to STFU About Masks and Put Down the Guns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- RSR AD 1 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"7759247395\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=103139\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=103139\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-103140 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/guns-640x400-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/guns-640x400-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/guns-640x400.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>By Nikki Slusher<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This week may be one of the darker weeks of this year and our country\u2019s history. Within a 24-hour period, we had so many mass shootings people that when asked, \u201cDid you hear about the mass shooting?\u201d everyone had to respond with, \u201cWhich one?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We should never have to ask this question. EVER.<\/p>\n<p>Growing up in the first two decades of the 2000\u2019s, I remember a time where mass-shootings were a national tragedy. They were rare, people were shocked. Almost 21 years later things have changed immensely. This month alone there have been almost 50 mass-shootings in this country. Since New Year\u2019s Day there has been more than one mass-shooting per day. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Not only did we have numerous mass shootings, but last week also we had multiple unarmed black and teenage men killed by law enforcement. Anyone with three brain cells can see the trend going on here, yet half of the country refuses to acknowledge the facts \u2013 gun violence and deaths are drastically increasing and it\u2019s only a matter of time until it\u2019s one of our own friends or family members who are killed if we haven\u2019t experienced that yet.<\/p>\n<p>If you have yet to lose someone you love to a shooting, I pray you never have to feel the pain those who have went through and continue to suffer with daily. I also pray that it doesn\u2019t take such an event for you to wake up if you are still screaming about gun rights. From my own personal experience, I will tell you this \u2013 when the answer is \u201coh, he was having a bad day so he shot up the place\u201d you never find any peace; you only find anger, sorrow, and wonder why God would let such a thing happen if he really existed. You question everything you know and believe in.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, our political leaders have continued to argue back-and-forth over gun regulations and laws, like universal background checks or what types of firearms the average citizen may own. Yet Congress continues to allow members like Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, and the rest of the \u2018Anglo-Saxon Lives Matter\u2019 crew continue to block progress on these legislative policies. They claim it\u2019s their God given right to carry their AR-15\u2019s around openly because the Second Amendment protects these liberties and how dare anyone change that.<\/p>\n<p>We shouldn\u2019t be shocked or expect much from a group of people who make decisions for the entirety of the country when they believe the Constitution begins with the Second Amendment. They only know the First Amendment when it involves one of the bigoted chicken heads being temporarily or permanently banned on social media for their hateful rhetoric. Again, these are the same people who scream about private businesses rights until it affects them.<\/p>\n<p>This same group of people can\u2019t stand the possibility of losing their 100 round magazine and assault-style weapons but couldn\u2019t be bothered to wear a mask during a pandemic. They have no problem telling people of color to \u201ccomply with police and you won\u2019t get killed\u201d yet can\u2019t even follow simple rules like walking through a metal detector to enter the House or Senate floor.<br \/>\nWhile Americans continue to be gunned down across the nation at work, FedEx facilities, religious places of worship, schools, Wal-Mart, supermarkets, music festivals and concerts, massage parlors, hell even their own homes while in bed, or at 2am after sneaking out of the house like most teenagers do, these leaders continue to protect guns, the manufacturers, and their lord and saviors over at the NRA. Why? To put it simply, they prefer enabling these companies to profit so that they don\u2019t lose their mega-donors for their campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>The whole \u201cme, myself, and I\u201d mindset is not only exhausting, but also getting real old real fast. What these people also fail to recognize is that if nobody can get a grip on law enforcement or mass-shootings, it\u2019ll be their own fault when they lose their Second Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<p>So, here\u2019s what I have to say to them \u2013 shut the fuck up about mask mandates, Twitter bans, and metal detectors infringing on your personal liberties. You know what is infringing on everyone\u2019s personal liberties? Not being able to walk out of our houses without the thought of \u201cI hope I don\u2019t get shot today at Wal-Mart\u201d, our children going to school with fear they may be killed, and people of color having to fear they may become the next Eric Garner, Treyvon Martin, Tamir Rice, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Daunte Wright, Adam Toledo, or the countless others who have met tragic ends to what should\u2019ve been a long, beautiful life.<\/p>\n<p>When our Founders wrote the Second Amendment guns fired one to two bullets a minute. Now we have firearms that can shoot over 100 bullets in under 60 seconds. The Republican Party\u2019s gun rights stance is outdated and is on its way to being shut down indefinitely. The party of \u201cpro-life\u201d will eventually lose this battle. It\u2019s just a matter of time before the government stops using 18th Century laws to govern in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>[si-contact-form form=&#8217;2&#8242;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nikki Slusher This week may be one of the darker weeks of this year and our country\u2019s history. Within a 24-hour period, we had so many mass shootings people that when asked, \u201cDid you hear about the mass shooting?\u201d everyone had to respond with, \u201cWhich one?\u201d We should never have to ask this question. 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