The GOP policy on gun violence
IN THE WAKE of yet another mass shooting — this time at a mall in Allen, Texas, where a gunman killed at least eight people — a Fox News guest recommended that Americans who fear they may be a victim of the next shooting should “be polite and professional, but plan to kill everyone you meet.”
Alex Coker, a television host and former police officer, was quoting a line that General James Mattis reportedly told troops in the war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan. But Coker now thinks that this kind of mindset is healthy for people in America.
“What do you say to folks who live in neighborhoods maybe like Allen, Texas, where they don’t think crime will ever hit them, and they don’t need to prepare? What would you tell them?” host Lawrence Jones asked Coker on Saturday night’s episode of Lawrence Jones Cross Country.
“Run away like your life depends on it. You need to be physically fit, and run fast,” Coker said. “So move move, move. Second thing is to barricade. Try to put something between you and that gunman. And the third is prepare to defend. Like a hornet’s nest, everyone comes together. And go ahead and tag the guy. Enough people coming together at once will take out that armed gunman. You can take him out and override them whether it’s even a plane or a Walmart.”
Gun nuts see this as a totally rad way to live. They love it. They think it’s all a game. The rest of us would prefer to be able to go to the mall or the doctor’s office or even just live in our own homes without having to wear full body armor and be prepared to kill everyone in sight at every moment of the day. That’s the prescription these sociopaths are offering. Oh, and prayers and complaints about mental health, (which they refuse to do anything about either. )
By the way, Texas is pulling another Uvalde, refusing to release information except to valorize the cop who took down the shooter and basically trying to cover up what happened which is that some nut mowed down a bunch of shoppers with an AR-15 yesterday. They want to alk about mental health — like they actually give a fuck.
Three mass shootings in Texas in one week. And yet they just keep doubling down.