Skip to content
  • About Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms and Conditions
Broadcast News Network

Broadcast News Network

Daily Headlines Online

  • Home
  • Law and Legal
  • Society and Culture
  • Sports
  • Fun and Games
  • Spirituality
  • Contact Us
  • Toggle search form
  • Where state abortion bans stand amid legal challenges Law and Legal
  • What to do on the Space Coast this weekend, from music to art to wine Fun and Games
  • Washington’s Mount Rushmore of Sports: Alex Ovechkin, Darrell Green, Wes Unseld, Walter Johnson voted best of the best Sports
  • Native. American. The greatest injustice in sports history has now been corrected Sports
  • A dash of dance floor spirituality Spirituality
  • How to Treat Your Spirituality Like a Fitness Regime Spirituality
  • The DMZ and GroundBreak Ventures launch PropTech incubator program, helping Canadian startups transform the global real estate landscape Real Estate
  • Tim Stevenson: Becoming a spiritual grown-up seldom arises by itself Spirituality

Gun culture propaganda has changed American society

Posted on July 7, 2022 By Administrator

Activities once considered normal are now plagued by fear thanks to the gun culture.

Bicycles remain along the sidewalk after parade-goers fled Downtown Highland Park, Ill., a Chicago suburb, after a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade on Monday, July 4, 2022. (Mary Mathis/The New York Times)

  | July 6, 2022, 12:00 p.m.

Guns. I have written often about guns, always arguing for more sensible gun laws. Based on experience, here’s what will happen when this article is published:

By 9 a.m., copies will be sent to National Rifle Association headquarters.

By 11 a.m., copies will be distributed by NRA to representatives in every state, along with suggestions for rebuttal and mail addresses for The Tribune.

By the end of the day, dozens of comments will be appended to the digital version from as far away as Maine and Florida. Also, by the end of the day, the editor will receive a 600-word op-ed piece “written” by a local gun enthusiast.

The NRA’s propaganda machine is powerful and effective. So, too, is the lobbying machine it uses to keep elected non-representatives from doing their duty. The organization makes significant cash contributions to “friendly” campaign funds, but the real power is in convincing candidates to fear that gun owners will vote against them if they don’t hew to NRA positions. More propaganda.

Over the years, I learned that citizens who object to sensible gun control are good people. They have simply been misled by a persistent propaganda machine. That machine is funded primarily by those who manufacture, promote and sell guns.

Naturally, gun makers and gun sellers object to banning assault weapons, limiting bullets in magazines, background checks, funding research about gun violence, and other reasonable, rational steps to stop the mutilation of school children.

But no matter what NRA propaganda may say, the facts are clear. First, no civilian, no hunter, no gun owner needs or should have an assault rifle or magazines holding more than a dozen bullets. We outlawed automatic rifles once before. It saved lives. But NRA propaganda killed that ban – resulting in needless deaths of dozens of school children and others.

Second, there is zero evidence that having more guns makes any of us safer. On the contrary, experience proves that more guns bring more deaths.

Third, the deadliest weapons are pistols. They kill more Americans than any other weapon. And yet, gun manufacturers make and sell enough pistols for every man, woman, and child. (The operative word is “sold” – an active verb, not a passive activity.)

Fourth, many gun murders, including suicides, are impulsive acts. The perpetrator has an urge to harm himself or others, buys a gun, and quickly satisfies the urge.

But like many harmful urges the impulse to inflict pain fades over time. That’s one reason background checks and other delaying tactics save lives.

Fourth, the Second Amendment does not include a “blank check” for gun ownership. Quite the opposite. It talks about a “well-regulated militia,” not groups of self-appointed trouble-makers out to re-shape society according to their own narrow, misinformed, anti-democratic fantasies. And no citizen can legally buy a cannon or a machine gun.

Fifth, hoping mental health programs will solve the problem is nonsense – like hoping driver education will eliminate highway fatalities. Both are important but not sufficient.

Some of the most damaging results of NRA pro-gun propaganda are societal changes. Today, small children in school are taught to fear for their lives – thanks to our gun culture.

Today, government officials, business leaders, elected representatives, judges and even church leaders are unable to interact with citizens because of security guards and limited movement.

Today, fans must think twice before attending concerts, athletic events, and similar crowd situations.

Today, shopping at malls, department stores and supermarkets carries risks that did not exist before the proliferation of guns.

Today, architects must consider guns when designing buildings, making structures less open and more fortress-like, less functional and more protective, less aesthetic and more bullet proof.

In other words, activities once considered normal and care-free are now plagued by fear, thanks to our casual, propaganda-driven acceptance of gun ownership.

It’s time for elected leaders to care less about their own ego-driven political futures and more about safety for their constituents.

Long-time Utah journalist Don Gale is not against guns. He is against propaganda-driven foolishness about gun policies.

Society and Culture Tags:American, changed, culture, Gun, propaganda, Society

Post navigation

Previous Post: Summer 2022 Law Firm Expansions, Legal Industry Awards, Diversity and Justice
Next Post: HGTV’s new ‘Steal This House’ series spotlights metro Detroit

Related Posts

  • How to Strengthen Your Family in a Post-Christian Culture| National Catholic Register Society and Culture
  • Metro Youth Council insights: car culture in the U.S. Society and Culture
  • What is culture? | Live Science Society and Culture
  • Oscar Grant’s Mom, Experts Talk Raising Black Boys In Today’s Society Society and Culture
  • How Small Businesses Can Take Big Stands In Society Society and Culture
  • Tolkien Society To Feature Paper Titled “J.R.R. Tolkien, Culture Warrior: The Alt-Right Religious Crusade’s Appropriation of ‘Tolkien'” At Oxonmoot 2022 Society and Culture

Archives

  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022

Categories

  • Fun and Games
  • Law and Legal
  • Real Estate
  • Society and Culture
  • Spirituality
  • Sports

Recent Posts

  • Lizzy Savetsky’s Personal Battle Against Alcoholism
  • Washington’s Mount Rushmore of Sports: Alex Ovechkin, Darrell Green, Wes Unseld, Walter Johnson voted best of the best
  • Legal experts say Supreme Court abortion decision has raised myriad ethical, legal dilemmas
  • Cuphead Bosses Tier List: Ranked All Fights [July. 2022]
  • Spiritual union: why Gulf migrants are turning to evangelical Christianity | Christianity
  • Chet Holmgren flashes potential, shows flaws in Summer League Sports
  • The Crosscutters are just having fun and winning games | News, Sports, Jobs Fun and Games
  • Why Gus Fring Stares At The Pool In Better Call Saul Fun and Games
  • The rise and fall of Deadspin: how ‘jerks in Brooklyn’ changed sports journalism | US sports Sports
  • Arts in Society Grant to Promote Cross-sector Work through the Arts in 2022 Society and Culture
  • Built Expands Commercial Real Estate Product Suite for Lenders With Acquisition of Nativ Real Estate
  • Let’s Replace Cancel Culture With a Culture of Honesty Society and Culture
  • Israel Adesanya’s Undertaker-themed entrance had the sports world buzzing on social media Sports

Calendar

February 2023
M T W T F S S
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728  
« Aug    

Pages

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms and Conditions

Tags

4th abortion big California Call Community cultural culture decision estate Fireworks Fun Games Greater health health care home Homes housing July Las Las Vegas Raiders launch law laws legal music News NPR Raiders ranked real real estate Saul Society spiritual Spirituality sport Sports state Texas time Twitter Vegas win

Most Popular

  • Lizzy Savetsky’s Personal Battle Against Alcoholism
  • Washington’s Mount Rushmore of Sports: Alex Ovechkin, Darrell Green, Wes Unseld, Walter Johnson voted best of the best
  • Legal experts say Supreme Court abortion decision has raised myriad ethical, legal dilemmas
  • Cuphead Bosses Tier List: Ranked All Fights [July. 2022]
  • Spiritual union: why Gulf migrants are turning to evangelical Christianity | Christianity

Copyright © 2023 Broadcast News Network.

All rights reserved