Ben Jackson: It's a really sad thing that the thing it took to shut down school shootings was shutting down every school in the country. Gun violence in schools is down this year because kids haven't been in school.
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Ben Jackson: We're seeing killings over wearing masks. Record numbers of background checks and gun sales are happening, even higher than during the Obama admin.
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Ben Jackson: Half of the increase in gun sales is people who are buying guns for the 1st time. It's scary because they're home, scared, in a bad political environment, & have never owned a gun before. That's a dangerous situation.
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Ben Jackson: Being a Walmart greeter is one of the most underpaid jobs in the country, & now they're being asked to stand in front of a door & enforce mask wearing. Most of them are older.
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Ben Jackson: I just can't get into the heads of ppl who say they won't wear a mask b/c it impedes their freedom. It's not a protest, it's a confrontation they're seeking every single time, and then you add guns to that mix...
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Ben Jackson: We are now the worst in the world at staying home.
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Ben Jackson:People, when they talk about the need for an armed populace, say that guns are used defensively. The couple who came out on their porch w/ guns during protest would have been ruled as using guns defensively when that's clearly not what they were doing.
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Ben Jackson: I don't understand the mindset of intentionally looking for a provocation that will lead to a physical conflict. In their minds is a fantasy of shooting someone.
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Ben Jackson: It's getting worse because we have so many more guns now than before--we've doubled the number of guns we have since 1990. The more guns we have, the more people who will get shot. It's simple math.
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Ben Jackson: If you go to a doctor & they tell you you have cancer & they tell you the only way to fight it is to get more cancer, that's like saying you need guns to fight guns to fight guns to fight guns...
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