Gun violence in America is no longer an aberration—it’s an ambient fact of life. Mass shootings title headlines, but they are only the tip of the iceberg. Every day, guns claim the lives of nearly 130 people in the U.S., many by their own hand. Suicides account for a significant number of all deaths by firearms. These same instruments, revered as a symbol of liberty, are for thousands the tool of self-harm.
Loneliness and gun violence are twin symptoms of a deeper malaise. When people feel unseen, unheard, and undervalued, the risk of self-harm and violence against others grows. What’s more, the easy access to firearms transforms fleeting moments of pain into permanent tragedy.
So, where, in our so-called democracy, is the response? Here is where the American project falters most conspicuously. We like to believe that ours is a government “of the people, by the people, for the people.” Yet, on issues that cut closest to the bone—mental health, gun safety, the basic architecture of belonging—our representatives seem frozen in amber. Poll after poll shows broad popular support for reasonable gun laws, for expanded mental health care, for robust investment in community life. And yet, the legislative gears grind to a halt, jammed by monetary debates, polarization, and a kind of learned helplessness.
The result is a country that professes inalienable rights—life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness—but fails to secure them for millions. If suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in the U.S., if gun violence is the leading cause of death for children and teens, if loneliness is eroding our lifespans, what does it mean to say we are free? What is the value of liberty in a society where so many are left unprotected from despair and violence?
There’s a word for this kind of impotence: abdication. It is not, as some would like to pretend, merely a matter of “gridlock” or “partisan bickering.” It is a choice—a refusal to wield the tools of democracy to secure “the good life” for all. The failure of policy does not just evidence abdication; it reveals a lack of imagination and a diminished sense of what is possible and promised. We should not allow ourselves to become hostage to this reality. The American story, at its best, is one of collective resolve and willingness to look honestly at our brokenness, while daring to build.
New Jewish gun club with NY chapters features bullets and bagels as Oct. 7 date nears.
“They’re packing heat – and some nosh.
A new Jewish-owned and -operated shooting club is catering to communal safety concerns ahead of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year that begins Monday at sundown.
Plenty of ammo is in the offing — along with bagels and schmear to kick off every session.
‘Lox & Loaded was born out of necessity, sadly,’ said Ian Friedman, a rep for the national member-based club, which has three thriving New York chapters.
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https://nypost.com/2025/09/21/us-news/new-jewish-gun-club-lox-amp-loaded-readies-for-oct-7-date/
They’ve entered the “kill our enemies” phase of their struggle against their perceived oppressors so naturally they’d rather have them disarmed.
From the article:
Poll after poll shows broad popular support for reasonable gun laws, for expanded mental health care, for robust investment in community life.
Notice how they use the “expanded mental health care” argument every time, as if it’s a given that our current “mental health care” actually works. We have more people undergoing “mental health care” than at any time in the history of the world. If it worked, then we would have record-low cases of depression, anxiety, etc. It’s easy to see that the current approach to care does not work! As usual, liberals think the answer is always more money and more government. As usual, they’re wrong.
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That means rebuilding the public square—not just metaphorically but literally. Invest in libraries, parks, community centers, and transit.
So create more opportunities to stab unsuspecting victims? None of that matters if you fail to implement a very simple criminal justice system which liberals vehemently oppose.
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It requires that we see one another, not as threats or strangers, but as fellow travelers, bound together by fate and choice.
Then you’re going to start calling out the absurd “threat to democracy/fascist/dictator” talk? No? Then you’re a fraud.
Rev. Dr. F. Willis Johnson is another overpaid and out of touch liberal.
“Notice how they use the “expanded mental health care” argument every time, as if it’s a given that our current “mental health care” actually works.”
The Leftist-Fascists celebrated the closing of the insane asylums in the 1960s, let’s re-open them and warehouse the dangerous…
BREAKING: DOJ To Argue AGAINST [Illinois] Assault Weapons Ban In Federal Court…TODAY!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G68bxNt1Fl0
Transgender Violence Is A National Emergency.
“Evidence has been piling up in recent years about the propensity for people who claim to be ‘transgender,’ or those acting on their behalf, to commit the most gruesome acts of political violence.
Most recently, it was the alleged assassin of Charlie Kirk. The accused shooter was apparently a gay male living with his male roommate and lover, who claimed to be ‘transgender.’ Kirk’s shooter appears to have been motivated in part by “transgender” ideology. In fact, Kirk was answering a question about the dramatic increase in ‘transgender’-identifying mass shooters when he was shot.
Just two weeks before Kirk’s assassination, another male who claimed to be ‘transgender’ shot a church full of praying children at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
It’s a similar story to another school shooter in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2023. There are many more stories of trans-identifying perpetrators committing violent crimes — and probably even more we don’t know about that authorities have covered up.
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https://thefederalist.com/2025/09/22/transgender-violence-is-a-national-emergency/