Guns are the instrument, not the impulse. The impulse is despair. What was once a nation of builders has become a shoddy patchwork of spectators. The town square has been digitized, drained of life, and controlled by the algorithm. Millions live surrounded by constant noise yet starved of connection. For a few, the gun becomes a merciless megaphone, a way to make the world hear what it ignored.
~ John Mac Ghlionn via The Hill

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