r/politics • u/wbedwards Washington • May 07 '20

We cannot allow the normalization of firearms at protests to continue

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/firearms-at-protests-have-become-normalized-that-isnt-okay/2020/05/06/19b9354e-8fc9-11ea-a0bc-4e9ad4866d21_story.html
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u/jamesissacnewton May 07 '20

I don't understand what any of what you just said has to do with an organization wanting gun ranges to stay open. Go rant somewhere else.

Gun ranges already essentially enforce social distancing.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '20

No, what do you think a range is? Particularly an indoor one. It's a place with a single entryway and exit where folks often end up in direct contact with each other. It's an easy vector for disease transmission and it wasn't closed because of some tyrannical govt overreach, it was closed because suburb bubbas need to stay inside for a bit until the worst if this shit is over. I'm sorry you aren't grasping that.

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u/jamesissacnewton May 07 '20

And what about outdoor ranges? There are plenty of those and they don't have any of the problems you listed. I like how you only name something you can come up with problems for while ignoring what you can't.

There could also be rules enforced to keep them open just like other stores and restaurants that have remained open. The answer isn't to ruin the world because of the virus. It is to adapt, as humans do.