On the one hand: protect relatively recent “gun rights” of ppl who make inchoate claim liberty is promoted by private ownership of assault-style weapons (e.g., AR-15s) designed to kill a lot of ppl fast. On the other hand we have mass shootings, millions of kids are scared of school. 1/4

Ppl don’t have a right “to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose.” D.C., et. al. v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570, 626 (2008).There are parallels betw AR-15s and the infamous lawn recreational devices called Jarts. Maybe there aren’t. 2/4

Jarts were large darts with heft and thrown, like horse shoes, at plastic circles. Jarts could be fun, several kids died, there were a lot of injuries and Jarts didn’t have lobbyists, like the NRA, on their side. AR-15 runds rip through the flesh of someone shot. There is no fun. 3/4

Canada has banned these weapons and, today, put a freeze on handguns. The gun carnage here can be significantly reduced from 45,222 dead. I’m Mark Small, pro-choice, pro environment, & anti-gun GOP nominee for Indiana House Distr 86. I approve of this blog. Hell, I wrote it. 4/4