Guns are special in America: good endings in movies & TV dramas (fiction); central to a (white person’s) telling of how the West was won (fiction); & is based on (a made-up) history of the 2nd Amendment). Local radio adds to the lies. Reality: 45,222 killed (2020)/54% suicides. 1/5

Gun narratives sell lies: guns deter/do not cause violence; guns brought America freedom. WIBC @guyrelford “Gun Guy” feeds gun culture. I criticized it. Mr Relford attacked me & invited me on his show. I set 2 provisos: neither of us speaks over the other & no one speaks > 2 mins. 2/5

Mr Relford refused. I’ve listened to the show. Mr Relford, as bullies often do, speaks over or cuts people off. He can do that as host.” Issue: Ppl don’t have a right to weapons of war. The right isn’t “to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for... 3/5

whatever purpose.” District of Columbia et al. v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570, 626 (2008) Assault rifles, like the AR-15, are designed to kill ppl as fast & in as many numbers as possible, weapons of war meant for carnage, the same as artillery or bombs, not for individual self-defense. 4/5

To discuss these topics would’ve been fun, but the show should be called “The Chicken Guy.” I’m Mark Small, pro-separation of church & State, pro-choice, pro environment, pro-civil rts & anti-gun GOP nominee for Indiana House Distr 86. I approve of this blog. Hell, I wrote it. 5/5