Story I found at Say Uncle (I think)
First an 8-year-old in Bremerton was nearly killed when a gun in her classmate’s backpack went off.
Next, kids in Pierce and Snohomish counties were killed by guns left behind in cars.
Then the 10-year-old daughter of a Spokane cop shot herself in the leg with his service weapon.
All were accidents, all leading to pointless injuries or death to kids. The victims were so young and innocent. It made the past few months the worst run of publicity for guns, and the idea of home gun ownership, in years.
Even gun-rights advocates braced for some sort of backlash.
Yet the opposite is happening.
In March and so far in April, more people have gotten concealed-pistol permits than ever.
That’s the gist of the article, but this is what stuck out to me.
This spring, the gun-control group Washington CeaseFire ran its largest public-health ad campaign in 30 years, arguing the opposite. Bus ads exhorted people to “think twice about having a gun in your home.” The ad pointed out that your gun is far more likely to shoot your friend or relative than an intruder.
The campaign doesn’t appear to be working, I said to Ralph Fascitelli, CeaseFire’s board president.
He insisted it’s too soon to tell: “This is a give and take that’s going to go on forever.”
Well, I’d say that for the last 8 years or so, they’ve been taking it right up the pooper. And since 2008, they’ve been taking it daily with no lube. They must be getting awfully red and sore by now. No wonder they are so cranky and bitchy.
