Gun Control Reform Activism

It's become a form of identity. Knitters think of knitting as part of who they are. Cosplayers do the same thing. They tend not to get psychotic about it, of course, because there is almost no way one could rationally tie either of those enthusiasms to the concept of patriotism. Gun owners, however, see their guns as proof of their 'patriotism'. And no one is going to tell them differently.

How unshakeable is this form of identity? Well, as we have seen, no amount of dead children in our schools will convince gunners that runaway proliferation of gun ownership is a contributing factor in these deaths.

'I don't care how many kids die, as long as I get to keep my guns'. I'm pretty sure at least one gun-nut is on record as saying that.