Good news: Uvalde looks like the national tipping point in gun control.
Federal reform, of course, is impossible, because the NRA owns the GOP.
But it doesn't own every governor, making blue-state reforms quite feasible.
My own governor and the Democratic leadership in Delaware's legislature right now are pushing a "historic" package of six gun-control reforms.
- Raise the age to purchase guns to 21;
- Strengthen background checks;
- Ban the sale of assault weapons;
- Ban the accessories used to turn handguns into AR-15s;
- Ban high-capacity magazines; and
- Hold gun manufacturers and dealers liable for recklessness.
"We have an obligation to do everything we can to prevent tragedies,” Delaware's governor said Thursday in a news release. "I look forward to seeing these bills on my desk this session.”
If the governors succeed, as I believe they will, we'll soon find ourselves an even more "divided nation."
There will be gun-safe states and gun-loving states.
NRA-free states and NRA-owned states.
Blue states and red states.
That's red as in blood.
And that's okay, in my book, because parents can simply pick up and move from a red to a blue state.
If they value their kids' lives, they can relocate.
Sure, the housing is tight in the blue states; but the schools and libraries are better, and the jobs plentiful.
Let the red states relish their militarized weapons—and the weekly mass shootings that stem from them.
We blue-state citizens will send them thoughts and prayers.
