pics & clips from a geezer with a camera
Major John, 71, is a retired law enforcement officer who keeps close watch on our neighborhood.
He demands protection money each time he sees me, but relents when I explain how I’m struggling to put food on the table while trying to convince Hollywood I’m the next Martin Scorsese.
I recorded this recent impromptu conversation with Major John outdoors on a cell phone. I apologize in advance for the random street noise that renders some of the audio a bit problematic.
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. . . or do people kill people?
That’s a false dichotomy that polarizes gun debaters and has spawned “knowledge deficit” campaigns convinced that opponents will cry ‘Eureka!’ and climb out of their foxholes waving white flags as soon as they understand the facts.
But we live in a post-truth era where facts don’t matter, and humans rarely bother to conduct risk assessments based on rational evidence.
Hence a Great American Stalemate four decades in the making. What a hoot!
People kill people, with guns.
And perhaps a fresh psychological perspective of people, not guns, gun ownership attitudes, might be the very ammunition needed to reframe the debate.
Take a look at how victimization and mass shootings within a shared culture of fear can drive cognitive bias and motivated reasoning on both sides of the firing line.
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