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Louise R's avatar

Good grief. It's too much. NY's very restrictive gun laws are indeed part of the problem, even though, as you say, why are we even still in the wild wild West. Where I live, in the real West, we do keep guns, and are allowed to defend our homes with them. At least for now... But we shouldn't have to live this way in the modern world.

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"My readers might think that everyone KNOWS the race of the killer. But, out there in Americaland, they just don’t."

This is such a great point, Peter. I have an elderly friend who lives alone and is inside her apartment most of the time. She receives all of her information about the outside world from a Gannett-owned newspaper and cable television. She is completely ignorant of today's reality and if I didn't know better, I would assume suffers from dementia or delusion. She does not, and is a highly intelligent person albeit an ignorant one of so many topics.

Always assume the people in your life know basically nothing about racial (and other) realities, because in all likelihood they don't. They may be mildly better-informed than my friend, but the odds are they are not and know nothing about the dangers outside the door.

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