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More on the NRA’s Fascinating Argument That We’re All At Constant Risk of Being Assassinated

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Paul Waldman wants the NRA’s head on a pike thinks the arguments being advanced by the NRA are ludicrously illogical in an instructive way:

What an elitist, that Barack Obama, thinking he’s somehow above ordinary people, like he has some particularly critical job or something, and he and his family might be unique targets for violence requiring special protection! It’s almost like he thinks he’s the president!

This does actually reveal an important aspect of the NRA’s world view. As far as they’re concerned, all of us should act as though we exist in the same security situation as the president of the United States. You may think you’re just the assistant regional manager of a widget company, but in fact, a terrorist commando strike force could be coming to lay siege to your home at any moment. Which is why you need to be prepared not just with a gun, but with enough weaponry to hold your own in the two-hour firefight that’s just inevitable.

In the NRA’s worldview, we’re all a second away from the interminable firefight a hack director ends a movie with when he can’t figure out how to resolve the plot.

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