We’re almost to the point of feeling sorry for Alyssa Milano.
Almost.
To be fair she really does seem like she wants to do something good, it’s just that she’s completely confused on what good actually looks like. So until she figures out things like how taking guns from law-abiding Americans won’t stop gun violence we’ll continue calling her out.
It’s sort of like our duty.
Take for example this tweet where Alyssa credits herself and #NoRA for Smith & Wesson’s sales dropping.
We. Are. Winning. #NoRA https://t.co/B5FQvV3vme
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) June 21, 2018
Except that’s not how it works.
Stephen Gutowski actually explained it really well in this thread:
I don't think people really understand how many guns American civilians own. The Small Arms Survey was just updated this week and found there are about 400 million civilian-owned guns in the US. https://t.co/mNRvluYl67
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) June 21, 2018
This, of course, makes is by far the #1 in civilian gun ownership in the world with the next closest being India at about 70 million. There are more civilian-owned guns in the US than their are people Most people, I think, understand that but don't really grasp what it means.
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) June 21, 2018
Every law enforcement agency in America combined have about 1 million firearms in their inventory. That means American civilians have about 400 TIMES as many firearms as American police.
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) June 21, 2018
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In May alone, American civilians bought somewhere around 2 million firearms. That's twice as many firearms as every police department in America combined IN A SINGLE MONTH.
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) June 21, 2018
If you combine May and April's gun-related background check numbers you get 4.7 million. That means the American public bought more guns IN JUST THE LAST TWO MONTHS than the entire American military has on hand.
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) June 21, 2018
Over the last 5 years, the American public purchased more guns than every military force on the planet combined.
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) June 21, 2018
But you know, the NRA is losing or something.
*snort*
https://twitter.com/PickleCornBob/status/1009847080624549889
It’s not people who think guns are the problem, it’s ‘activists’ who are looking for something to protest about.
https://twitter.com/JohnCrespi/status/1009822932053323776
She dropped the ‘h.’
Well played.
Close the factories! Limit import and production. Gun buy backs, more strict black market control. NO online or internet sales, etc. I have a long list!!!!
— Shelley (@FancyKats) June 22, 2018
Good luck with that.
I joined the NRA specifically to support them. You're an actress silly….nobody cares what you think.
— Dana Tomsik (@litldane) June 21, 2018
Silly.
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