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I don't pin it on Scalia. We are awash in so many guns and have so many murders that gun violence is simply a social contagion. A woman being killed by current/former boyfriend/spouse is completely normalized in our culture. Do most men do it? Absolutely not. But it is so easy to get a gun and so common that it is barely news when it happens. Again and again.

Once the contagion is established in a culture, it is very hard to stop. I see nothing short of a mass reduction in the number of guns and a whole generation for things to improve. Not holding my breath. We can pray, of course, and we do. The Congress isn't going to help. The courts certainly aren't going to help. The President? Nope.[/quote]

But Scalia (and four other conservative judges) rolled back DC's handgun laws.  DC was TRYING to make it harder to possess handguns in the city.  And an activist Republican Supreme Court overruled them.

Cities want gun control.  SCOTUS rolling back gun laws doesn't help keep people safe in this country.

How can you NOT put some responsibility on Scalia (and the rightwing media world he lived in)?[/quote]

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