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If authors targeted by conservatives had written their works on bullet casings and not in books, maybe Republicans would be more comfortable with your children reading them in school.
But reality is grim on the education front. Today’s Republican Party is more focused on banning books from classrooms than passing gun safety measures to curb school shootings, all while its members portray themselves as protectors of America’s children.
Monday’s school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, was a clear illustration of the lunacy undergirding conservatives’ conversations about what actually constitutes danger at school. On the heels of last year’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Republicans predictably tried to steer the conversation from one centered on gun violence to one scapegoating everything but guns — remember those ridiculous conversations about doors?
The GOP has doubled down on the distractions ever since, with Republican-led legislatures pushing measures that purportedly protect students from viewing drag performances, discussing social inequality and even talking about ways to cope with their feelings.
School shootings have continued (read about a few here, here and here) and the most noteworthy action to come since Uvalde was a bipartisan bill that’s largely toothless but incentivizes states to pass red flag laws that make it harder for people deemed dangerous to legally purchase guns.
Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., perfectly summarized the Republican Party’s delusion in brief remarks Monday from the House floor. He called his conservative colleagues “cowards” for refusing to challenge the ultraconservative National Rifle Association, which has fed the proliferation of guns, while just last week passing the Parents Bill of Rights Act, which would give parents authority to review, restrict and effectively ban certain parts of school curricula.
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