#5SmartReads - March 24, 2021

On guns and vaccines

It feels like guns have more protections in the United States of America than its citizens. It feels like the right to bear arms trumps a person’s right to live. It feels like it is easier to purchase a gun than it is to vote or access medical care.

The first three reads in today’s #5SmartReads focus on guns in America - how and why the NRA is so effective, on what happened to the assault weapons ban, and a primer on the ATF (the government agency that’s responsible for enforcing the laws on alcohol, tobacco, and firearms).

I don’t know what the solution is. But I do hope these reads help provide a look at just how big this problem is, and foster some ideas on where we can go from here.