The 18-year-old white supremacist who drove 200 miles to shoot 13 people—10 fatally, 11 Black—in Buffalo, N.Y., with an AR-15 on Saturday serves as yet another reminder of how thoroughly the corrupt sociopaths at the NRA have warped this country’s discourse about guns. That we’ve skipped the usual performative calls for “reform” only reveals the depths of our surrender. But the massacre should serve as a powerful reminder of another depressing reality.
The 18-year-old white supremacist who drove 200 miles to shoot 13 people—10 fatally, 11 Black—in Buffalo, N.Y., with an AR-15 on Saturday serves as yet another reminder of how thoroughly the corrupt sociopaths at the NRA have warped this country’s discourse about guns. That we’ve skipped the usual performative calls for “reform” only reveals the depths of our surrender. But the massacre should serve as a powerful reminder of another depressing reality.