'Gun-Control' Groups Don't Trust You

Posts on X.com are meant to be short and blunt. The word count on Twitter, which, of course, is now X, was famously 140 characters from 2006-2017, but then it was doubled and other exceptions were made. Still, even at 280 characters, it forces a certain unnuanced brevity that has a way of being quite revealing.

This is a lead into a post from the gun-control group Giffords on November 17.

"If Congress passes a national concealed carry mandate, anyone you see could have a gun on them—and the police would be powerless to protect you … ," claims the post.

First, it is interesting that they refer to this proposed legislation as a mandate, as if it would become mandatory to carry a gun. But then, that is likely a slip from a person who has not properly learned to use the English language—a recent college graduate from an American university, perhaps.

Next, the claim that the "police would be powerless to protect you" juts out, as it is clumsy fearmongering. It is also a lie stacked on a few more lies. …