Winnie: Where are the rivers of blood, and the mountains of bones? I was promised rivers of blood! – The Boxtrolls

You can’t let civilians carry guns!  There will be rivers of blood!

You can’t let citizens have semi-automatic rifles!  The streets will run red!

You can’t let people have pistols!  Think about the children!

How long have we heard things like this?  20 years?  30?  Every time we take a step forward, we hear about how the streets will flow with the blood of children, and yet it doesn’t happen.

Imagine what would be said if other civil rights were opposed with such histrionics?  Oh, right, they are.  People have lost their minds about black people, gays, and women demanding recognition of their rights.  Those instances were no different from the gun rights movement – the cataclysm failed to materialize.