So if gun control isn't the answer, what is the answer?

[Ron Green]

96. Don't know the answer, but the cause is fear.

And it's part of the plan, in my opinion. A fearful and alienated country responds better to consumer capitalism than does a secure and connected one.

Every action taken by the top-down corporatists engenders fear: suburbanization, automobile dependency, consumer credit, off shoring of employment, fast food, MORE GUNZ, you name it.

Of course the NRA work for the firearms manufacturers and therefore gin up the fear after every shooting (and at all other times) to sell more guns, but more importantly they push the narrative that we are all separate and need to protect ourselves and our families from each other. Fear of the Other is so centrally important to the maintenance of capitalism that groups like the NRA cannot do otherwise.

This is why I consider the message of Pope Francis so important, despite the Kim Davis flap and other problems with the RCC: a basic message of love replaces fear, and people who love in an extended and social way don't need to fondle guns.