The Ridiculous Conspiracy Theories People Fell For In 2016

From My Cold Dead Hands

The NRA has stated that the Obama Administration is trying to make the biggest “gun grab” in history. What the Administration has actually suggested is that Social Security recipients who lack the mental capacity to manage their own disability payments will be banned from owning guns.

This is directly tied to the response post-Sandy Hook, in order to attempt to prevent mentally ill people from owning guns. Which, you know, sounds like a pretty good idea! If Australia and the United Kingdom have proved anything, it’s that the harder it is to own guns the less gun violence there will be. Perhaps one day the United States will follow suit. But maybe not. Too many people in the United States seem to like gun violence.