Publish, Delete, Guns

Ever posted something on the internet while in the mix of one emotion, then looked at it a day later and decided, "Nah," and taken it down?


Many mistakes and missteps are taken when we are in the clutches of a powerful emotion.


Wearing a gun----to church----to school----creates the likelihood that experiencing a powerful emotion or thought can have a permanent effect.


Because to have a wave of some emotion, and be able to reach for a weapon in the midst of this, is about as easy as hitting "publish".  Except there is no delete button. 


From NYT article NRA Board Member Deletes Criticism of Victim in Church Massacre

The N.R.A. official, Charles L. Cotton, argued in an online discussion that Mr. Pinckney, a state senator, bore some responsibility for the other deaths because he had opposed a change to South Carolina’s gun laws that would have made it legal to carry a concealed weapon into a church.

Then the comments were deleted.

 Mr. Cotton did not explain why he deleted the comments 

Full piece here.