Crime, Violence

Our Gun Sickness In One Sentence

Nevada has some of the most permissive gun laws, but we know that ain't changing.

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You’d think that the deadliest mass shooting in American history would make people think about our gun laws, but we know that it won’t. Nevada has some of the most lax gun laws in the nation. And nobody thinks that 50 dead (so far) and 400 injured is going to change that one bit.

Investors know it too. If you follow the money, you can always see where our true passions lie. From Business Insider:

Shares of major gun manufacturers rose in premarket trading Monday following the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.

After mass shootings, gun sales tend to rise. Amazingly, Americans think that mass shootings will inspire more gun regulation (which would be rational) so they stock up on guns before the feds can clamp down.

Except, the feds never do clamp down. Because our society is actually INSANE we never actually do anything about the proliferation of firearms after deadly mass shootings. So buying stocks in gun companies is a safe bet. The gun manufactures always make a killing when people get shot to death.

I’m sure this is all happening exactly as the Founders intended.

Gun stocks are soaring after the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history [Business Insider]

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Elie Mystal is an editor of Above the Law and the Legal Editor for More Perfect. He can be reached @ElieNYC on Twitter, or at elie@abovethelaw.com. He will resist.

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