Since Trump’s election, gun groups catering to progressives and people of color report a surge in interest as they look to defend themselves in a country that, to them, feels increasingly unstable.

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    If know thine enemy is code for living in an oppressive gun nut culture where we lose around fifty thousand Americans to gun violence every year, then sure.

    Number one killer of children in the US and the best we can muster is, “You have got to be familiar with guns because we are surrounded by them.” This is the definition of pathetic resignation.

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      Sorry I forgot that I can just wiggle my nose and make it go away. It’s the reality of the situation, like it or not.

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        Dealing with our problems isn’t easy. I guess we can just go back ignoring it. Cheers!

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          You can acknowledge present reality while also trying to change it. They’re not mutually exclusive.

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            No one can actually acknowledge what is happening though. Our entire society in the US is in denial.