Think Progress’ Ryan Koronowski thinks he’s on to something
Romaine lettuce is too dangerous to be in stores, but guns are still available 24 hours per day
On Thanksgiving Day 2018, Americans couldn’t buy romaine lettuce because of a CDC recall linked to an E. Coli outbreak. But even though gun violence is so mundane that a shooting at a mall in Alabama Thursday evening barely made national news, guns were still freely available at stores like Walmart across the country.
The Centers for Disease Control issued a food safety alert on Tuesday afternoon, urging Americans to refrain from eating, and retailers from selling, any romaine lettuce, “until we learn more about the outbreak.â€Â Five people died from an E. coli outbreak in June, and nearly two hundred people got sick.
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While firearm ownership within the context of a well-regulated militia is protected by the Constitution’s Second Amendment and there is no constitutional protection for any vegetable, much less lettuce, the Bill of Rights was written when slow-loading muskets made the idea of a mass shooting an improbable nightmare. The technological upgrades in the almost 250 years since then have allowed carnage to unfold in emergency rooms across the country.
I notice that Ryan is not using a quill pen nor an antiquated printing press.
But, you know, it sure looks like Ryan is advocating for removal of all firearms from sale.
