Mass shootings and manipulation: recognizing the systems of control.

My latest at Medium:

 After mass shootings, I feel like we’re being played, as if puppet-masters are controlling the situation. Guns are right up there with abortion as a wedge issue. The rhetoric after a mass shooting tells supporters of gun rights to support Republicans because Democrats will try to take them away. And supporters of gun control will harden their dislike of the NRA and Republicans. 

Even though the majority of Americans are unsatisfied with Congress and the White House, mass shootings harden the partisan divide. That means the Two-Party System wins. The wars will continue. As history shows, the Pentagon, State Department, CIA, FBI, NSA, DEA, BATFE, Homeland Security, etc. will continue their dastardly deeds regardless of the party controlling Congress or the Oval Office.

4-minute read.