I’ve lived in China a year and a half now and people still ask me almost every day if I miss America. My answer is not really. It’s not that I think China is all that. It’s just I don’t really miss America. Sure, I miss a few things like clean public restrooms, conversations with strangers, finding clothes that fit, and coffee shops that open before 11AM. And don’t think I’ve forgotten you, I miss some of my friends too but let’s be real we probably talk more now that I’m in China than we did for the 4 years I lived in the hell called Gainesville.
It’s like the gods wanted to remind me of how much I don’t miss America. Yesterday I saw a record amount of gun related stories stream across my Facebook wall. I collected a list. Here is every story I saw in a 12 hour span of one day, January 3, 2016:
Good Guy With Gun Kills Shoots Teen for Ringing Doorbell
Good Guy With Gun Shoots Child in Car
Responsible Gun Owner Shoots 9 Year-Old during New Year’s celebration.
Responsible Gun Owner Tries to Use Gun as Alarm Clock
Armed Militia Has Taken Over Federal Building
Road Raging Good Guy With Gun Shoots Woman in Head
Student Crashes Car After Being Shot
Open Carry Nut Fatally Shoots His Own Two Toddlers
Man Fatally Shoots Self While Securing Dog to a Chain
Four Dead From Gun Shot Wounds After Arguing Over Laundry
Responsible Gun Owner Mistakes Gun for Wallet, Shoots Self
Gun Discharges in MRI Machine at VA Hospital
US Cops have already killed more since Christmas Than UK Cops Have Killed in the Past 5 Years
Ammosexual Robbed of His Gun at Gunpoint
Man Dies of Stupidity. Puts Gun to Head While Joking.
Texas Businesses Adapt to Open Carry Law