In praise of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

Banning assault rifles and semiautomatic rifles. Coming down on social media.

This is what leaders do.

True enough, it is, in some ways, closing the barn doors after the horses escape. But is is decisive action taken when it is safe to assume most citizens favor it; to use another metaphor, striking while the iron is hot.






















Fuck guns. Fuck gun owners. ©stc