[Finny]

If you look closely, what is happening to the pit bull is very similar to what is happening to guns. Both were, not all that long ago, a common/accepted part of American life.

Excuse me, but "pet" dogs that kill or severely maim people minding their own business -- from old ladies pruning their roses to guys working on their cars to mail carriers walking between two cars to gents having an evening smoke on the back porch -- have NEVER been a common/accepted part of American life.

Comparing an inanimate tool for self-defense or hunting such as a gun to a dog of a known-deadly breed whose owner regards as "my precious baby who is just misunderstood" is nuts. Hello?

[GBA]

Kids taking guns to school and shooting as many as they can until someone shoots them back or they do it themselves isn't and hasn't been a common/accepted part of American life either.

When I was in HS, everyone left their guns in their pickups or the backseat or trunk of their cars in the parking lot, so they could go pheasant hunting after school. Yet, here we are. So, what is common to these uncommon (as you see them) things? Peel a couple of layers away and see what you think.

As to the rest? Yes, my sanity is always questionable. Thanks for the update.

Fwiw, I've never aspired to anything beyond "nearly normal" and one day yet I shall get there.
(Been a few setbacks along the way)