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Debbie Millman interprets the Second Amendment in a new series of posters against gun violence. Complement with Stephen King on guns.

Debbie Millman interprets the Second Amendment in a new series of posters against gun violence. Complement with Stephen King on guns.

In the present age the five great degenerations seem to totally dominate life on earth, to the extent that fighting and conflict have become part of the very fabric of human society. If we do not make preparations to defend ourselves from the overflow of violence, we will have very little chance of survival.
Prescient words of warning from the 13th Dalai Lama, 1932.
Assault weapons will remain readily available to crazy people until the powerful pro-gun forces … accept responsibility, recognizing that responsibility is not the same as culpability.
Stephen King speaks out on gun control and violence - a must-read.
The alternative to violence is dialogue.
Marshall McLuhan, in a 1977 TV interview decoding his famous catchphrase that “the medium is the message.”