i disagree with senator paul on most things, but one of things that i agree with him on (or at least agreed with his father on) was the idea of pulling back the american empire. i wish he would have tied these things together, because that's the narrative that's missing.

i don't like guns. i don't want to be anywhere near them. if i know you have a gun in your house, i won't go in your house. and, i think the idea of "temporary insanity" is reason enough for people to...bans don't work. up in canada, most people just don't want guns around. that's the only way forward that can actually work - people collectively making that choice. the most responsible gun owners in the world can snap, lose their head and kill their partners. i just don't think the risk is worth any benefit. but, like i say - that's a social evolution. that's not a legislative priority. and, it's only a small number of gun deaths.

and, so, despite everything i just said, i'm fully cognizant of the reality that restricting the supply is a failing approach. we're just finally coming to terms with the reality that this approach doesn't work with drugs. it doesn't work with guns either.

drawing the connection between a militarized state that treats every problem like a hammer and gun violence within that state is key. again: i hate guns. but, the united states doesn't have a gun problem. the united states has a war economy problem.

it would have been nice to see him pull that together.

again: i don't agree with much of what paul has to say. but, i don't agree with much of what hillary has to say, either. if i was an american, i'm not sure i'd conclude that clinton was actually the lesser evil if her opponent was paul.