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Long Time, No See

 NOTE:      I wrote the blog post below, as a May 26th Wannaskan Almanac post, a week before the Uvalde, Texas school shooting of May 24th and mean no disrespect to the tragic murder of 22 children or the gravity of the trauma of all who were associated with it. I considered postponing its publication because it fictionally describes an image of an AR15 assault rifle, and it's ammunition that was on a magazine page; the same type of weapon used in the shooting. I published the story because although it satirizes the pro-gun establishment particular of this county, this state, and so many others, the Uvalde mass shooting is an almost everyday occurrence across this country and hardly impacts its growth of popularity. I personally believe that owning a gun isn't wrong, as I've described in earlier posts, but that the gun-lobby, as adamant as it is to insure our right to bear arms, should be as adamant that they not get into the wrong hands again and again.   ...