What's the number, American NRA?

[Lilith7]

This is about the old guy who shot the black kid who knocked on his door -

[ Ludwig said he and his grandfather, who goes by the first name Dan, used to be very close.

ÔÇ£But in the last five or six years or so, I feel like weÔÇÖve lost touch,ÔÇØ he said. ÔÇ£IÔÇÖve gotten older and gained my own political views, and heÔÇÖs become staunchly right-wing, further down the right-wing rabbit hole as far as doing the election-denying conspiracy stuff and COVID conspiracies and disinformation, fully buying into the Fox News, OAN kind of line. I feel like itÔÇÖs really further radicalized him in a lot of ways.ÔÇØ

Ludwig said his grandfather had been immersed in ÔÇ£a 24-hour news cycle of fear and paranoia.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£And then the NRA pushing the ÔÇÿstand your groundÔÇÖ stuff and that you have to defend your home,ÔÇØ he said. ÔÇ£When I heard what happened, I was appalled and shocked that it transpired, but I didnÔÇÖt disbelieve that it was true. The second I heard it, I was like, ÔÇÿYeah, I could see him doing that.ÔÇÖÔÇØ ]

This is how far the Conspiracy Theory rabbit hole can take you.

It must be just awful for people with family who get sucked onto this horrible stuff, there wouldn't be a lot you could do to help them. I count myself extremely fortunate not to live there.