What frustrates me about this Texas shooting.

[nil desperandum]

18. However

we don't shut down abortion clinics because some doctors have been shot due to abortion offending some right wing fundamentalist christians...

What we do is increase security which is what was done in Texas. If a couple of killers of any religious stripe are going to come to the flypaper and get killed then that is on them. Someone's inability to control their murderous rage over government policy is their problem to the extent that they are unwilling to behave in a socially acceptable fashion to express their outrage. It's my problem inasmuch as I need to protect myself while engaging in drawing a cartoon of the prophet or taking a woman to a clinic for a legally allowed medical procedure.

I've used a firearm in self-defense previously, lethal force was appropriate and I wasn't charged with any crime. I intend to defend myself again as needed against those who would harm me for whatever criminal reason. I would advise all US Citizens to avail themselves of their right to keep and bear arms for protection as well as the simple enjoyment of the shooting sports.

No tolerance for dissent is the problem for believers, how they choose to act may end their lives or the lives of someone expressing a fundamental right. The entire blame lies with those whose reaction is murder. Period. There is no obligation for a religious nutjob to react with violence, it's a choice based on belief in fantasy. If a fantasy makes you a killer questioning that fantasy and all the others who believe and support that fantasy is an entirely appropriate course of action.