Let’s examine what happens when a fatal shooting occurs: Is it the gun that kills people, as gun control advocates insist? Or is it the person holding the gun, as gun rights advocates insist? ANT would say the answer lies in a different question, highlighting the matrix that enables the action: the pull of the trigger, the explosion of gunpowder, even the humidity of the air that the bullet travels through to reach its target. [More]
I'm not sure where she's going with this, but I won't be surprised to find out humidity is racist.
And what does Mr. Pynchon remind us?
Gunpowder, at least modern smokeless powder, does not "explode", it burns very quickly when confined in a cartridge. That statement about "exploding" gunpowder kills any credibility she might otherwise have with me.
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