Recently, I’ve been thinking. The news of more and more school shootings, and the fact that the leading cause of death in kids and teens is gun violence really makes you think. Along with Roe v. Wade being overturned, and anti-LGBTQ+ laws running rampant throughout the US, it makes you wonder what people actually care about.

With Roe v. Wade you hear “abortion kills babies”, and with anti-drag and anti-trans bills you hear “they’re grooming kids”, but yet gun laws haven’t gotten any stricter. 

If conservatives really cared about kids, then why haven’t they done anything about the fact that people can easily obtain guns, even people who will use them for horrific acts? If conservatives really care about kids, then why do they prevent them from transitioning – which can be life saving. If conservatives really cared about kids, then why do they let minors, who can’t raise a kid, be forced to have one?

Even with shootings all around the country, conservatives think it’s more important to prevent trans people from getting gender-affirming, life-saving, healthcare. Or that it’s more important to stop drag queens from performing, rather than thinking it’s more important to stop letting people kill more kids and teens.

So my question stands. If conservatives really care about kids, then why aren’t they protecting them from the real threat?