Here’s what we talked about today:

Measure 114 implementation waiting for decisions in two court cases, one federal and one state. See https://www.lifteveryvoiceoregon.com/implementation-updates. Research showing that high-capacity magazines are used for self-defense in only 0.02% of the cases in which they are used for aggression..
The feelings associated with the need for having a gun.
Doughnut Economics – a 2017 book challenging the idea that economic progress has much to do with survival-of-the-fittest. Cooperation has more to do with survival than does competition. Myth of the rugged individualist.
Mysterious confluence of certain streams of information influencing some of our friends and family members, based on readiness for “when shit hits the fan.” They seem to think they are preparing for civil war. Desire for automatic weapons driven by fear that single-shot weapons require too much skill - ability to aim.
Lewis Powell’s 1971 memo to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which laid a foundation for paranoia about threats to the “free enterprise system.”
The need to be less tribal, more human, in our communications about matters of civic importance, especially in conversations with friends, family, and neighbors.