Elon Musk tweeted a photo of what he said was his bedside table on Monday, including four cans of caffeine-free Diet Coke alongside what appears to be two replica guns.
."Historically, maintaining their power over the people is why those in power did not allow public ownership of guns."
However, he added that gun sales should come with"tight background checks" and sales of assault weapons should be limited to special circumstances, such as for gun-range owners and those in"a high risk location, like gang warfare."The one inside the Washington-painting case appears to be a replica of Washington's flintlock pistol.
In the top-right corner there is a group of books. One of them looks to be Washington's"Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation." It could be part of which also includes the US Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and Benjamin Franklin's"The Way of Wealth."In the bottom-left corner of the photo appears to be a Buddhist ritual object called a Vajra Dorje, according to the
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