Posted on 02/26/2018 1:34:23 PM PST by Kaslin
Talk about a facepalm moment. Is it the media’s stupidity or stacking sandbags because they know this National Rifle Association initiative could gain traction? You decide. The NRA wants more armed guards in schools. Teachers should be allowed to carry as well. After the tragic Sandy Hook shooting, the school board voted to approve this proposal. This is not an alien concept. A lot of schools have resource officers; Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the site of the most recent school shooting on February 14, had such officers. They failed to engage the shooter, Nikolas Cruz. Scores of teachers in Ohio are signing up for gun training courses to obtain their concealed carry permits. So, since the NRA is akin to ISIS in the minds of the liberal media, what do you do? Well, if you’re MSNBC, apparently it’s to make the argument that handguns aren’t effective in stopping shooters, who are armed with rifles, because the bullets from pistols are too slow. I will repeat that: handgun ammunition travels so slow that its ineffective at stopping someone armed with a rifle (via Daily Caller):
MSNBC anchors are claiming that teachers armed with handguns would be unable to stop a school shooter because rifles shoot “three times faster.”
Anchor Lawrence O’Donnell said on his show Thursday night that “a bullet fired from an AR-15 travels 3x faster than one from a handgun…and yet the president and the NRA think giving teachers guns will stop a school shooter.”
Lawrence: A bullet fired from an AR-15 travels 3x faster than one from a handgun.
And yet the president and the NRA think giving teachers guns will stop a school shooter https://t.co/heze69kRDU— MSNBC (@MSNBC) February 23, 2018
Yeah, there is a difference, but we’re talking tenths of a second here. Also, veteran J.R. Salzman seemed confused with this narrative: didn’t two Capitol Police officers stop a shooter from assassinating scores of Republicans in Alexandria as they were practicing for the annual congressional baseball game? Uh, yeah—they did. They confronted the shooter, they engaged him; he turned out to be a Bernie Sanders supporter, and they neutralized the threat. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) was almost killed in the attack.
Where did this BS narrative come from that you can’t stop a rifle with a handgun? When has that ever been a thing? Are people’s memories really so short they don’t remember Capital Police stopping a Bernie bro with an SKS shooting at congressman on a baseball field?— J.R. Salzman (@jrsalzman) February 25, 2018
This is the reason why the media will always lose the Second Amendment fight. Millions of Americans own firearms. They know the caliber, they know its capabilities, and they also know what the proper terminology is (i.e. automatic vs. semiautomatic). I’m not talking super technical gunsmith jargon, just basic details about the gun. They know what they have and the media’s pervasive failure to learn what they’re talking about will never allow them to win over Americans they need to change the nature of gun politics. That’s because the alternative floated by the Left is straight up gun confiscation, evisceration of the Second Amendment, and the stripping of American civil rights. That’s also another reason why they’ll never win. We know their game. It’s this type of trash peddled by MSNBC that makes for great entertainment.
Was at the Y this AM and sorry to say that after listening to 3 Blue Hair Heffers in the Whirlpool they eat that stuff up and believe all and anything they hear.
Before I had to gag and left I turned and asked all 3 ,”Do you even know what an AR rifle is”.
Didnt stay to hear the cackling
The bad guys can see handgun bullets coming and dodge out of their way.
Like Keanu Reeves in Matrix.
A handgun is much easier to manuver and handle and at close range, such as inside a building, has an advantage.
The bad guys can see handgun bullets coming and dodge out of their way.
Like Keanu Reeves in Matrix.
5.7x22
Designed to defeat body armor.
I agree.
They’re fast enough in Chicago apparently.
The Scalese baseball field shooting involved really extaordinary heroism:
Those 2 cops stopped it using SLOW bullets.
KUDOS..!!
Yep, poor John Wick does not stand a chance with that H&K P30L 9mm handgun.
How could he even keep a straight face with a comment like that????
So, when they said Superman was “faster than a speeding bullet,” they meant he could jog briskly?
“There ain’t no cure for stupid.” Ron White.
All I'm gonna say is great minds think alike! LOL.
The author is a moron. The media never knows the caliber nor the difference between semi and full auto. To them, every black rifle is an AR and every pistol is a Glock. If you told the media those kids were shot with a .22 their eyes would glaze over in bewilderment.
Asshat
Rabble rouser K. Major Prik!
Average bullet 2500 ft. per sec....
Yep, slow. /s
Frakin’ idiots, the whole entire MSNBC bunch!
Has any school shooter been from the Planet Kripton? I do remember there was a reporter back when I was a boy, who was “faster than a speeding bullet,” but we always thought he was “make believe,” just like Leftist social theories.
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