Posted on 08/20/2019 6:54:13 AM PDT by rktman
From Cincinnati, the Associated Press reported that 24-year-old Connor Betts [the young man responsible for the mass shooting] opened fire with an assault-style rifle. (See: The Latest: Dayton Shooters Friend Will Stay In Jail, apnews.com, Aug. 15.)
My question is: So freaking what? Would it have made a difference if he had cut loose with baked-bean farts and rotten eggs that resulted in the asphyxiation of the nine murdered and 27 wounded? Would it have made a difference if he had used a six-shot revolver that fired .22 bullets?
I dont know who wrote the Associated Press piece, but its too bad they havent the good sense to be ashamed of themselves. This wasnt reporting, it was pushing a narrative.
This Associated Press article reminds me of the headlines that from time to time still scream: SUV kills however many people. The truth is that it doesnt matter if the young man murdered and injured people with a lead pipe or a knife like the one used by Zachary Castaneda to murder four people when he went on a knifing rampage in Southern California during the same time frame.
Why arent these anti-gun politicians, anti-gun groups et al. calling for strict knife laws? And while that question is being pondered, why arent these two-bit pettifogger politicians and gun-grabbers interested in addressing the real culprit in these mass shootings?
Guns are the low-hanging fruit that are easy to be scapegoated. The real culprit in these mass shootings that day was the cocaine, antidepressants and alcohol found in [the shooters] system at the time of the shooting.
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