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Restrict 2nd Amendment, increase mass shootings
wnd.com ^ | 8/20/2019 | Mychal Massie

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 don’t know who wrote the Associated Press piece, but it’s too bad they haven’t the good sense to be ashamed of themselves. This wasn’t 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 doesn’t 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 aren’t these anti-gun politicians, anti-gun groups et al. calling for strict knife laws? And while that question is being pondered, why aren’t 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 shooter’s] system at the time of the shooting.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: 2020election; 2a; 2ndamendment; associatedpress; banglist; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; election2020; kaba; mediawingofthednc; nra; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; secondamendment; smearmachine
Sadly, #factsdontmatter. They assclowns in CONgress have access to all the data from the statistical records of the law enforcement records proving that guns are not THE problem. Of course they choose to ignore the facts because they have "chosen truth over fact". The truth being whatever they proclaim it to be. From guns randomly killing people to PDJT being a racist, homophobe, islamophobe, child rapist and responsible for anything they don't like. Which is anyone that dares to oppose them on any subject.
1 posted on 08/20/2019 6:54:13 AM PDT by rktman
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Big Media propagandizes every word they excrete against America.
2 posted on 08/20/2019 7:01:07 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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