Posted on 12/05/2015 12:29:41 AM PST by TroutStalker
The New York Times on Saturday will run an editorial on its front page urging lawmakers to tighten gun control regulations, the first time the newspaper has published an editorial on Page 1 since 1920.
The Times' editorial board describes as a âmoral outrageâ and ânational disgraceâ that under Constitutional protections Americans are legally permitted to purchase deadly weapons that âkill people with brutal speed and efficiency.â
The paperâs decision follows the recent mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., which left 14 dead and 21 wounded. On Friday, the FBI indicated that authorities are investigating a potential link to global terrorism networks. a story the paper also carries on its front page, above the fold.
The editorial, currently available on the New York Timesâ website, contends that in addition to anger pointed towards the aggressors, Americans should also direct outrage to elected officials tasked with the responsibility of protecting the safety of the country, but who often âplace a higher premium on the money and political power of an industry dedicated to profiting from the unfettered spread of ever more powerful firearms.â
âIt is a moral outrage and a national disgrace that civilians can legally purchase weapons designed specifically to kill people with brutal speed and efficiency. These are weapons of war, barely modified and deliberately marketed as tools of macho vigilantism and even insurrection. Americaâs elected leaders offer prayers for gun victims and then, callously and without fear of consequence, reject the most basic restrictions on weapons of mass killing, as they did on Thursday. They distract us with arguments about the word terrorism. Letâs be clear: These spree killings are all, in their own ways, acts of terrorism.â
âIt is not necessary to debate the peculiar wording of the Second Amendment,â the editorial states. âNo right is unlimited and immune from reasonable regulation.â
The editorial concludes looking onward to 2016.
âWhat better time than during a presidential election to show, at long last, that our nation has retained its sense of decency?â
In a statement obtained by POLITICO, the publisher of The Times, Arthur Sulzberger Jr., said, "It has been many decades since The Times ran an editorial on Page One. We do so today to deliver a strong and visible statement of frustration and anguish about our countryâs inability to come to terms with the scourge of guns. Even in this digital age, the front page remains an incredibly strong and powerful way to surface issues that demand attention. And, what issue is more important than our nationâs failure to protect its citizens?"
The last time the paper published an editorial on its front page, in June 1920, the editorial board expressed disapproval of Warren G. Hardingâs nomination as the next Republican presidential candidate.
The NYT’s can get away with it because their readership are primarily liberals and/or incredibly STUPID.
Someone should take out a full page ad with pics of victims, “DEFENSELESS!”
France and California have about the best Gun Control on their respective continents.
How’d that work out for ya?
Make the whole U.S. a “Gun Free Zone” just like the San Bernardino facility .... cause it worked so well.
Do they realize that an actual effort at gun confiscation would result in a full blown civil war?
Hundreds of thousands to millions would die if they tried.
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