There was another mass shooting the other day
One dead, 21 wounded – pretty ghastly, and could have probably been much worse.
But there are no marches; Alyssa Milano is nowhere to be found; David “Boss” Hogg is silent about it. No celeb has soiled themselves with outrage. Even Minnesota’s gun control groups, always hovering like ghouls looking for any hint of gunny ugliness, have kept mum.
This was gang warfare. And it’s probably the most common form of gun violence seen in major cities on a yearly basis. But nobody is talking about it the way they will if a deranged white guy with a rifle commits the far more rare mass shooting of that type. There’s a gun violence problem here that could be addressed, making a serious difference. But places like Baltimore, Maryland and Chicago, Illinois still have municipal leaders who can’t bring themselves to pass harsher laws to put away first-time offenders who commit gun crimes. They prefer to focus on justice reform, emptying the prisons more quickly and blaming the police.
One dead, 22 injured. But that’s not even a drop in the bucket compared to the death tolls in Baltimore and Chicago just this year alone. Background checks aren’t going to solve this. Enforcing the laws we already have on the books and getting illegal firearms out of the hands of criminals will.
But nobody seems to want to talk about that.
The victims don’t look like the children of NPR executives.
The community (Trenton, New Jersey – where strict gun laws ensure this sort of thing can’t happen, donchaknow) doesn’t look like Crocus Hill or Kenwood.
The violence isn’t telegenic enough to really manipulate people all that well.
And so I’m gonna guess most of you haven’t heard of the shooting. I’d only caught a snippet somewhere – and it wasn’t on NPR.
If only there were some simple, effective way to take guns away from people on the street who aren’t supposed to have them, some brief encounter that would focus on people who, because of appearance and behavior, don’t look as if they’re art patrons enjoying art at 2:30 in the morning, but look like gang bangers searching for other gangs to bang. Stop those people, conduct a brief inquiry, send them on their way, lighter and less dangerous.
If only there were more gun laws. Won’t somebody please think of the children?!?
You can find literally dozens of articles, written by liberals, claiming that our public life is being damaged by people choosing their own sources for news.
Yet it seems to be the Left that is caught in a house of mirrors. Many people on the Left are incredibly ignorant about the level of gun violence in America and what is driving it. They only consume one sided, anti-gun MSM stories.
If you are on the right, it is very difficult to avoid Left leaning news sources because there are so very many of them.
Here are all of the headlines in my local newspaper A section today that mention Trump or his administration (mostly AP sources):
-Trump adviser Roger Stone reveals new meeting with Russian
-Upping ante, Trump threatens new tarriffs on Chinese imports
-Unapologetic Trump digs in on immigration despite outrage
-President announces plans for “Space Force”
The local paper A section, including ads & opinion section, is just ten pages long.
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it doesn’t fit their narrative therefore it is not newsworthy by our all knowing 4th estate