Mass shootings are stark reminders of opportunists being all too eager to use tragedy to push narratives at the expense of reality.
I has happened again in the wake of the Maine mass shooting.
David Hogg, who became a media darling in the aftermath of the Parkland School shooting in Florida years back, already has climbed on the dead bodies of the victims to use them as a platform in his crusade to push for the disarming of the country.
Hogg blames not the shooter, nor a mental health system that reportedly had this guy for treatment, nor any and all who could have and should have picked up on warning signs. No, Hogg blames “white woman (sic) in the suburbs” for voting Republican and thereby enabling carnage.
You would expect no less from Hogg, a product of Harvard, AKA Gaza City west.
You might recall Hogg was a media go-to interview after the Parkland tragedy. He was an effeminate looking guy, often flanked by a Hispanic bisexual female at birth, who also was a Parkland student. It was a wet dream for the social justice warriors in the media to have all kinds of protected groups represented in this anti-gun message.
If reports are to be believed, the Maine shooter, now said to be deceased at his own hand, was a military reservist who had been identified for displaying delusional traits, even was treated, but then was released back into the community.
This speaks to a longstanding gripe I have with such mental health professionals. If these patients are judged to be no threat to society in the opinion of the professionals, perhaps the professionals should face charges for being so wrong so often.
But, then no one with mental problems ever would be released, say the apologists. Exactly. It’s the same problem with criminals being thrown back onto the streets for reasons either of weak stomachs regarding the punishment of the guilty, or supposed overcrowding of prisons.
Let’s take money we’re squandering in Ukraine and build more mental hospitals and jails. Let’s keep troubled minds off the streets.
And, no, David Hogg, the answer is not disarming the law-abiding population because of bad actors such as the Maine shooter, who apparently couldn’t be identified properly as a threat despite ample evidence that he had provided.
The solution is not more laws, more infringement on personal liberties, but instead a greater resolve to deal with those who have identified themselves as problems.
That’s the narrative you won’t hear amid the screaming of buzzwords such as “assault rifle” or “semi-automatic” by anti-gun imbeciles.
First off, an assault rifle, by definition, has fully automatic capability. Most AR-type weapons are not assault rifles.
Also, there are uses for AR-type weapons beyond killing people. Hunting and target shooting come to mind.
Not that such reality will intrude on the warped logic of people with limited mental abilities such as dial-a-(misinformed)-opinion talking head Joyless Behar.
Joyless has gone on record in the past saying gun control will come when Blacks also own guns. Hey, Joy, there are many Blacks who legally own guns and, judging from Black crime in urban settings, a lot of Blacks who possess guns illegally.
In the wake of the Maine shootings, Joyless checked in with the observation that people can’t eat a deer killed with an AR-15 because it turns the deer into a mess of raw meat.
Wrong, again. AR-15 type guns shoot a relatively small caliber, high-powered round, known for penetration rather than making massive in and out wounds.
The employers of Joyless will not call her on this misinformation, just as Hogg will not be called out for displaying bigotry toward white women.
That’s the joy of being inside the narrative loop, you never have to admit you were wrong, or say you were sorry.
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