As
expected and right on cue, the blame for a trio of recent mass
shootings has devolved into a partisan blame game replete with profane
language and vicious name-calling, in addition to calls for gun
confiscation and the all too familiar ridiculous posturing by
politicians. Numerous Democrat candidates for president seized upon the
opportunity, exploiting the tragedy while laying the blame for the El
Paso shooting squarely on President Trump's shoulders. Predictably,
gun-grabbers blame the NRA and its millions of members, while media
political pundits simply blame the other party. Lost in the maelstrom
is the obvious — the shooters are to blame, and it's a shameful American
problem.
President
Trump is no more responsible for mass shootings during his tenure in
the White House than Barack Obama was for the shooting at the church in
Charleston, nor the Sandy Hook school massacre. On the precipice of a
presidential election, it's convenient for Democrats and their media
lapdogs to blame Trump. The president's harshest critics and fiercest
opponents easily defaulted to the "racist" canard, personally blaming
the president's comments for the carnage. At this juncture, the race
card is all they have in their toolbox. Combined with the noticeably
fizzled and pitifully faltering campaigns of at least 20 of the 24
Democrat candidates, blaming Trump for the horrific events in Gilroy, El
Paso, and Dayton will not reverse their inevitable demise. "Beto"
O'Rourke's vulgar performance in front of television cameras was par for
course; he's prone to embarrassing himself.
The
increasing frequency with which mass shooting events are occurring also
significantly increases the ferocity of those who demand that guns be
outlawed altogether. Disinformation and urban myths account for a
majority of negativity directed at the NRA and its members. The NRA
does not support gun violence. Furthermore, the NRA does not sell guns,
and the NRA doesn't promote mass murder. Far from it, but the
overarching goal of the anti-gun lobby is to punish law-abiding
citizens, turning gun-owners into outlaws and leaving people
defenseless against criminals. Furthermore, gun confiscation will not
make America safer — defenseless people are never safe. Does anyone
really believe that criminals who aren't supposed to have illegally
obtained guns in their possession are going to willingly volunteer their
weapons to law enforcement? Apparently, strict gun laws don't prevent
mass shootings, as evidenced by the most recent weekend of carnage in
Chicago, in which 47 people were shot and 7 died
It's
time that America address the truth — deranged, mentally unstable
sociopaths are responsible for their heinous actions. There is no
debate, yet the insanity continues. The cabal of news network media
savants and their mewing minions have but one narrative: Orange Man Bad,
and it's his fault. Adding to the idiocy is declaring the motive for
murder based on political party affiliation. The predominantly liberal
media are not alone in their armchair psychoanalysis of the criminal
mind; numerous conservative media outlets were quick to point out that
both shooters in El Paso and Dayton were adherents of Marxist ideology —
according to their social media accounts. And while musings on social
media may provide law enforcement investigators a glimpse into the mind
of a mass murderer, it's obscene to assume that political party
preference determines mental well-being.
Finally,
there are no easy answers or quick fixes on how to stop the mentally
unhinged from obtaining guns and raining down mayhem on innocents. It's
an enormous problem that plagues America and will require a
multi-pronged approach to stop the carnage and prevent future mass
shooting events. Whether it's a single event, such as what happened
over the course of the past 10 days in three different cities, or the
ongoing reign of gun violence in some of America's crime-ridden metro
areas, it must be stopped. What also needs to end is the disingenuous
assignment of misplaced blame, which does nothing to address the
problem, nor does it add to the national conversation. The American
public is appealing to leaders who are willing to lay down their
differences, come to the table, and participate in honest discussions.
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