More Media Anti-Gun Hysteria
The gun was at the wrong place at the wrong time.
The gun, a concealed .32-caliber handgun, was brought by a guest to a party at Cooper’s home to celebrate the end of the spring soccer season.
The gun was pulled when the guest was questioned about some missing shot glasses.
The gun introduced violence into the dispute. The gun provided the means for murder.
Wow. A gun did all that by itself? No blame for the person pulling the trigger. Nancy Clark, the reporter (and I use that term loosely), is an idiot. Seriously, to paraphrase Archie Bunker: Would you feel better if she was pushed out the window?
But there’s more lunacy from the anti-gun fanatics:
I don’t know about you, but I am glad that at least someone appreciates the easy availability of guns in America.
I mean, it’s too bad that person happens to be Osama Bin Laden. But a fan is a fan, right?
In the Al Qaeda training manual, it says, “In the U.S. it’s legal to own certain types of firearms. Attain an assault rifle legally, preferably an AK-47 or variations.”
Thanks for the plug, Ossie. Buy American!
AK47s are not readily available in the US and haven’t been for a few decades. Strangely, box cutters are. The attempt at scaremongering to push an agenda is unbelievable.
More:
The fact is, Congress voted to outlaw the sale of semiautomatic assault weapons back in 1994.
No, it didn’t. It voted to restrict the features some semiautomatic rifles have. None of those features impact the rifle’s lethality. Her article contains a few other factual inaccuracies as well.
It’s a good thing Lenore Skenazy is cute because her ability to get the facts straight and reach conclusions is questionable.
May 3rd, 2004 at 3:43 pm
Couldn’t have been the guest that introduced violence. I guess it would have been okay if he just beat the hell out of them with beer bottles. If she wants a contributing factor, how about the alcohol that was in those shot glasses?
And I bet she is the kind who secretly pines for rugged gun toting guys, too. (How’s that for the “Phelps is a pig” record?)
May 4th, 2004 at 1:42 pm
Hysteria Over Antigun Bias in the Media
Say Uncle writes about More Media Antigun Hysteria and complains that a reporter points to a gun in assessing blame for the death of a shooting victim. The column tells a story of a college soccer player, Jenna Cooper, who hosted a party to celebrate t…