I was going to pass on this one, but then I saw this paragraph and decided to dedicate it to LafayetteBear and some of his like minded peeps. Shame.
I will offer thoughts and prayers, for starters. Not as an empty gesture. But because victims like Congressman Steve Scalise, who was shot by a sniper last year, have personally told me that that matters to them. I hope you do the same. Don't be bullied by people who say that's silly or meaningless -- it isn't.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/16/opin...me-your-hypocrisy-on-shooting-cupp/index.html
Let's get back to the hypocrisy, shall we?
Many of these "journalists" blamed the gun lobby for what happened in Parkland. They blamed the NRA, which represents law-abiding gun owners like me. I'll say it again: LAW-ABIDING GUN OWNERS.
They blamed Republicans, because Republicans represent a sizable constituency of gun owners who already comply with thousands of Byzantine gun laws that criminals won't follow. And so Republicans lawmakers -- who do their jobs representing these constituents -- are the problem.
Republicans are also, these journalists will tell you, too afraid of the NRA to stand up to them. These journalists "courageously" take to Twitter to link GOP lawmakers with the money they've received from the NRA. What they never say is that the NRA is the reason we have a background checks system, and it's the gun lobby fighting for it to be enforced.
They, in fact, blame YOU. Because, without a law degree, they surmise, you couldn't really understand the Constitution. Your ill-conceived notion of what our Second Amendment rights mean is the problem, because you're too stupid to interpret it correctly -- you know, the way theydo.
Then they put a Democrat lawmaker on air or a former Republican lawmaker who shares their point of view to complain that Republicans will never do anything about guns. They never, these journalists, ask those lawmakers what Democrats did about gun control when they had the White House, House and Senate for two years under Barack Obama. Because the answer is NOTHING.
These journalists never say: where was Democrats' courage? Were Democrats too afraid to lose their seats, like they did in 1994, to pass another assault weapons ban?
Instead they shake their heads, wag their fingers, look at the camera and tell us to "Shut Up." Because, journalism.
If they spend an hour blaming Republicans for the deaths of school children and calling their constituents too stupid to understand their own rights, they can't be surprised when Republicans don't want to come on TV for an interview.
I will offer thoughts and prayers, for starters. Not as an empty gesture. But because victims like Congressman Steve Scalise, who was shot by a sniper last year, have personally told me that that matters to them. I hope you do the same. Don't be bullied by people who say that's silly or meaningless -- it isn't.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/16/opin...me-your-hypocrisy-on-shooting-cupp/index.html
Let's get back to the hypocrisy, shall we?
Many of these "journalists" blamed the gun lobby for what happened in Parkland. They blamed the NRA, which represents law-abiding gun owners like me. I'll say it again: LAW-ABIDING GUN OWNERS.
They blamed Republicans, because Republicans represent a sizable constituency of gun owners who already comply with thousands of Byzantine gun laws that criminals won't follow. And so Republicans lawmakers -- who do their jobs representing these constituents -- are the problem.
Republicans are also, these journalists will tell you, too afraid of the NRA to stand up to them. These journalists "courageously" take to Twitter to link GOP lawmakers with the money they've received from the NRA. What they never say is that the NRA is the reason we have a background checks system, and it's the gun lobby fighting for it to be enforced.
They, in fact, blame YOU. Because, without a law degree, they surmise, you couldn't really understand the Constitution. Your ill-conceived notion of what our Second Amendment rights mean is the problem, because you're too stupid to interpret it correctly -- you know, the way theydo.
Then they put a Democrat lawmaker on air or a former Republican lawmaker who shares their point of view to complain that Republicans will never do anything about guns. They never, these journalists, ask those lawmakers what Democrats did about gun control when they had the White House, House and Senate for two years under Barack Obama. Because the answer is NOTHING.
These journalists never say: where was Democrats' courage? Were Democrats too afraid to lose their seats, like they did in 1994, to pass another assault weapons ban?
Instead they shake their heads, wag their fingers, look at the camera and tell us to "Shut Up." Because, journalism.
If they spend an hour blaming Republicans for the deaths of school children and calling their constituents too stupid to understand their own rights, they can't be surprised when Republicans don't want to come on TV for an interview.
