Friday, May 18, 2018

Presidents and Mass Shootings

 

Mass shootings occur with depressing regularity in contemporary American life. Whether those shootings take place in Parkland or Las Vegas, Newtown or Fort Hood, the effect on our public discourse is the same. Those on the left call for more gun control. Those on the right talk about mental health and better enforcement of the laws already on the books. The emotional and intellectual responses of most individuals to such tragedies rarely influence our national discourse, except in one notable case: the president of the United States.

2 comments:

  1. Yet according to our favorite national news agency CNN (Clinton News Network):

    "We're only 20 weeks into 2018, and there have already been 22 school shootings where someone was hurt or killed.

    https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/02/us/school-shootings-2018-list-trnd/index.html

    Someone's cookin' the books!

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