Kimberley Strassel wrote a fairly epic thread about the Left and the media’s behavior around guns, gun control, and the language they use to push an agenda.
And damn, it’s a good one.
1) I am struck again this week by how nowhere is the left/media's insularity from average America, and ignorance (or purposeful misstatement) of a topic, more on display than when it comes to the issue of guns.
— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) August 8, 2019
Get ’em, Kimberley.
No, you know what? Drag them works better here.
2) If you are going to cheer taking away gun rights, at least acknowledge you are messing with a constitutional right on par with freedom of religion, voting, free speech, privacy. And treat that with the gravity it deserves, rather than suggesting opponents are just a problem.
— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) August 8, 2019
They really do act like it’s no big deal to crap on the Second Amendment.
3) Especially if you are simultaneously going to suggest it is beyond the pale to address mental health laws or state involuntary commitment laws, or require treatment for dangerous people. Just have some consistency.
— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) August 8, 2019
Consistency.
On the Left.
Right, that’ll happen. And monkeys might fly outta our butts.
4) If you are going to suggest that "universal" background checks will stop the next mass murder, you should have to provide evidence such checks would have stopped prior ones. And we all know that is not the case.
— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) August 8, 2019
But the people WANT THEM or something.
Oh, wait, no they really don’t but it’s an easy claim to make when you’re not overly concerned about being factual.
5) If you use the term "gun show loophole" you should acknowledge the history. Current system was a careful balance between screening and rights. It was a compromise, not a loophole. We are now talking about changing that compromise, not "fixing" an oversight. Let's be honest.
— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) August 8, 2019
Honest?
That’s even funnier than them being consistent.
6) If you use the term "assault weapon" you should have to provide a definition, and explain how such firearms function in any distinct way from the tens of millions of semi-auto rifles (and handguns) that aren't covered. And how banning this artificial category of guns helps.
— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) August 8, 2019
They can’t define assault weapon because they know there is no such thing.
Otherwise, it’s any gun that goes ‘pew pew pew.’
7) The reality is that some folk just don't like guns, so will use any excuse to push an agenda. But they aren't being straight up. For those in America who really do want an end to mass shootings, proposals that both won't work AND strip rights are the worst of all outcomes.
— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) August 8, 2019
Nailed it.
Told ya’.
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