As one might expect, after a shooting that left 5 dead in a backyard in a dilapidated and dangerous suburb of Pittsburgh the culprits were discovered to be several guns based on the fact that multiple shell casings were found at the scene.
Well, perhaps that is not completely fair to Huffpost, since their headline does say "Gunmen" did it. Still, it might be more accurate and fair if it noted that men did it (well, perhaps it should say people since I am not sure we know the sex of those who committed to crime - yes, it was a crime). Oh, sure, it was men who used guns. But we know the guns did it - just read the comments and you will see that this was a plot masterminded by guns, aided by gun supporters and their lobbying organizations.
So what does that mean? Apparently it means that if we just eliminated guns there would be no more crime, since people seem to think we do not have a crime problem, we have a gun problem. It seems to mean that murder would not be a problem if it were not for guns - killings with other means are just not a big deal. It means that, in the fantasy world of liberalism, people are all really really good and no harm would ever befall us if only everyone gave up their guns.
Of course the response is "Well, if all they had was knives to do this, fewer would have died." So, crime, murder, is all right if it happens to smaller numbers. Society crumbles, people are lawless and think nothing of killing others - and you can all come up with your own reasons why. Some decide that all must give up rights because "Some people just cannot behave in accordance with the law if they have access to weapons."
How is that not prejudice?
We have a crime problem, a decay of social order problem, not a gun problem.
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