AP Drops Unthinking Bias Into Report On School Shooting

By Patrick Richardson

The nation was horrified by the latest school shooting yesterday that left two dead and many others injured.

I won’t belabor the facts here or dignify this animal by giving his name, but predictably, it didn’t take long for the usual suspects to come out of the woodwork screaming for more gun control.

Take this quote from the Brady Campaign:

While the specifics of these events are under investigation, if they are like the overwhelming majority of school shootings – the guns involved came from a home. Over two-thirds (68%) of the attackers had acquired the gun(s) from their own home or that of a relative. If school shootings and other violent incidents at schools are to be stopped, the effort must begin at home. It starts with parents, who need to recognize the risks of guns in the home and make safer choices about gun access and storage.

Nevermind that the shooter was 15 and already in violation of multiple gun laws — besides murder being, you know, illegal and all. As Dan Gross of the Brady Campaign accidentally notes above — the specifics of the event are under investigation. So, we don’t know how the shooter got …Read the Rest

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