CNN’s Tapper Defends Question To Booker About Gun Proposals

By Tom Knighton

It’s a reasonable question, to ask a political candidate how their proposals would impact the real world. When the candidate is touting his gun control proposals, especially after yet another mass shooting, it’s not surprising that someone would ask how his or her plan would have prevented the tragedy. After all, aren’t we told over and over again that we need more gun control to prevent these tragedies?

That’s precisely what CNN’s Jake Tapper did when interviewing presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker.

Since then, he’s caught a lot of flak over the question. Apparently, it’s somehow unfair to ask that question of a presidential candidate who, like many others, used the opportunity presented by the shooting to draw attention to his anti-gun proposals. It’s also unfair for a CNN host to ask such a tough question of a Democrat. Didn’t Tapper get the memo? CNN doesn’t do that sort of thing these days.

Now, I’ve already answered Tapper’s question, but Tapper had every reason to ask it in the first place. Further, he should ask it of every other candidate prattling on about gun control in the aftermath. And he knows he should have …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms