For Anti-Gunners, Not Acting On Gun Control Is Doing Nothing

By Tom Knighton

We stand in the wake of yet another mass shooting. We’re still trying to get all the facts, to understand the horrors that took place, and to even figure out just what the hell happened.

Over at the Washington Post, however, they think they know what happened.

And when gunfire broke out Tuesday at a science, technology, engineering and mathematics school in Colorado, 18-year-old Kendrick Castillo lunged at the shooter. He was fatally shot. Witnesses said his actions gave other students a chance to safely get away.

We mourn the loss of these people. They were heroes. Faced with the unimaginable, they were unshrinking. But the fact that people going about the business of everyday life — saying a prayer, giving a college presentation, sitting in English class — feel compelled to throw themselves into the line of fire puts to shame our so-called political leaders, who don’t even have the guts to pass sensible gun reform.

The Post routinely publishes polls that show the majority of Americans supposedly favor gun control.

The Post routinely publishes op-eds and articles designed to make it appear that gun control is not just favored, but a viable strategy for dealing with all sorts …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms