Guns Aren’t the Problem, Freedom Is

By Joel Kurtinitis

In the wake of another national tragedy perpetrated by a militant anti-Christian bigot, the gun control/mental health debate has once again taken off at a dead sprint.

From Hollywood to Washington, D.C., every liberal with an armed bodyguard took to the Twitterverse to condemn the evil NRA and their mystical, scary-looking, and apparently self-wielding guns.

Ever eager to pin shooting deaths on the pro-gun right, the press rushed to the crowded field of Republican presidential hopefuls to see how they would respond to this latest rampage.

And as usual, Republicans hunkered down in a defensive posture and muttered irrelevant nothings about mental health and background checks, along with repeated calls not to politicize a tragedy that was political from the moment the gunman opened fire.

But among the platitudes, one candidate’s response stood apart – both for its gaffe-esque wording and the immediate outrage it sparked on the left.

With just two words, one moderate Republican unwittingly produced the perfect conservative statement on gun crime. In fact, it might be the most conservative statement this establishment fixture has ever backed himself into, and prompted immediate efforts to control the damage among moderately liberal supporters who form the …Read the Rest

Source:: The Blaze