Newspaper Editor Tries To Link Ruger Factory To Town Shootings

By Tom Knighton

To the anti-gun mind, the phrase “more guns mean more crime” is taken as gospel. No amount of evidence to the contrary can be considered lest ye be guilty of heresy.

Of course, this thinking is often parroted in the media. That’s not surprising since most in the media have a clear anti-gun bias. However, most have the good sense to at least assume the guns have to be sold to someone before they can become a public menace.

For John Gregg, a news editor at the Valley News, that’s apparently not even a requirement to try and make the link.

There have been at least 5 shootings in Newport, a town of 6,500, since December. It just happens to be home to a Sturm, Ruger gun plant. #nhpolitics https://t.co/snoM9dMzmO

— John Gregg (@greggvt) July 25, 2019

Now, there’s no reason to even mention the Ruger factory unless you’re trying to link the two. When the city of Albany, Georgia (my hometown) was the murder capital of the United States, no one said, “There have been X murders this year in Albany. Albany is also the home of the Bob’s Candies factory.” No one said it because the two facts …Read the Rest

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