Note To Anti-Gun Media: ‘Victims’ Not Above Criticism

By Tom Knighton

AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana

I’m not convinced that gun control groups abhor gun-related violence, not by a long shot.

No, I think that on some level, they want more of it. The reason? Gun-related violence gives them victims, victims they can then exploit to serve as politicians or spokespeople for gun control.

Then, they’ll turn around and blast anyone who dares to “attack” a “victim,” calling them a horrible human being.

Perhaps the latest example of outrage is geared toward those attacking Rep. Lucy McBath’s position on guns.

Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA) ran for Congress to pass gun control after her 17-year-old son was shot dead at a gas station. Now, the GOP is attacking her for backing gun control.

If this isn’t the most tone-deaf political attack, we’re not sure what is.

The National Republican Congressional Committee — the House GOP’s political arm tasked with wining control of the lower chamber — released an attack ad against Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA) for supporting gun control measures in Congress.

The attack is vile considering McBath’s history with gun violence: Her son, Jordan Davis, was murdered in cold blood at a gas station, when a man shot and killed Davis because he was mad about loud …Read the Rest

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