Parkland Parents Find Activism Harder Than They Thought

By Tom Knighton

Anti-gun activism spiked in the aftermath of Parkland, which is to be expected. When 17 teachers and kids are killed, everyone wants answers after all. Yet when the media is constantly bombarding people with anti-gun messages, they’re going to think that gun control is the only viable alternative. Again, it’s to be expected.

However, anyone who followed the gun control debate before February 14, 2018, would know the pattern these things take. You have outrage in the immediate aftermath, followed by the time when lawmakers make a ton of anti-gun proposals of which almost none have anything to do with what happened, and then people come to their freaking senses and realize that this is stupid.

Too bad no one told these Parkland parents about that.

The Parkland shooting tragedy immediately spurred an emotional call to action to enact gun control legislation.

The urgency was understandable, and the pain was palatable: A teen gunman killed 17 people were killed wounded another 17 people in the incident in South Florida last February.

Parents of the students launched a political action committee, with the hope of making a significant impact in the upcoming mid-term elections.

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Source:: Bearing Arms