Sun Herald Saints Reporter Calls For Gun Control Hours After Smith’s Murder

By Jenn Jacques

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After Will Smith’s tragic death late Saturday night in New Orleans, Saints reporter Brian Alee-Walsh, listed as “special to the Sun Herald”, could only think of one thing to say: we need a discussion on gun control.

Although details were still emerging from the incident, in which Cardell Hayes shot Smith following a fender bender in New Orleans’ Lower Garden District, this man thought he had everything boarded up and wanted to nail it down. Quickly.

In an article published Sunday evening titled Smith’s Death Opens Debate for Stricter Gun Control Laws, Alee-Walsh stood tippie-toed on his soapbox and threw a few facts out to his readers with a liberal peppering of condemnation for anyone unwilling to join his mindset.

Some might argue that this is not the proper time to debate the merits of stricter gun control laws, nor demand increased police presence on our city’s streets, especially so soon after the fatal shooting of former New Orleans Saints Pro Bowl defensive lineman Will Smith.

So you tell me: When is the right time? Before or after the next senseless gun-related death? Or, is there any solution to the ongoing epidemic, any middle ground at all, that …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms