It's time to ban assault weapons in the U.S.
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What does it mean when five D.C. kids are shot and there’s no outcry?
By Courtland Milloy,http://www.washingtonpost.com/people/courtland-milloy Columnist, June 21
The wealthier the District becomes, the uglier it gets for those in the poorest neighborhoods of the city.
Nothing illustrates that more than the city’s pathologically high tolerance for children being shot.
In February, a 2-year-old boy was with his mother at a beauty salon in Northwest Washington when a stray bullet shattered the front window and grazed his neck.
In March, a 6-year-old girl was walking with another person behind some apartment buildings when she was struck in the wrist by a stray bullet.
On April 6, a 6-year-old boy was shot twice in the arm when two people forced open the front door of his apartment in Northeast and began firing.
Two days later, a 7-year-old girl was struck in the abdomen by a stray bullet as she walked with her parents near their home in Southeast.
Then just last month, an 8-year-old boy was struck in the back when someone got out of a car and began firing in his direction.
Was there an uproar from elected officials? What about the city’s residents? Put it like this: In the new, gentrified Washington, the arrival of a celebrity chef gets more attention than a kid with a gunshot wound to the gut.
For each of those children, the difference between life and death was just a matter of inches. The 7-year-old girl was airlifted to Children’s National Medical Center, where her physical condition was later upgraded to fair.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...pid=hp_local-news_milloy-225am:homepage/story
It means the righties don't care at all, and the lefties only care if they're shot with an "assault weapon."
And nobody cares as long as they're black.
By Courtland Milloy,http://www.washingtonpost.com/people/courtland-milloy Columnist, June 21
The wealthier the District becomes, the uglier it gets for those in the poorest neighborhoods of the city.
Nothing illustrates that more than the city’s pathologically high tolerance for children being shot.
In February, a 2-year-old boy was with his mother at a beauty salon in Northwest Washington when a stray bullet shattered the front window and grazed his neck.
In March, a 6-year-old girl was walking with another person behind some apartment buildings when she was struck in the wrist by a stray bullet.
On April 6, a 6-year-old boy was shot twice in the arm when two people forced open the front door of his apartment in Northeast and began firing.
Two days later, a 7-year-old girl was struck in the abdomen by a stray bullet as she walked with her parents near their home in Southeast.
Then just last month, an 8-year-old boy was struck in the back when someone got out of a car and began firing in his direction.
Was there an uproar from elected officials? What about the city’s residents? Put it like this: In the new, gentrified Washington, the arrival of a celebrity chef gets more attention than a kid with a gunshot wound to the gut.
For each of those children, the difference between life and death was just a matter of inches. The 7-year-old girl was airlifted to Children’s National Medical Center, where her physical condition was later upgraded to fair.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...pid=hp_local-news_milloy-225am:homepage/story
It means the righties don't care at all, and the lefties only care if they're shot with an "assault weapon."
And nobody cares as long as they're black.
Here in Canada the scandal that rocked a nation and toppled a government was..........a guy in the PMO so concerned about Senators out-of-line (but perfectly legal) expenses that he tries to pay BACK the taxpayer $90,000.
So we replace them with a gov't that allows a minister to spend $830,000 on office renovations, paid for by the taxpayer.
As is alcohol consumption. Is there a possibility it's linked?
Either way, I'm happy with it.
The Democrats deserve to have guns
Democratic Congressman: Yeah, You Don’t Need Guns, But ‘We Deserve’ Armed Guards | Daily Wire
Democratic Congressman: Yeah, You Don’t Need Guns, But ‘We Deserve’ Armed Guards | Daily Wire
The most rational piece I have read yet on US gun control.
https://medium.com/@rossradford/why...-and-how-to-do-better-c4fe47717f60#.7e7rwhvlc
https://medium.com/@rossradford/why...-and-how-to-do-better-c4fe47717f60#.7e7rwhvlc
Not that rationality has anything to do with gun control, mind.
But it's a good article. Basically what we been saying all along.