http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/09/17/expect-more-of-the-same-out-of-washington-following-navy-yard-shooting/
The nation was saddened yet again on Sept. 16 by another mass shooting, this time at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., claiming the lives of 13 people including one of the suspects. The Navy Yard is only a couple of miles from Capitol Hill.
what's with the drama about where, a few years ago a guy came into the capitol and started shooting, few years ago a guy shot through the gate at the WH. where means nothing, it seems of late the tragedies take place in very public settings.
George Zornick, of The Nation, called the scenario “the latest iteration of a now-familiar US news event,” which is a very sad commentary of our time. It’s hard to think that when he said “a now-familiar US news event,” he meant anything other than this has become frighteningly familiar, which is something that should never have been allowed to happen.His piece focuses on the U.S.’s growing gun problem, and how the NRA and their ilk, both in and out of Congress, fight against even reasonable measures in the face of these awful tragedies.
no one can say yes or no to how many incidents past and those to come would be staved off by regulation, but some are to selfish to find out even when that gun strikes out at their kids.
For instance, following the Sandy Hook tragedy, Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-TX), Governor of Virginia Bob McDonald, Governor of Texas Rick Perry, and others, issued statements to the effect that,had the teachers been armed, lives could have been saved that day. NRA President Wayne LaPierre also said something to that effect, and blamed violent video games for the escalating mass shootings here.
anything but the weapons of their destruction it's easy to pose a question that can't be answered on it's own it would have to be taken differently for each instance there is no one size fits all plan the one common denominator the guns.
The right-wing media is already pushing an agenda for even weaker gun laws, chanting the familiar, and frankly maddening, refrain that more guns there could and would have stopped this.According to MediaMatters, Fox News' Martha MacCallum said that people aren't allowed to carry weapons on a military base and that the shooters targeted the area because of that. That statement ignores research that only 23% of mass shootings occur at gun-free zones, according to author Matt Gertz.It's time to ask, is the topic really guns? Is ease of availability the problem? Or is it the fact that we have restrictions on carry, along with gun-free zones? It turns out the debate isn't focused on the real issue. The real issue is violence, not guns. Guns simply make violence bloodier and easier to carry out.
