I’m not going to editorialize too much. What happened in
Orlando was a total failure of the federal law enforcement and intelligence
community. Florida law disarmed bar patrons, putting them in a perfect
defenseless kill zone, where the local SWAT team failed to act immediately and
decisively, needlessly costing more lives. Because the shooter’s family,
Islamic community, and employer failed to act on his warning signs, 49 people
(perhaps more in the future) are dead. 102 families are devastated.
The focus on this being a crime only against gays is wrong;
while it obviously was targeted against homosexuals, the factors are too
complex to label this as simply a gay hate crime. The shooter’s messed up
ideology (of course, he was only following the ways of Islam) and possibly some
personal conflict over his sexuality both contributed to this act. This was not
just an attack on a gay bar. It was an attack on the tolerant and inclusive
American way of life.
Thankfully, many people, gay and straight, are waking up to
the reality that the only way to stop a terrorist with a gun is a good guy, preferably
several, also with a gun.
Senator Reid-D,
who hasn’t met a gun control law he doesn’t like, has a litany of press releases
that denounce the NRA, gun owners, and anyone but Islamic terrorists. This one
example pretty much sums them all up.
“We are still waiting for Republicans to find the courage to
stand up to the National Rifle Association and join with Democrats to keep guns
out of the hands of terror suspects. Unfortunately, the so-called negotiations
that took place today were little more than a smokescreen by Republicans trying
to give themselves political cover while they continue to march in lock-step
with NRA’s extreme positions. Democrats are always happy to engage in
negotiations, but the talks must be serious and aimed at keeping guns out of
the hands of terrorists.’
What he meant: It’s the Republican’s and NRA’s fault we can
repeal due process and ban guns too!
In virtually all of his statements on the topic, everything harkens back to the
fact that the ‘solution’ is to ban guns and the Republicans and the NRA are
keeping him from doing so. To support his wicked position in total conflict
with the Constitution, he
quotes Al Qaeda and lies.
Mike Prevatt wrote
in the Las Vegas Weekly about a
memorial service at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada. Current
and former members of the state legislature were among the speakers who
preached a message predominantly about the need for gun control. Some of the
speaker’s comments from various sources, including the memorial, follow.
State Senator Pat Spearman-D
said
“We can honor the innocent victims of these hate crimes by committing our
lives to continued activity to enact common sense gun safety legislation…” She also
shared this whopper on social media demonstrating her total ignorance and
hatred of guns.
Kelvin Atkinson-D posted
this absolutely wrong and incredibly stupid statement on Facebook, showing that
the truth is so ill-relevant to his intolerant and hateful worldview that he
can’t be bothered to spend two minutes searching on Google.
Congresswoman Dina
Titus-D, blamed
‘gun violence’ and ignored Islamic terror. Titus has a history as a Nevada
state legislator of being anti-gun and missing the whole point of armed
self-defense. I will say that she is one of the very few Democrats I've seen that has a general sense of dignity, compassion, and tenderness. Shame her beliefs suck.
Chaplain Sandy Marks said he has “seen the damage that an
AR-15 can do. I’ve been there … I’ve been devastated.” While Marks volunteers
with LVMPD as a chaplain, there is no mention of military service available on
his LinkedIn profile,
so one wonders exactly where he saw those kinds of wounds, considering AR-15s
are seldom used in murders. Perhaps he meant people shot by LVMPD officers,
though chaplains usually don’t have much to do with a criminal’s body.
Las Vegas Mayor
Carolyn Goodman was drew intense heat because she didn’t pander and
denounce guns. Apparently, telling the truth—that gun laws aren’t the solution
to terrorism—was “rebutting” the community. The audience then literally booed
her from the stage because she didn’t tell them what they wanted to hear. Perhaps
she could have avoided the topic altogether, but in an evening when it seems
like all the speakers preached for
gun control, this supposedly open, inclusive, and tolerant community should
have tolerated another opinion. But when has logic and facts every mattered to
the hardcore left?
The Republican side seemed a little more grounded in the
reality of the situation.
Congressman Cresent
Hardy-R, called
the shooting “the worst terrorist attack since 9/11” and said “Last night’s
attack is a reminder that we must remain vigilant against the clear and present
danger of radical Islamic terrorism.”
Attorney General
Laxalt characterized
the whole thing properly.
“Yesterday, Omar Mateen, an Islamic terrorist, attacked a
gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. He murdered fifty Americans on American soil
in the name of the Islamic State. The Islamic State called Mateen ‘a soldier of
the Caliphate.’
“Calling this attack a hate crime, a mass shooting or an act
of violence fails to properly characterize what yesterday’s shooting was--a
terrorist attack perpetrated by radical Islamists. Minimizing the attack
neither clarifies our duty as a nation, nor targets the enemies that are
responsible. It goes without saying that yesterday’s terrorist attack was a
hate crime, a mass shooting and an act of violence, in the same way that
September 11th was a hate crime, a series of deliberate airplane crashes and
also an act of violence. Nevertheless, September 11th was not about generically
preventing hijacked plane crashes and acts of violence. Islamic terrorists
threaten the American way of life. Our enemy seeks to kill Americans simply for
being Americans, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation.
Our duty is to unite as a nation, properly name the enemy and then destroy that
enemy.
“President Obama and the political left continue to confuse
and distort reality, thereby endangering American lives here and abroad.
Leaders must unite – not seek to divide – Americans and Nevadans over the
second most deadly terrorist attack on American soil in history.”
As always, it’s not about the truth, it’s about the agenda.
It’s a shame that the poor victims of this tragedy are being exploited to
advance gun control and promote political careers. And of course the left
ignores the gay man arrested
for suspected terrorism in Los Angeles the same day. Doesn’t fit the
agenda. I’ll leave you with the following:
The gun debate is frustrating b/c anti gunners won't hesitate to lie while pro gunners spend hours researching to make sure we are accurate.— Colion Noir (@MrColionNoir) June 16, 2016
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