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As I'm sure we've all heard of the horrific mass shooting that occurred in Las Vegas at the country music concert, I'm sure you've been hearing all sorts of stories from conspiracy theories about the shooting being a hoax to "Let's all ban the bump stock!"
I think it's time we clear the air and just admit; most of what the media is telling us about this stuff is politicized. If you haven't looked up "Las Vegas Shooting" on Google or another search engine, Hell, if you go on CNN right now, you'd probably see them talking about one thing:
The freaking bump stock.
This isn't to say all the news about the shooting is about the left wanting gun control and the right trying to find a way to protect the 2nd amendment, but a real thought came to me when I turned on the news in the morning.
It's perfectly normal to report news about things such as the ammunition or weapons, because some people may want to know what was used and what he was planning, but what the mainstream media has been doing, and given their past history with stories like these, it just makes it so obvious that they want to use this as a platform.
I think it's just disrespectful to the people who had to suffer that night because they're using their experiences to feed into these long-awaited gun control laws that Democrats (majorly) have been trying to push for decades.
CNN and NBC kept talking about how much ammunition and weapons this man had, specifically noting he had 33 firearms in his hotel room.*
*They had not bothered to mention Stephen Paddock's (shooter) abuse of an anti-anxiety drug, his father that was a high profile criminal on the FBI's top ten most wanted who was described as a psychopath, or that he was a big gambler.
They kept talking about the weapons and how this small piece of plastic was going to be banned, and they glorified the shit out of it.
My take
Personally I don't think it's the weapons the shooter had that was important, or this bump stock device. The person behind the gun is what matters. Banning this device certainly won't help anyone in the long run because:
A. Guns will still be available, even if they're not automatic, they can be long-range and semi-auto weapons can be bought elsewhere,
B. Most people who think about banning guns after incidents like these just think it'll affect this one scenario when really it affects a larger audience of people who do own guns and are responsible with them.
That's just my two cents. Post what you think below.
I think it's time we clear the air and just admit; most of what the media is telling us about this stuff is politicized. If you haven't looked up "Las Vegas Shooting" on Google or another search engine, Hell, if you go on CNN right now, you'd probably see them talking about one thing:
The freaking bump stock.
This isn't to say all the news about the shooting is about the left wanting gun control and the right trying to find a way to protect the 2nd amendment, but a real thought came to me when I turned on the news in the morning.
It's perfectly normal to report news about things such as the ammunition or weapons, because some people may want to know what was used and what he was planning, but what the mainstream media has been doing, and given their past history with stories like these, it just makes it so obvious that they want to use this as a platform.
I think it's just disrespectful to the people who had to suffer that night because they're using their experiences to feed into these long-awaited gun control laws that Democrats (majorly) have been trying to push for decades.
CNN and NBC kept talking about how much ammunition and weapons this man had, specifically noting he had 33 firearms in his hotel room.*
*They had not bothered to mention Stephen Paddock's (shooter) abuse of an anti-anxiety drug, his father that was a high profile criminal on the FBI's top ten most wanted who was described as a psychopath, or that he was a big gambler.
They kept talking about the weapons and how this small piece of plastic was going to be banned, and they glorified the shit out of it.
My take
Personally I don't think it's the weapons the shooter had that was important, or this bump stock device. The person behind the gun is what matters. Banning this device certainly won't help anyone in the long run because:
A. Guns will still be available, even if they're not automatic, they can be long-range and semi-auto weapons can be bought elsewhere,
B. Most people who think about banning guns after incidents like these just think it'll affect this one scenario when really it affects a larger audience of people who do own guns and are responsible with them.
That's just my two cents. Post what you think below.
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