It's important to note that guns aren't the problem. Back in the 1960s many high schools had gun clubs where kids would bring a gun to school and then have target practice after school. It was easy to buy a gun and none of the gun control laws that Democrats have passed since then were in place.
Yet the mass shooting rate was much lower than now. In fact all "gun violence" was low compared to today. Today Chicago has the toughest gun control laws in the country but those laws haven't even slowed down the massive slaughter that the city experiences every year. It's clear that access to guns doesn't really impact violence. If you doubt that note that in London, where owing a gun is neigh on to impossible, the murder rate is worse than in New York City; bad people just use knives.
Why then has the "gun violence" rate gone up so much in America? The answer is simple Democrats have worked hard to devalue human life and render people defenseless.
For decades Democrats have worked hard to tear down the Christian belief at the foundation of our country; that every human has inalienable rights. Abortion for example declares that if a person is young enough they don't have any rights. Today Democrats have gone so far as to say that even if the unborn baby is wanted the baby's life has no value. They've done so by saying that if a woman's wanted unborn baby is killed in an assault on the mother it's not murder.
Similarly Democrats have pushed for euthanasia and assisted suicide. It's clear that a core belief of modern Democrats is that the value of a person's life is dependent on their utility to society.
By devaluing human life Democrats make mass shootings more likely. When the speed limit is 55 mph lots of people will drive 65 mph but few will drive 75 mph but when the speed limit is 65 mph lots of people will drive 75 mph. Similarly when all human life is held sacred by society there will be fewer killings but when society tells us that human life isn't all that precious there will be more people who will be willing to kill.
Every year there are thousands of Blacks who are shot in Democrat run cities. Democrats silence sends the clear message that shooting Black people is no big deal. That in turn reduces the barrier that would keep people from shooting Blacks.
The second way that Democrats are responsible for mass shootings is that by restricting access to guns for law abiding citizens they reduce the likelihood that shooters will be stopped quickly. Thanks be to God the presence of police officers at the garlic festival led to the shooter being shot within a minute of starting his rampage.
Sadly the reality is that despite their courage and commitment police officers aren't usually around when a shooting occurs; they're a few minutes away. As one police officer said "When seconds count the police are minutes away." Time after time, of which Gilroy is the latest, we see that when there are armed individuals, police or private citizens, at the scene of a mass shooting the death toll is significantly reduced.
The Democrats constantly demonstrate their dishonesty, or ignorance, about guns. For example they constantly refer to "assault guns" when they're talking about a typical semiautomatic rifle which is nothing like the weapons used by SWAT teams and the military. Those guns fire automatically, hold the trigger down and they keep shooting until they run out of bullets. The "assault weapons" that Democrats talk about require one pull of the trigger to fire each bullet and hence are far less dangerous than automatic weapons. Because automatic weapons are more dangerous it's nearly impossible for private citizens to own them; a fact that Democrats never mention.
Given that only 10% of criminals who use guns use guns obtained legally all of the gun control laws created by Democrats only serve to restrict the ability of honest people to protect themselves. Their irrational fear of guns and their lack of concern for we the people is why they even object to allowing well trained teachers to have guns. They'd rather see the children die than risk a teacher accidentally shooting a student. That same reasoning would lead to disarming the police because police officers occasionally shoot people when they shouldn't.
Democrats try to blame conservatives for "gun violence" but the simple reality is that it's Democrats who have devalued human life and worked hard to ensure that we the people are defenseless both of which have lead to an increase in mass shootings.
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