In the wake of yet another shooting in Kentucky, a guest on MSNBC asked why it was necessary for the police to engage the shooter. This question is not only offensive to the brave men and women who risk their lives to protect others, but it is indicative of the anti-gun stance that the liberal media has adopted.
Clint Watts, a former FBI agent, questioned why law enforcement officers were asked to “go into a firefight in the streets” of their cities. He then went on to advocate for measures to “minimize the proliferation of weapons to people that may have mental health issues” and “anger issues.” Watts suggested that this shooting was likely the result of a long gun such as an AR-15, and asked how many people were killed with such weapons every day in the United States.
This is a textbook example of the liberal media pushing for gun bans instead of solutions that would actually help to reduce violence and make our communities safer. The truth is that guns are not the problem. Criminals are the problem. Instead of asking why it’s necessary for law enforcement to take on gunmen, we should be asking why it’s necessary for criminals to be able to access deadly weapons in the first place.
The Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees the right of citizens to bear arms, and it is not up to the liberal media to decide which guns are acceptable and which are not. We should be encouraging sensible gun laws that will help to protect law-abiding citizens while keeping guns out of the hands of criminals. We need to be focusing on solutions that will make our communities safer, not pushing for measures that will only further erode our right to bear arms.
We should all be grateful for the brave law enforcement officers who risk their lives every day to protect us. We should not be questioning why they are asked to take on gunmen. We should be asking why criminals have access to deadly weapons in the first place and what we can do to prevent it. It is time to stop the blame game and start looking for real solutions that will make a difference.
