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If Trump’s To Blame For El Paso Shooting, Is Warren To Blame For Dayton? issuesinsights.com/2019/08/04/doe…
Trump’s critics have blamed him for every other mass shooting since he took office. They blame him for every hate crime (many of which have turned out to be hoaxes). They blame him for the violence perpetrated by far-left Antifa mobs. They even blame him for bad weather.
But if Trump is to blame for the all mass shootings since he took office, doesn’t that make Barack Obama responsible for the 24 mass shootings that took place while he was in the White House?
Nobody dared suggest any such link, not even when Micah Xavier Johnson ambushed and killed five police officers and injured nine others because he was angry about what he perceived to be racist cops.
That shooting came after Obama had been stoking racial animosity regarding law enforcement. Nor did anyone blame Bernie Sanders when a fervent supporter attempted to assassinate several Republican lawmakers and, in the case of Rep. Steve Scalise, nearly succeeded.
Clearly, the country faces a terrible problem — one that will not be solved by another round of gun control laws, since none of the shootings in the past would have been prevented by the laws gun control advocates want to pass. Nor will blaming Trump achieve anything.
Those who truly care about saving innocent lives will focus on things that might actually make a difference. Like whether increased social isolation and realistic first-person shooter video games contribute to mass shootings.
Whether there should be more armed security in public places. Or the merits of allowing people to carry concealed weapons for self-protection. When Democrats make these things the topic of conversation after a mass shooting, you’ll know that they actually want to do something
