Massacre Chasers

As you’ve probably heard by now, there’s been another shooting in a disarmed victims zone. And, like clockwork, the media is giving the loon the attention he desperately wanted by splashing his name all over the place. In an equally predictable manner, the nanny fascists have descended like vultures to push their pet agendas..

On one side, The Brady Bunch are shrieking about how an “assault weapon” ban, limiting magazine capacity to ten rounds, and requiring background checks at gun shows would have prevented this. Never mind the fact the shooter didn’t use anything which was ever covered by any type of “assault weapon” ban. Ignore the fact the shooter’s primary weapon was a shotgun which, at most, would have held maybe eight rounds. Most of all, be sure to look over the details like how Illinois already requires background checks at gun shows, and that the shooter didn’t buy guns at a gun show anyway. We can’t let little things like facts get in the way of a little PSH, now, can we?

On the other side, my old pal Jack Thompson is already searching out TV cameras so he can blame it all on video games. Despite there being no information whatsoever about whether the shooter even played a single video game, Thompson “knows” it! Not only does he apparently have the psychic power to know that (before the shooter’s name was even released), he claims to have predicted the exact scenario in his book. He could at least use this magical power to tell me the winning lottery numbers in advance..

Amidst all this hand-wringing and finger-pointing, the only thing people don’t seem to be blaming is the shooter himself. It’s almost as if these people think the shooter is another innocent victim here, personal responsibility be damned.