{"id":112208,"date":"2025-09-17T11:31:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T16:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=112208"},"modified":"2025-09-17T11:31:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T16:31:00","slug":"112208","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=112208","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Gun Control Disconnect: Media Overlooks, Misunderstands 2nd Amendment<\/a><\/p>\n

By Dave Workman<\/p>\n

ANALYSIS\u2014Amid various reports on gun control published in the aftermath of the Annunciation Catholic Church shooting in Minneapolis in late August and last week\u2019s assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, emerging from the reportage are some possibly uncomfortable facts.<\/p>\n

Reports such as one from the\u00a0Minnesota Reformer\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0Madison McVan acknowledge how it \u201cit\u2019s not clear\u201d whether any of Minnesota\u2019s \u201cstricter-than-average gun laws<\/a>\u201d would have prevented the fatal church shooting.<\/p>\n

Likewise, writing at\u00a0The Free Press<\/a>, Deputy Managing Editor Joe Nocera acknowledges, \u201cTo be sure, no workable gun law would have prevented Kirk\u2019s assassination. His alleged killer showed no signs of mental instability; the gun he used was a bolt-action rifle, owned by millions of Americans; and he was old enough to simply walk in a store and buy it.\u201d<\/p>\n

A look back in history underscores the apparent reality disconnect about existing law and mass shootings.<\/p>\n

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Stephen Paddock<\/a>, the mass killer responsible for the Oct. 1, 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting had passed several background checks while buying assorted firearms used in the crime. He had no criminal record and, as noted at Wikipedia, \u201cPaddock\u2019s only recorded interactions with law enforcement were\u00a0traffic citations<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elliot Rodger<\/a>, the \u201cIsla Vista\u201d killer, pass three California background checks and endured three 10-day waiting periods, buying three handguns in the months leading up to his May 23, 2014 murder spree which left six dead and others injured. Often overlooked is the fact that Rodger killed three of his victims with a knife\u2014for which there is no background check or waiting period, in California or anywhere else\u2014while fatally shooting the three other victims.<\/p>\n

Omar Mateen<\/a>, perpetrator of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting in Orlando, Florida not only passed background checks, an account at Wikipedia also noted he had been a security guard and the company for which he worked had done two screenings, which \u201craised no red flags.\u201d He had an active Florida carry license and security officer license, no criminal record and \u201chad passed a\u00a0psychological test<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are many more examples, but the common denominator is the unintentional discrediting of background checks as a preventive measure against violent crime, including mass murder.<\/p>\n

Another apparent disconnect among members of the press is about the Second Amendment. In his article, Nocera acknowledges that he believes \u201cthere are plenty of ideas to reduce gun deaths without infringing on the Second Amendment right of gun owners.\u201d Translation: It\u2019s his opinion.<\/p>\n

He subsequently writes how in 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court \u201cruled that the Second Amendment gave Americans the right to possess firearms.\u201d The Court did no such thing. The ruling, in a case known as\u00a0District of Columbia v. Dick Anthony Heller,\u00a0<\/a><\/em>\u00a0actually recognized the Second Amendment protects a pre-existing right; it didn\u2019t \u201cgive\u201d anyone anything, it protected the right to keep and bear arms from government infringement.<\/p>\n

It is this misunderstanding of rights\u2014at least as far as the right to have a gun\u2014which appears to lead many in the media to support so-called \u201ccommon sense\u201d gun control laws. The media would hardly tolerate Second Amendment-type restrictions on the First Amendment.<\/p>\n

Second Amendment advocates argue that the exercise of a constitutionally-protected right does not require a background check, or a police-issued permit to purchase, waiting period or any other bureaucratic hoops through which to jump. It is a\u00a0right<\/em>, not a government regulated privilege.<\/p>\n

The gunman responsible for the mayhem in Minneapolis is dead. The accused killer in the slaying of Charlie Kirk is scheduled to appear in court today in Utah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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