{"id":67093,"date":"2021-04-22T07:42:21","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T12:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=67093"},"modified":"2021-04-22T07:42:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T12:42:21","slug":"67093","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=67093","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bearingarms.com\/camedwards\/2021\/04\/21\/new-argument-left-knife-fights-no-big-deal-n43961\">New Argument From The Left: &#8220;Knife Fights&#8221; No Big Deal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bearingarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-21-at-3.38.13-PM-730x0.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I hate the phrase \u201cgun violence prevention,\u201d because in my view, we should looking at ways to reduce violence in general. If we\u2019re trying to save lives, does it matter if the killer used a gun, a knife, or a bowling ball?<br \/>\n&gt;Apparently so, at least on the Left. While \u201cgun violence\u201d is a scourge that can only be treated by turning the right to keep and bear arms into a criminal offense, knife violence is just one of those things. Oh, it\u2019s not that it\u2019s completely unserious, but it\u2019s certainly nothing that would require lethal force to be used to prevent someone from being stabbed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A Black teenage girl named Ma\u2019Khia Bryant was killed because a police officer immediately decided to shoot her multiple times in order to break up a knife fight. Demand accountability. \u00a0 Fight for justice. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlackLivesMatter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Valerie Jarrett (@ValerieJarrett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ValerieJarrett\/status\/1384888056621174786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Of course, the incident in Columbus, Ohio that led to police fatally shooting a 16-year old girl wasn\u2019t exactly a \u201cknife fight\u201d to begin with. From what we know so far, the only person who had a knife was the 16-year old who was shot, and the officer fired as she was preparing to stab another teenager.<\/p>\n<p>None of that seems to matter to folks like President Obama\u2019s national security advisor Valerie Jarrett, however.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday afternoon the Columbus Police\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/story\/news\/local\/2021\/04\/21\/makhia-bryant-columbus-police-discuss-shooting-body-camera-video\/7318569002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released more information<\/a> about the incident that led to Bryant\u2019s death, including the fact that a 911 call had been made from someone (we don\u2019t yet know who) screaming that she was about to be stabbed. That was the information that the first officers on scene had to go on; someone was trying to stab someone.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A second 911 call, placed around 4:48 p.m., resulted in the caller\u00a0hanging up after seeing a police cruiser on the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Columbus police Officer Nicholas Reardon, hired in December 2019, was the first officer on scene and was identified Wednesday as the officer who shot Bryant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Reardon\u2019s body camera showed what played out when he arrived on the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">There were multiple people in the driveway of the home and the\u00a0video shows Bryant\u00a0with a knife in hand and making movement toward another young\u00a0woman, who falls backwards to the ground at the officer\u2019s feet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Bryant then turns and moves toward another young woman, who is up against the hood of a sedan parked in the driveway. The video shows Bryant holding the knife and moving it in a motion that appears to be an attempt to swing the knife at the young woman\u2019s upper body.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Reardon is heard saying \u201cGet down\u201d multiple times and then fires his weapon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Four shots are heard \u2014 but police have not confirmed whether additional shots were fired\u00a0\u2014 and Bryant falls to the ground. Officers provided medical aid to Bryant at the scene until paramedics arrived. She was taken to a nearby hospital, where she died at 5:21 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What Jarrett and others on the Left are completely ignoring is the fact that if Bryant had not been shot by Reardon, then someone else may very well have died at Bryant\u2019s hand. This wasn\u2019t a situation where non-lethal force should have been used, because Bryant herself was using lethal force. What would the reaction from the Left have been if Bryant\u2019s intended victim had been stabbed or died because officers didn\u2019t intervene, or tried to use a stun gun instead of lethal force? Likely they would be accused of willfully ignoring the threat and allowing a young black woman to die because of their callous indifference and racial bias. The change in circumstances wouldn\u2019t change their argument either way.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-4\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-300x250_6\" class=\"gpt-ad ad-250 text-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Because of their refusal to acknowledge the fact that other lives were at risk because of Bryant\u2019s actions, they\u2019re left with arguments like this.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfX0%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1384725341550305281&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fbearingarms.com%2Fcamedwards%2F2021%2F04%2F21%2Fnew-argument-left-knife-fights-no-big-deal-n43961&amp;sessionId=5bd8b220cbc1cc0092d9482f4887c949606e526e&amp;siteScreenName=BearingArmsCom&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ff2e7cf%3A1618526400629&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1384725341550305281\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A knife can kill you just like a gun can. In fact, as the Heritage Foundation\u2019s Amy Swearer pointed out, knives are used in far more homicides than rifles of any kind, including the AR-15.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfX0%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1384938068692635648&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fbearingarms.com%2Fcamedwards%2F2021%2F04%2F21%2Fnew-argument-left-knife-fights-no-big-deal-n43961&amp;sessionId=5bd8b220cbc1cc0092d9482f4887c949606e526e&amp;siteScreenName=BearingArmsCom&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ff2e7cf%3A1618526400629&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1384938068692635648\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Again, I\u2019ll ask: is the Left interested in reducing\u00a0<em>violence<\/em>, or just reducing gun violence through gun control? Those focused on preventing violence might look for ways that the initial fight could have been avoided in the first place, which also would have prevented officers from shooting Bryant. If your focus is on \u201cgun violence prevention,\u201d then you\u2019re probably myopically focused on the fact that Bryant was shot and killed by police, while ignoring a lot of other pertinent information.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-4\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-300x250_7\" class=\"gpt-ad ad-250 text-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It\u00a0<em>is<\/em>\u00a0a terrible thing that Ma\u2019Khia Bryant was killed, but she was killed because she was seconds away from\u00a0<em>doing\u00a0<\/em>a terrible thing. That fact can\u2019t be avoided or ignored. It\u2019s the fundamental reason why she lost her life, and for those of us who believe that we should be addressing violence and not just \u201cgun violence\u201d, its bizarre to see people who would ordinarily be calling for knife control laws to instead try to minimize a specific act of attempted murder in order to attack the idea of policing in general.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Argument From The Left: &#8220;Knife Fights&#8221; No Big Deal I hate the phrase \u201cgun violence prevention,\u201d because in my view, we should looking at ways to reduce violence in general. 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