Unless he was a career thug, it is extremely sad that one bad decision on one afternoon rendered everything his parents, siblings, teachers, friends and co-workers ever taught him. I feel esepecially sorry for his mother. She did not carry him 9 months and raise him for 18 years only for him to cause his own death. Clearly, he was thinking of no one but himself, driven by ego, and made the worst loser bet of his short life.
Did you read the nail gun article? They are now white profiling, investigating to see if he is from the notorious, internationally known Jan6 mob. The Fuds are probably seizing Donald Trump's cell records to see if he gave the "Go!" command.Was that the same guy that attempted to enter an FBI office with a nail gun? Convoluted reports it seems. He had an actual firearm too or he was having a "shootout" with his nail gun?
It wouldn't suprise me in the least if a nail gun was reported by the media as "shots fired" just to fit the narrative.
Maybe a firearm too, but kinda sad if you can't really be sure what "shots fired" actually means when the media says it, hu!?
Sadly that was sheer cowardice on display. Several Vets mentioned to me the video of the one screaming and waving his hand around his head as he ran. It was of course the first time he had ever heard a bullet go by him. Anyone who has had it happen knows what I mean. For him it caused him to scream he was hit and run.
The subtext of the OP is that national media fails to report good self defense shoots. (Likely because of anti-gun sentiment.)
that didnt answer my question or give me any reason to consider the media isnt biased in publishing shootings.
The media is biased. It just doesn't cover individual shootings to make its claims. Not the OP shooting, not gang shootings. They only cover really dramatic events.that didnt answer my question or give me any reason to consider the media isnt biased in publishing shootings.
you lost me.
Please don't feed the trolls.Pointing out the few odd cases that are limited exceptions does not in any way debate the validity of the point. They occur much more frequently and are often never reported on, reported on only locally, and only but rarely make national news. The ones that do, also only do so for a limited time and quickly fall silent with little follow up reporting.
Now, a successful mass shooting and the evils of firearms.... that'll be marched across every news outlet nationwide and bled dry for months on end. Laws will be made and changed in their name. Granted, blood and death "sells", but the effective weight of the anti-2A message goes hand in hand with much more impact than the "good guy with a gun" reporting.
Hardly equivalent by any stretch of the imagination.
Quite definately just trolling again. ~I'm Out, again... Have fun!
I think we agree, I think we all do? If by "individual shootings" you mean covering all of them.
DGUs are a part of the debate, but the majority of them appear to be totally unreported. So reporting on the ones that actually have public records is going to be a conscious act of propaganda.
If they are part of the debate then the media has an obligation to include them in the news. I disagree reporting on the verified ones is propaganda, something that happens isnt propaganda its an objective fact. Otherwise I think we might agree on the rest of our comments.
It is propaganda when the only reason to broadcast them is "raise awareness" rather than sharing their individual newsworthiness. Then the news agency is acting as a promoter.
Disagree with that. Reporting on actual events that happen isnt propaganda and as for your analogy DGUs are not crimes.... no comparison there. More to your point the media hardly covers DGU statistics. I get they are underreported but even the lowest end estimates really throw the gun control statistics for a loop so its clear they avoid them.
Yep, both are on my ignore list for a reason or two. Refreshing.
What a disgusting idea. We wouldn't have concealed carry if everyone was "aligned" in their approach to gun rights.
The nightly news is one hour. How many individual DGU or whatever stories do you expect to make it in to that hour, even though they might be uninteresting stories? Back to the model railroad guy - why isn't he getting all the stories he wants?
as many "uninteresting" stories they share about criminal acts with guns.
I cannot believe how some people (or bots in this case) can be so absolutely wrong. Not really worth a response but still trolled one outa me. I thought I was stronger, sorry folks.
That guy was only national news for a short time. Does anyone remember the mother who shot Dennis Butler before he could shoot up a children's party within a day or two of the Uvalde shooting? Anyone even read that story? Even Snopes was forced to admit it was mostly ignored. Stories like that don't get the same attention from the press.
For the most part? Lack of attention. Mom & Dad did not pay enough, teachers did not pay enough, no girlfriends, ect. From the first days of me getting on the net with the old Usenet groups its been interesting to watch.Please don't feed the trolls.
It's a wonder why they are even on this gun forum???
