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NBC Dismisses Blaming the Shooter as Just a Talking Point of ‘Gun Control Opponents’
newbusters.org ^ | 8/19/2019 | scott whitlock

Posted on 08/20/2019 8:51:01 AM PDT by rktman

NBC over the weekend pushed gun control repeatedly, casually dismissing calls for focusing culpability on the perpetrators of mass shooters as simply a talking point of “gun control opponents.” The Today show also touted using children to promote the gun control agenda.

On Sunday, reporter Mike Viqueira sounded annoyed that Donald Trump would blame the shooters: “At his New Hampshire rally, Thursday, no mention of checks on criminal records, only for mental health history. The President echoing a familiar argument of gun control opponents.”

He then played a clip of Trump noting, “It’s not the gun that pulls the trigger. It’s the person holding the gun.” The quote from Trump was the only one in the segment to express skepticism for gun control. Viqueira also featured the Democratic mayor of San Francisco, Democratic Congressman Elijah Cummings and Democrat Cory Booker.

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I guess PDJT thinks we're fools huh? Suggesting that it just might be the perp that's responsible for evil acts involving firearms. Color me stoopid. /S
1 posted on 08/20/2019 8:51:01 AM PDT by rktman
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Trump noting, “It’s not the gun that pulls the trigger. It’s the person holding the gun.”

That makes the libs heads explode.

2 posted on 08/20/2019 8:52:08 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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I tuned into the Sharknado movie marathon on SyFy this weekend.

Some of them contain spoof Today Show segments that cover the carnage wrought by the Sharknados.

Those now seem downright credible as compared to the real thing.


3 posted on 08/20/2019 8:54:40 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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...unless they can tie the shooter Trump, conservatives, white males or racism.


4 posted on 08/20/2019 8:58:28 AM PDT by skyman
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But blaming all whites for slavery 160 years ago makes perfect sense. *eye roll*


5 posted on 08/20/2019 9:00:21 AM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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So if it is the gun, not the shooter, why do they shoot the red flag gun owner?

Why not shoot the gun?


6 posted on 08/20/2019 9:01:40 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (/S liberally (oops) applied to all posts.)
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Shooters shoot. That what they do.

Guns, firearms of ANY description, are without volition of any kind. These devices are obedient to the will of the person holding the trigger, and will not fire unless the trigger is PULLED.


7 posted on 08/20/2019 9:07:14 AM PDT by alloysteel (Nowhere in the Universe is there escape from the consequences of the crime of stupidity.)
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If a cop shoots a criminal they blame the cop.If a criminal shoots an innocent citizen they blame the gun.


8 posted on 08/20/2019 9:17:52 AM PDT by weezel
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Why don’t they blame the car when a terrorist runs down people just standing on a sidewalk?? Oh wait, they DO blame SUVs when someone is killed during a traffic accident, when an SUV is involved. But they do pick and choose when a car is the ‘WMD’.


9 posted on 08/20/2019 9:19:28 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell..)
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Well you are definitely not going to blame me or hold me accountable for the crimes of another human being.

Sorry. mofos, not sorry.


10 posted on 08/20/2019 9:21:39 AM PDT by chris37 (Monday, March 25 2019 is Maga Day!)
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There are millions more law abiding gun owners than shooters.

Thats the presidents reference point.. The MSM will never realize that simple fact


11 posted on 08/20/2019 9:22:17 AM PDT by patriotspride
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#factsdontmatter. “They” have chosen truth over facts. And “they” will let us know what the truth is.


12 posted on 08/20/2019 9:28:35 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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“#factsdontmatter. “They” have chosen truth over facts. And “they” will let us know what the truth is.”

Quoting from Jesus Christ Superstar:

“What is truth? Is truth unchanging law? We both have truths, are mine the same as yours?”


13 posted on 08/20/2019 9:40:23 AM PDT by fredhead (Duty, Honor, Country.....Honor, Courage, Commitment)
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Who gets blamed in a car accident? The car or the driver?


14 posted on 08/20/2019 9:45:21 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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Auntie Fascists are a protected group operating with full approval from the DNC


15 posted on 08/20/2019 9:45:42 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Commitee)
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NBC wants to be Democratic Party’s Pravda.


16 posted on 08/20/2019 9:49:31 AM PDT by Retvet (Retvet)
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Stoopid logic. Don't ask trick questions. 😁
17 posted on 08/20/2019 10:01:09 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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LOL! Who writes their material? Is there room in the Clown Car for them. The media could be the warm-up act.


18 posted on 08/20/2019 10:11:42 AM PDT by PGalt
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Clown CAR? They need at least a clown LIMO or clown tour bus for all those contestants.


19 posted on 08/20/2019 10:13:55 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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Yeah, and they always blame the pilot/captain who then blames the First Officer in an aircraft accident who told the captain not to push that button.


20 posted on 08/20/2019 10:24:55 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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