Posted on 05/23/2018 6:07:47 AM PDT by Liberty7732
Something strange happened within a few days of the mass shooting at Santa Fe High School that killed 10 people and injured 14 others.
The story virtually disappeared from the news cycle. This is quite a remarkable change from the weeks of non-stop media coverage after the Parkland, Florida shooting that resulted in huge protests around the country and bad legislation in Florida.
First, there are a lot of similarities in the two atrocities. The killer in both instances was a mentally disturbed, bullied teenage boy who had shown warning signs. However, it is well-documented that in Parkland, law enforcement and school officials (government) missed or purposely overlooked dozens of red flags regarding the killer that could have prevented the killings.
Seventeen people were killed in Parkland. Ten were killed in Santa Fe. Both are located in conservative states with strong Second Amendment protections, although Texas is more conservative. Both have happened during a time of rampant but factually ill-founded fears of school shootings, and a media that has an anti-gun agenda it pushes shamelessly — including the use of grieving teenage survivors.
So what are the differences? Three stand out.
One, the gun that the Parkland killer used was an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle. It is what the media insists on calling an “assault weapon,” without ever really explaining or describing what is meant by the term. It’s scary looking and appears similar to military assault weapons. But it is the same as any semi-automatic rifle or pistol. One shot per trigger pull.
In Santa Fe, the killer used a .38-caliber revolver and a shotgun — not the infamous “assault rifles.” There is very little support among Americans for banning revolvers or shotguns. So that was one big difference.
The second is that the Parkland killer was never stopped. Officers stayed outside and did nothing while he continued to massacre people. He just finally quit murdering and walked away from his school slaughter, later being arrested at a fast food restaurant.
In Santa Fe, men with guns stopped the killer. The teen was cornered in a room by armed school security until more police arrived and he surrendered.
A final difference is in the community and the students. Parkland is in the heavily urbanized, liberal, anti-gun corridor of Southeast Florida, from Miami through Fort Lauderdale to West Palm. The students there reflect that urbanized sense of guns as frightening, and really do not seem to grasp the purpose of the Second Amendment. They came out very strong for gun laws and the media ate it up and national, liberal organizations quickly organized them.
Santa Fe is a semi-rural area of Southern Texas between Houston and Galveston. The people there see guns as part of the culture and have a more ingrained understanding of why there is a Second Amendment. For instance, almost no Santa Fe students participated in the national school walkout in March.
Here is Alex Carvey, 16, a student at Santa Fe High School:
“I don’t think guns are the problem — I think people are the problem,” she said. “Even if we did more gun laws, people who are sick enough to do something like this are still going to figure out a way to do it. So it doesn’t matter.”
So the differences in coverage seem to be based at least somewhat on how it plays into the media narrative of blaming the NRA and gun owners and pushing for more gun control laws. Parkland — despite the myriad failures of government along the way, plays nicely into that narrative.
Santa Fe doesn’t really fit narrative.
My opinion is the media doesn’t touch Chicago or any urban murder issue because it focuses responsibility on blacks
Something they eschew since media is now majority minority and rhen some....
When whites mass murder it’s perfect f9r them
White kid gets picked on and has crap home life feels alienated and decides get back is real life video game
Explodes
Here we are
Cause effect and aftermath are all very predictable
Family and culture are the causes
I think another reason is because its Texas. The media doesn’t care about what happens to the folks here, other than Austin. Unless its some Biblical type flooding event, the attitude seems to be “ehh, who cares”.
And as a Texan, that works for me.
He has plenty of Secret Service agents that he charges rent to and swims naked in front of as well.
In a Facebook “chat” Tuesday, the vice president said that he had advised his wife, Jill, to fire a shotgun in the air from their Delaware home’s porch if she was concerned for her safety.
“I said, ‘Jill, if there’s ever a problem, just walk out on the balcony here, walk out and put that double-barrel shotgun and fire two blasts outside the house,’” Biden said.
“You don’t need an AR-15—it’s harder to aim,” he added, “it’s harder to use, and in fact you don’t need 30 rounds to protect yourself. Buy a shotgun! Buy a shotgun!”
It may have left the headlines but that damnable Soros-paid lie about “19 school shootings in 2018” continues to proliferate across other social media.
Unless they are something like 500 feet from another house I'm pretty sure he's advising her to break the law.
I have seen an attempt to make it into a women’s harassment issue. The fact that the killer (a male) wouldn’t take ‘no’ for an answer from the girl who rebuked him in front of the class.
Or there is the very slim possibility they have learned their incessant barking is causing more of the behavior.
No, if that were the case, they’d do it more, not less.
12 gauge.
38 special....
Way to Go!
And that is the direct connection between the killer and Antifa.
It became immediatly obvious to me that there is a direct connection between these two turds and the Santa Fe killer. And that connection is Antifa.
Look at the jacket Emma wears. And the jacket in post 52. These pro-facist punks are all birds of the same feather.
And to me - this obvious link is why they and the media shut down the conversation.
ANTIFA....
I noticed that.
There was a guy arrested for taking Biden’s advice and use it as a defense. I don’t know if it worked.
Reason #4. The kid was an avowed and vocal antifa. Bad press for the libs.
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Same reason the media never reports when an armed citizen saves someone. I remember some years back when a CCW holder was driving by and saw a cop who was out of ammo pinned down by two gang bangers. He stopped, shot one and the other fled. Never a peep in the national media.
One, the gun that the Parkland killer used was an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle. It is what the media insists on calling an “assault weapon,” without ever really explaining or describing what is meant by the term. It’s scary looking and appears similar to military assault weapons. But it is the same as any semi-automatic rifle or pistol. One shot per trigger pull.
See, this is when I discount what the author writes. You can’t slam the media for calling something an “assault weapon” as a made-up term, and then use the exact same term the next sentence (military assault weapons). That’s just stupid.
DoodleDawg
The only way it would be news is if the shooter beat the dude with the most killed
13 posted on 5/23/2018, 8:20:17 AM by al baby
Al baby - you mean, high score? (in the deranged shooters mind)
TexasM1A - As a native Texan, I agree with you, in part. If the national media would show regular, good ol’ fashioned Texans instead of Austin or the “liberal elitists”, then maybe that would embolden the regular good ol’ fashioned Americans on the East and Left Coasts to stand up for themselves a bit louder, and not be drowned out by their leftist counterparts. But, as a whole, less us the hell alone, we got stuff to do.
T-Bird45 - no, the ad now is that it’s more dangerous to go to school than be in the military. So, I took that claim, and did some research. The best numbers I could come up with is 31 school kinds dead, and 29 military members dead, from Jan 1 to May 17 (one week ago). However, there was 890 Chicagoans shot, with 178 dead in that same time frame. So, if you’re military, going to school in Chicago, you’re basically the walking dead.
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