Right on que!
Blame the NRA. Say what? It doesn’t own California Democrat politicians.
Let’s see, 200+ people, all disarmed, versus one armed person. Shame on the state for not letting citizens arm and defend themselves,, shame on the location for insufficient security. Was no one on site armed? 200+ people waiting to be killed. And blaming NRA, Very sad.
Go and reproduce asexually, Kristof.
5.56mm
Generally not correct, as shown by the research done by John Lott.
The reason they seem to be happening more often is because of the copycat effect, which is known by, and promoted by the media.
The people who are supposed to enforce the rules just don’t do their jobs. Then when the measures they were hired to enforce “don’t work,” they cry out against their political enemies.
What a great gig. Get paid, don’t do your job, and you are “down with the struggle.”
And the whole thing is too complex for the soccer moms to understand, so nothing will be done about it. Dream job!
The NRA does not sell arms. Planned Parenthood does.
Mr. Hawkins does a great job of listing the gun restrictions in CA. But doesn’t CA have some ridiculous regulations on the max number of rounds a mag can hold? Or maybe that’s some other state.
Glad I live in South Carolina.
Come and take them, Nicky boy!
***These horrors happen far more often in America than in other advanced countries partly because of the outsize political influence of the National Rifle Association.***
Two weeks ago, a Crimean student in the Russian controlled areas obtained a permit for a shotgun and murdered 19 of his fellow students. No mention of it was ever made on the evening news.
Nicholas Kristof is right there trying to pick up political points by right-of-way blaming the NRA. Please tell me how the NRA is responsible for this bastard taking a legal gun into the bar and killing people.
Kristof needs to stick do curling women’s hair.