Gunman exercises Second Amendment rights at Northern Illinois University. 5 dead so far. Still counting.
This makes it a record week, and a record ten months, for classroom hunters. The foreign press is taking note:
From the BBC. "It is also the fourth shooting at a US education establishment within a week. Last Friday, a woman shot dead two fellow students before killing herself at Louisiana Technical College in Baton Rouge. In Memphis, Tennessee, a 17-year-old is accused of shooting and critically wounding a student on Monday, and a 15-year-old was shot at a junior high school in California on Tuesday." CLICK
Occasionally, we hear of a shooting in a foreign school. Scotland a few years ago. Finland last year. But to have four shootings in four separate schools in just ONE COUNTRY -- and in just one week! WOW! Only in America!
It should be a new Olympic Event.
3 comments:
You are abusing your First Amendment right by suggesting that mass murder is a Second Amendment right.
I'm not sure what the solution should be, but I would at least recommend that bloggers be prohibited from using certain dramatic-looking fonts (for which there is no legitimate sporting purpose), excessive use of quotations from imported sources published after 1990, and a mandatory registration system for those who repeatedly and intentionally attempt to distort the issue.
JimT
Jim I'm glad to have you back. I was worried about you.
Speaking of First Am rights, it should be noted that the courts have found that these rights have to be restricted to protect the public safety. For example, conspiracy (spoken or written) can be a crime. Speech which poses a clear and present danger is unlawful. etc.
Think of the public safety benefit of doing away with the concept of "free speech" altogether!
Jim
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