- the usual "if only the victims had been armed, this could have been avoided" rubbish from the NRA (the officers were armed)
- the usually bemoaned concept of gun-free zones of schools and churches (this wasn't a gun-free zone, people were openly carrying weapons)
- no statement about the need for concealed carry, open carry, & reduced barriers to carry (Texas has all those)
- missing the usual trash about "only a good guy with a gun can stop a bad guy with a gun". Any further use of this meme is a direct attack on the memory of Dallas' finest.
- the NRA statement does not even mention a gun was involved. That's a first.
- also missing from the NRA statement were the names Alton Sterling & Philander Castile
How odd. Philander Castile was a licensed gun owner with concealed carry.
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What does Menlo Park think of the NRA? Of most of our country making it so easy to get weapons that can fire so rapidly, of large capacity magazines that enable so many murders so quickly?
What does Menlo Park think of Congress, the leader of which called just yesterday to punish Democrats ("speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday “all options” were being considered over the possible discipline" of Democrats) for their sit-in to ask for a vote on sensible background checks and other sensible measures to keep our police and all Americans safer?
What do you think? A well regulated militia.....
May God bless the families of those involved in this horrific, and frequent, event. May God Bless those that take peaceful action to prevent further tragedies in the future.
