Comments Posted By Aaron Meyer
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PITTSBURG SHOOTER WAS 'ENCOURAGED' BY CONSERVATIVES?
I agree with you completely about the utter ridiculousness of the paranoia that is present in some conservatives today. There is an almost fanatical vein of anti-Obama rhetoric that can only hurt conservatism in the long run.
That said, there is one thing that has been overlooked by many commentators on this shooting: The shooter (Richard Poplawski) had been dishonorably discharged from the Marines and was once subject to a protective order for abuse. Either of which alone is sufficient to disqualify him from being legally permitted to own firearms. This _can't_ be a case where Poplawski was "afraid that Obama would take his guns" as some in the media have said. He can't have been worried about Obama making firearms illegal because, for Poplawski, they were _already_ illegal. The portrayal of Poplawski in the media as someone who was afraid that guns would become illegal just doesn't gel in light of these facts.
Comment Posted By Aaron Meyer On 6.04.2009 @ 11:55
