Interesting opinion piece on Bloomberg in Al Jazeera America from last week:
The real reason Michael Bloomberg cares about guns | Al Jazeera America
The article ends with this:
"To further his agenda, Bloomberg is counting on the public’s unwillingness to look beyond the flashiest proximate cause of surprise violence, as well as liberal stereotypes about rural Americans who own guns. But the biggest, most violently irresponsible gun owner in the country isn’t some left-wing caricature redneck or a deranged teen plotting a massacre from his basement. It’s the state."
My first reaction was that the author was engaging in a little hyperbole, but then I stumbled across this article today:
NYPD drunken shootings: three incidents in last week.
The real reason Michael Bloomberg cares about guns | Al Jazeera America
The article ends with this:
"To further his agenda, Bloomberg is counting on the public’s unwillingness to look beyond the flashiest proximate cause of surprise violence, as well as liberal stereotypes about rural Americans who own guns. But the biggest, most violently irresponsible gun owner in the country isn’t some left-wing caricature redneck or a deranged teen plotting a massacre from his basement. It’s the state."
My first reaction was that the author was engaging in a little hyperbole, but then I stumbled across this article today:
NYPD drunken shootings: three incidents in last week.