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April 16, 2007

ABC's Brian Ross Adding "Context" to VT Shooting

Robert Stacy McCain, writing over at the Washington Times, notes that ABC's Brian Ross, who usually has excellent terrorism scoops, is already adding "context" to the Virginia Tech shooting. That "context" is that the shooting comes several years after Congress let the assault rifle ban lapse. See how adding that "context" leads the readers to "draw their own conclusions"? McCain writes:

But how about the minor detail that this â€œnewsâ€ might be completely irrelevant to the crime?
A newsmanâ€™s job is to report the facts first.

Context. You'd expect the Brady people to try to add their context, but would hope that neutral reporters wouldn't.

Here's a bit of my own context. The VT shootings come on the heels of the Virginia legislature exempting university campuses from recent changes in the law which make it easier to carry concealed weapons. Experts agree that no student was legally armed and prepared to defend themselves or their classmates from the psycopathic killer.

I add context. You draw your own conclusions.

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1 Leftard "context" is nothing but agenda and that's why, as in this case, it rarely makes any sense at all to the facts at hand.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at April 16, 2007 06:34 PM (8e/V4)

2 This is not about more gun control , it is about the effects of gun control.

Posted by: mal at April 16, 2007 06:35 PM (Kfczb)

3 But what about the Meta-Narrative, huh? Guns used to kill people. Guns bad. Poor misunderstood immigrant guy caught up in American cowboy culture. DON'T YOU SEE!?! It's Bushitlerburton's "withusoragainstuswantedeadoralive" talk...

You fools.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at April 16, 2007 07:32 PM (K/lgF)

4 Haven't they said that the firearms used to kill were pistols, and therefore unrelated to "assault weapons"?

Posted by: RicardoVerde at April 16, 2007 07:53 PM (zW/QU)

5 Heh... how about identifying him before ascribing motives to him, or placing his actions in 'context'.

Posted by: Kafir at April 16, 2007 08:08 PM (HsmTD)

6 no no Richard. A pistol was a weapon that was used in an assault. Therefore is an "assault weapon." Plus, it had a somewhat automated firing mechanism, therefore it is an "automatic assault weapon, with a pistol grip and short barrel."

Now, back to congress to ban all "automatic assault weapons with a pistol grip and short barrel"

Posted by: wooga at April 16, 2007 08:10 PM (t9sT5)

7 by the anti-gun/"gun control" crowd's logic,

all we need to do to have iraq become peaceful is get the iraqi legislature to pass restrictive gin control laws!

and withdraw, of course!

jerks.

fact: only law-abiding folks will ever disarm via "gun-laws."

fact: law-breakers and psychotics like the perp of this horrific and ghastly and horrifyingly sad attack in VA need to be stopped with lead.

Posted by: reliapundit at April 16, 2007 08:12 PM (mCUt4)

Global warming is a threat to humanity.

Posted by: Darth Vag at April 16, 2007 08:54 PM (b0FZu)

9 Over and over again, there is only one thing that stops these evil rampages: the arrival of men with guns.

Posted by: QC at April 16, 2007 08:59 PM (5CldY)

10 Brian Ross is just another liberal/communist blathering on in an attempt to disarm honest law abiding citizens so that when the time comes his communist buddies can seize control of America and the general population will be unable to do anything about it. The vast majority of Americaâ€™s gun laws are already unconstitutional.

http://www.mp3.com.au/artist.asp?id=16834

Posted by: doriangrey at April 16, 2007 09:20 PM (XvkRd)

11 Well, it's clear that VT is sending their students into the classroom without the proper equipment - body armor!

I think the state of Virginia should defund their universities until all students, instructors, and staff are issued state-of-the-art protective clothing. Such clothing would, of course, have the appropriate camouflage patterns which would help the cowering victim, er, I mean, student, blend in with the classroom or lab when cornered by some gun wielding lunatic. In fact, such a program needs to built out down to the pre-school and primary school levels.

Additionally, all classrooms should be fitted with fast-closing, bullet-proof doors, controlled from the inside...unless that's where the gunman is, in which case the controls should be in the hallway. And campus buses should be converted to armored personnel carriers in case of IED's.

The long-term solution, of course, is for each student to be individually locked into steel- & concrete-lined dorm rooms for four years and receive all instruction via closed circuit TV. If there's no exposure, there's no danger.

Posted by: Rick at April 17, 2007 11:15 AM (EGm8u)

12 #7
fact: only law-abiding folks will ever disarm via "gun-laws."

fact:
law-breakers and psychotics like the perp of this horrific and ghastly
and horrifyingly sad attack in VA need to be stopped with lead.

exactly what ive been repeating since yesterday and as for the nutroots who are looking for root causes he was a farkin nut nothing else just a nut

Posted by: jimmytheclaw at April 17, 2007 01:19 PM (SeEaA)

The perp didn't use an assault weapon, so the lapsed ban is moot. However, there was a total ban on all kinds of firearms on campus which made students <i>feel</i> safe.

Posted by: Doug Purdie at April 17, 2007 03:37 PM (00DOn)

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