In the aftermath of American mass killings, anything that remotely smacked of a pro-gun take was blasted as being completely out of place. We were expected to wait a respectful time–precisely one eternity, most likely–before engaging in politics. However, anti-gunners routinely use the bodies of dead children as a soapbox to push their agenda, one predicated on lies, biased research, and no respect for the rights of the American people.
They did it so much that we stopped playing nice, finally. We fight back, and we do it as soon as we can.
That’s especially true when it happens in gun-controlled countries.
Like, you know, Canada.
In the aftermath of the Tumbler Ridge shooting, many of us, myself included, took issue with the failures of Canadian gun control.
In response, though, the opinion editor for the Northern Star, a student newspaper, penned an op-ed that drips with irony, titled, “Opinion: Stop using dead children to fuel ignorance.”
Yes, really.
Tuesday morning, Canada experienced its deadliest shooting since 1989. The perpetrator was [killer’s name redacted], a transgender woman. Conservative Americans are already using this tragedy to push their narratives that stricter gun laws don’t work, and that trans people are violent and mentally ill.Â
Not only are these claims lacking in any base whatsoever, they are entirely tone deaf, reprehensible and callous to the real people who were killed and traumatized in this event.Â
There were eight victims, with 25 injured – some in critical condition, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Six were killed at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in a British Columbia town of the same name, one female educator, 39, two male students and three female students between the ages of 12 and 13.Â
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A note to conservatives: These children’s deaths are not proof gun control doesn’t work, nor are they proof trans people are inherently violent. What happened in Tumbler Ridge was a tragedy, and to use real deaths, real lives and real grief to back up ridiculous, hateful, ignorant political views and bigotry is inconsiderate, heartless and borderline inhuman. Shame on you.Â
Now, I’m not going to get into the trans thing because, honestly, that’s a bit outside of our wheelhouse. I do think there’s a possibility that giving hormones to already unbalanced people might send them over the edge, but I have no data to back that up, and so I’m not going to discuss it any further.
However, I find it hilarious that when anti-gunners like the writer decide to use a killing to push their agenda, it’s all good. They’re just doing God’s work and all that, but we’re still supposed to remain silent or, at a minimum, not to address the situation directly.
Gun control failed. It’s failed all over the world, and I’m not going to feel bad for pointing it out, especially when anti-gunners have never blinked at using the bodies of the slain as a soapbox themselves.
I’ve never been a big fan of “rules for thee but not for me” thinking. I cannot explain the visceral reaction I have to that sort of thing, regardless of which side engages in it. That’s precisely what this op-ed is about. At no point can I find where this opinion editor has taken issue with gun control advocates going off and blaming lax gun laws for a killing, or blaming white men for mass murders. It’s totally fine when that happens, apparently, but when the script is flipped, suddenly it’s a problem.
No, it’s not.
And, frankly, the fact that some pissant student editor from Canuckistan doesn’t like me doing my job doesn’t make me feel bad. It makes me giggle because it tells me that I’m doing it right.
Editor’s Note:Â The mainstream media continues to lie about gun owners and the Second Amendment.Â
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