12 Killed in Mass Shooting in Montenegro

The United States has a reputation for mass shootings. Part of that is because we have certain…entities in this country with a vested interest in misrepresenting the number of such shootings to try and create political change. We don’t actually have nearly as many as those entities claim, but since the media likes the scare tactic, this is what we get.

Plus, we’re told these are “uniquely American.” Over and over again, those who demand gun control pretend these don’t happen anywhere else, which is absolute nonsense.

Of course, the attack on Bourbon Street should illustrate that maniacs will still find a way to kill without needing a gun.

And, unfortunately, we have a stark reminder that even European-style gun control won’t stop a mass shooting.

Shock and dismay prevailed in Montenegro on Thursday after a gunman fatally shot 12 people, including two children, in a western town before killing himself.

At least four others were wounded in the shooting rampage in Cetinje on Wednesday that followed a bar brawl, officials said. This was the second such incident in the town in the past three years.

The shooter, identified as 45-year-old Aco Martinovic, killed the owner of the bar, the bar owner’s children and his own family members, officials have said.

The attacker, who first fled after the rampage, was later located and surrounded by police. He died after shooting himself in the head, Interior Minister Danilo Saranovic said.

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Officials have said that the attacker was at the bar throughout the day with other guests when the brawl erupted. He then went home, brought back a weapon and opened fire at around 5:30 p.m.

Prosecutor Andrijana Nastic said Thursday that the attacker went to six locations during the shooting rampage, including the last one, where he shot himself.

Four men were killed at the bar, Nastic said. The shooter then moved on to another location where he killed four more people, and then two children at a third site. He then went on to kill two more people at two other locations before eventually shooting himself, Nastic said.

“Further investigation will determine the exact circumstances of the events,” she added.

This is absolutely insane.

Prime Minister Milojko Spajic is, unfortunately, already talking about enacting a total firearm ban, but we also need to keep in mind that Montenegro has already cracked down on guns not that long ago. Following two mass murders in Serbia, officials offered an amnesty where people could turn in guns, no questions asked, and implemented a two-year moratorium on gun licenses as well as an examination of all lawful gun owners.

Clearly, that didn’t seem to accomplish anything.

However, like politicians pretty much everywhere, the failures of previous efforts should never be considered as evidence that maybe the problem lies somewhere else.

Yet for American audiences, let’s also remember that many of the measures already in place in Montenegro would never survive judicial challenge here in the US. You simply can’t do it while the Second Amendment exists.

So maybe, just maybe, anti-gunners should stop trying to infringe on our right to keep and bear arms for a change and start looking elsewhere for solutions to mass murder.