Debate Magazine
First of all, the Mother's Day Shooting in New Orleans did make the news. The suggestion that gun control advocates were silent about it is not true. In fact, we had quite a lively discussion about it ourselves.
Shootings like the one in New Orleans, in which 19 people were hit, are not epidemic. They are as rare as the other mass shootings in which multiple people are killed or wounded. But that doesn't stop Mr. Noir from saying so, from lumping the mass shooting in NOLA with the every day gun violence in Chicago. It really belongs with the other mass shootings.
The accusation that no one is talking about how to improve ghetto conditions and that we're only interested in CONTROL is ridiculous. But, Colion says this in his slick, fast-talking way as if it's a given. It's not.
Much of his pitch is based on the false foundation that we want gun control AS OPPOSED TO all the other efforts that are called for. The truth is, all the other efforts are already operative. Lots of resources are being invested in education, job creation, drug programs, etc. Mr. Slick is pretending it's an either/or situation. It's not.
The "here's gunny" graphic is cute. But the lie behind it is not. It says gun control people believe an inanimate object talks to ghetto kids telling them to commit violence. This is the "blame the gun" lie, which when it comes to presentation, Colion Noir has no peer.
The truth is, gun control folks, like all thinking people, understand that GUN AVAILABILITY is the problem. Gun availability to unfit and dangerous people. And blame for this can be placed squarely at the feet of the gun-rights advocates like Noir. They fight for lax gun laws that guarantee the tremendous gun flow from lawful gun ownership to criminal possession. And the gun manufacturers are laughing all the way to the bank.
Gun flow into the criminal world happens in four ways, which we've discussed at great length.
To sum up, Colion Noir is somewhat convincing but rather superficial con-man. If he had real substance to his arguments he wouldn't have to resort to lies like the gun control folks "blame the gun," and lies like the gun control folks "aren't concerned about ghetto violence."
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