KevinWestern
Hello
I’m not singling out a single politician here, I’m trying to look at this on a macro, societal level (Congress, Media, ect).
Why is it that minority groups in inner cities can be getting gunned down in droves for years with very little national media coverage or outcry, yet the second a number of (mostly white) children become victims of gun violence almost instantaneously we see the President, Vice President and media align in a massive anti-gun campaign that takes precedent over all other issues.
And to top it all off, the main media focus (spearhead) of the recent campaign was banning “Assault Weapons” which are responsible for literally less than 0.01% of all gun homicides in a given year. Why was the handgun – which is responsible for a great majority of gun violence in the US in our inner cities – largely ignored in this media campaign?
Is one group valued as more important than the other?
I usually avoid playing the race card, but I really do think this deserves some attention and (hopefully) a sound discussion.
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Why is it that minority groups in inner cities can be getting gunned down in droves for years with very little national media coverage or outcry, yet the second a number of (mostly white) children become victims of gun violence almost instantaneously we see the President, Vice President and media align in a massive anti-gun campaign that takes precedent over all other issues.
And to top it all off, the main media focus (spearhead) of the recent campaign was banning “Assault Weapons” which are responsible for literally less than 0.01% of all gun homicides in a given year. Why was the handgun – which is responsible for a great majority of gun violence in the US in our inner cities – largely ignored in this media campaign?
Is one group valued as more important than the other?
I usually avoid playing the race card, but I really do think this deserves some attention and (hopefully) a sound discussion.
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