Post by Sailor on Feb 6, 2013 14:58:55 GMT -8
President Obama made a very odd comparison in his speech on guns in Minneapolis on Monday.
As part of his pitch urging the nation to enact his gun control proposals, the president referred to the tragedy of Newtown, Conn. in the same sentence as he talked about violence “in places like Chicago or Philadelphia or Minneapolis.”
But as the president must realize, the causes of the horrific event at Sandy Hook Elementary had little in common with the unending cycle of killings in places like Chicago or Philadelphia or Minneapolis.
A random, senseless tragedy like Sandy Hook points us to mental illness.
The equally tragic but routine violence in Chicago, Philadelphia, and Minneapolis points us to a very different cause. It points us to gangs.
More here:
www.humanevents.com/2013/02/06/gingrich-obama-should-start-with-gangs/
As part of his pitch urging the nation to enact his gun control proposals, the president referred to the tragedy of Newtown, Conn. in the same sentence as he talked about violence “in places like Chicago or Philadelphia or Minneapolis.”
But as the president must realize, the causes of the horrific event at Sandy Hook Elementary had little in common with the unending cycle of killings in places like Chicago or Philadelphia or Minneapolis.
A random, senseless tragedy like Sandy Hook points us to mental illness.
The equally tragic but routine violence in Chicago, Philadelphia, and Minneapolis points us to a very different cause. It points us to gangs.
More here:
www.humanevents.com/2013/02/06/gingrich-obama-should-start-with-gangs/
