Donald Trump hasn’t demanded a gun ban or called for restricting the Second Amendment in the wake of two attempts on his life, and for some folks, that seems to be a bigger issue than the actual assassination attempts.
Raleigh News & Observer editor Ned Barnett complains that there “wasn’t much discussion about doing something about guns” after the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania two months ago, and says that the most recent arrest of a man accused of hoping to kill Trump at his Florida golf course this past weekend should cause Trump and other Republicans to “have second thoughts about guns.”
After Sandy Hook, we know there is apparently no level of gun violence that will make Republican politicians question their devotion to the illusion that more guns create more safety. But now even Trump may be wondering whether more guns actually create more danger.
In July, a bullet came less than an inch from seriously wounding or killing him. A supporter at that rally was killed. Two others were wounded. Now, Trump knows that another heavily-armed gunman was waiting for him along the edge of the Trump International Golf Club.
The Washington Post reported that the weapon in Florida appears not to be an AK-47 style rifle, as originally reported, but a semi automatic SKS-type rifle that has similar qualities. “The SKS is a mainstay at shops and gun shows in the United States because they are relatively cheap and fire plentiful ammunition,” the Post said. Somewhere along the line, prodded by generous contributions from the National Rifle Association (NRA), the Republican Party became dedicated to the insane idea that freedom means almost every adult should be able to have a machine gun. […]
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