That ‘Sweet 16 Birthday Party’ Assault
Good kids with promising futures were murdered in a thug dispute shootout among their peers.
Predictably, the mainstream media is boosting ad revenue on a “mass shooting at a teenager’s birthday party,” as even Fox News promoted it.
As the story was breaking, because the victims were black and the incident occurred in the small town of Dadeville, Alabama, rather than a Demo-controlled urban center where the vast majority of violence occurs, the Leftmedia talkingheads and scribes and their hate-hustlers were ramping up for a rare but sensational “hate crime.”
You know, like the hate crime murders of six people at a Nashville Christian school in March. Oh, wait, that tragic incident won’t be classified as a “hate crime” because the assailant was another gender-confused killer, and classifying her attack as “hate” would detract from the Democrats’ promotion of gender confusion.
Worse, it might also shed light on the culture of violence Demos have propagated for generations. Thus, they resorted to labeling it “gun violence.”
Similarly, when it became apparent that the Alabama assailant was also black, much to the disappointment of race-bait profiteers like the SPLC, which is headquartered right up the road from Dadeville in Montgomery, Alabama, the story lost steam. (As I have noted before, all murders are hate crimes.)
Thus, Demos will insist it’s a “gun problem” because they don’t want you to focus on the violent demographic committing those assaults — the offenders are primarily their constituents. (See: “Race and Violence: A Politically Inconvenient Truth.”) They will downgrade it, and the victims, to “gun violence” associated with a “mass shooting” in support of their gun confiscation agenda.
For the record, “mass shooting” is a term that was fabricated for effect by the so-called Gun Violence Archive, and it is repeatedly cited for effect by the MSM. What all those media “mass shooting” references don’t explain is that the vast majority of these incidents are drug and gang violence — thug life events. But, these are not “mass murders.” Moreover, in a nation of 330 million people, these incidents are very rare, but given the 24/7 wall-to-wall commercial media churn to sell advertising, it seems they are daily and next door.
In fact, the vast majority of violence today is directly tied to the cultural devolution resulting from decades of failed Democrat policies. That would include the surge of violence unleashed by Joe Biden and his Demos since 2020.
That surge was evident in Chicago last weekend when at least eight people were murdered. And Demos who refuse to recognize their constituents are the problem, was aptly demonstrated by the city’s incoming leftist mayor-elect Brandon Johnson’s response after a weekend of rioting. He insisted, “It is not constructive to demonize youth who have otherwise been starved of opportunities in their own communities. Meanwhile the city’s outgoing leftist mayor, Lori Lightfoot said of the riotous mayhem, it is "wrong, to say there’s ‘mayhem’.”
For his part, Joe Biden declared: “What has our nation come to when children cannot attend a birthday party without fear? When parents have to worry every time their kids walk out the door to school, to the movie theater, or to the park? Guns are the leading killer of children in America, and the numbers are rising — not declining. This is outrageous and unacceptable.”
Indeed it is. Yet guns are not “the leading killer of children in America”; gang and drug thugs are. And, of course, because he constantly politicizes the issues as a diversion from the real problem, “the numbers are rising — not declining.”
Back in the small town of Dadeville, CNN is holding on for a favorable advertising narrative, declaring that investigators are scrambling to find whoever “inexplicably killed” four people and injured many others, while not mentioning any description of the assailant. Of course, CNN also noted, “The US has suffered more than 160 mass shootings in the first 16 weeks of this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive,” again implying that there have been more than 160 incidents like that in Dadeville.
In fact, the assailant(s) may be among those listed as victims. Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Sgt. Jeremy Burkett said the assailant(s) are ‘no longer a threat to the community,’ implying they may be among the dead or wounded. In February of 2022, one of the dead, Corbin Holston, 23, was arrested in neighboring Coosa County for eluding, reckless endangerment, and possession of a handgun.
(Update: The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency announced six people have been arrested. Those charged were present at the party and “discharged firearms into the crowd.” Four were from Tuskegee: Johnny Letron Brown (20), Ty Reik McCullough (17), and Travis McCullough (16) a 15-year-old juvenile not identified. Two were from Auburn: Willie George Brown (19) and Wilson LaMar Hill (20). All six assailants are black.)
What is clear about that assault is, among the victims, there were good kids with promising futures, murdered in a thug gang dispute among their peers.
The small town’s mayor, Frank Goodman, said, “That was a scene, where we never had anything like this happen in our city before.” Of those hospitalized, he added: “We are praying for them. We ask God, if it’s his will, to bring them back to their parents safe, so they can mend.”
Indeed, let’s all do just that.
Semper Vigilans Fortis Paratus et Fidelis
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The First Civil Right is To Keep and Bear Arms. It is the “the palladium of the liberties of the republic,” as it is the ultimate assurance of all other rights. Making good people helpless won’t make bad people harmless.
FOOTNOTE 1: Regarding so-called “gun violence,” there were approximately 19,600 homicides involving firearms in the U.S. in the latest year of record, which you can view state by state. Fortunately there are indications that homicides may be declining after the significant surge of violence unleashed by Joe Biden and his Democrat agitators in 2020. The 2022 homicide rate was 30% higher than in 2019.
The Demos ubiquitously and falsely label the generational murderous contagion they have seeded, “gun violence,” and focus exclusively on the infrequent high-profile “mass shootings,” which account for only a tiny fraction of all homicides. More than 99% of murders in the U.S. are not the result of mass attacks. (Notably, guns don’t commit violence, thugs and sociopaths commit violence.) The oft-cited Gun Violence Archive defines a “mass shooting” as any incident that involves a “minimum of four victims shot, either injured or killed.” The vast majority of those violent attacks are the result of drug and gang violence committed in Democrat-controlled urban centers.
In a country and culture that ignores the rising generation of sociopathic murderers – mostly thugs in violent urban centers who are saturated with cultural violence and indoctrinated with mass-media glorification of violence – it is fortunate that the incidence of mass murder is not ten times higher. Arguably, the only thing keeping that number from being higher is that 125 million Americans are legal and responsible gun owners.
Democrats don’t focus on the vast majority of murders, particularly the epidemic of black-on-black murders on their decaying urban poverty plantations, because they want to avoid the “inconvenient truth” about race and violence, which is the direct result of failed Democrat social programs. In fact, black people (13% of the population), are twelve times more likely to be murdered per capita, than white people (62% of the population).
That gross racial disparity in murder rates isn’t useful for the gun control narrative Democrats invoke to evoke emotional reaction from mostly wealthy white suburban women, whom form the Demos’ largest voter constituency.
FOOTNOTE 2: Regarding so-called “mass shootings,” for the record, murders of multiple people by one assailant are very rare in our nation of 335 million people. Less than 1% of all murders nationwide are classified are “mass shootings,” and high-profile attacks, such as the 2017 mass murder in Las Vegas, are extremely rare.
The FBI defines “active shooter incidents” as “one or more individuals actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area.” In 2022 the FBI reported 50 incidents resulting in 313 casualties (100 killed and 213 wounded). That number was up significantly from 2020, when the FBI reported 40 incidents resulting in 164 casualties (38 killed and 126 wounded).
A broader record of “mass shooting” data is maintained by the Associated Press and Northeastern University, which uses the Department of Justice definition of mass public shooting: “A multiple homicide incident in which four or more victims are murdered with firearms.” These numbers fluctuate significantly year over year, and range between 20 and 40 incidents, but notably over the last 30 years, the number of black mass assailants is almost as high as the number of what assailants.
Democrats only focus on these rare instances of multiple murders because these rare high-profile tragedies are political fodder to foment fear – most notably when they can toss out their oft-repeated but erroneous claim that “gun violence is the leading cause of death for children.” If by “children” they mean gang and drug associated murders of those primarily between the ages of 16 and 21, then yes. Democrats are experts at fomenting fear and division.
The fear and angst Demos are intentionally propagating is taking a toll on Americans’ mental health. Psychological researcher, Dr. Riana Elyse Anderson, observes: “Watching it time and time again on your phone or on the headlines can really impact you in ways that I don’t think we knew before to be as impactful. It’s so ‘in our face’ all the time and we have access to so much footage, so many pictures, so many videos, so many accounts that we’re ingesting it in ways that’s really unhealthy for us.” The result for many mothers in particular is an irrational fear that their children will be shot. That is precisely the fabricated fear Democrats want to perpetuate, especially among their female constituents, in order to advance their gun control agenda.
FOOTNOTE 3: Regarding what Democrats and their Leftmedia talkingheads and scribes ubiquitously and falsely label “assault weapons,” are not. An assault weapon, AKA “machine gun,” is a select-fire weapon that can cycle rounds in fully automatic fashion.
For much the same reason Democrats focus only on rare high-profile “mass shootings” to generate fear and angst, when those attacks involve a semi-automatic rifle versus a handgun, Demos call for an “assault weapon ban.”
In 1994, Bill Clinton banned the sale of “military style assault weapons,” but that ban was not renewed 10 years later because it was determined the ban had no effect on crime reduction. According to Rand Research, “We found no qualifying studies showing that bans on the sale of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines decreased any of the eight outcomes we investigated.”
Fact is, rifles and shotguns combined are used in less than 3% of all homicides, but Democrats never let facts get in the way of their “assault weapon ban” political agenda.
FOOTNOTE 4: Regarding firearms and violent crime, researcher John Lott reports, “Over 92% of violent crimes in America do not involve firearms.” Again, the only thing keeping that number from being much higher is that 125 million Americans are legal and responsible gun owners.
FOOTNOTE 5: Regarding firearms and suicide, almost 60% of all deaths involving firearms are suicide, most also involving drugs or alcohol abuse. But the big numbers promoted in “gun violence” reports do not distinguish between murder and suicide, thus implying that homicide rates are much higher. And does this mean that Demo support for assisted suicide is in conflict with their support for gun control?
FOOTNOTE 6: Regarding alcohol versus firearm deaths, if Democrats are serious about protecting Americans, they should outlaw alcohol. Alcohol abuse is far more deadly than firearm abuse. More than 178,000 people died from alcohol abuse last year – that’s NINE times the number homicides associate with fire arms. Drunk driving results in 37 deaths per day. And notably, it is estimated that alcohol is a key factor in at least 30% of homicides where the assailant uses a firearm. (Include drug dealing or use as a factor and that number jumps to about 60%.)
The problem is, the vast majority of alcohol users possess and use it legally and responsibly. Likewise, the vast majority of firearm owners possess and use them legally and responsibly. Enacting a prohibition on firearms is tantamount to enacting a prohibition on alcohol. In both cases, only law-abiding users obey the laws, while lawless users don’t.
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