What Wayne LaPierre, CEO of the National Rifle Association and its chief spokesman, wrote was a paranoid, maniacal screed that, if it had come from another crazed source you wouldn't have been surprised. That it said "NRA" in the byline shouldn't make it palatable. It should make it reprehensible.
You want just one example? That's a fair enough request. The head of the NRA outlier group feverishly wrote --
After Hurricane Sandy, we saw the hellish world that the gun prohibitionists see as their utopia. Looters ran wild in south Brooklyn. There was no food, water or electricity. And if you wanted to walk several miles to get supplies, you better get back before dark, or you might not get home at all.Actually, the reality is that for almost five days after Hurricane Sandy... there were NO murders.
Zero.
That's reality. Actual reality.
Not some sick dream rant by the cult leader of a fringe pack to gin up fear.
It's a numerical fact. And it's according to the NY Police Department -- who I'm guessing have access to more real statistics and actual information than Wayne LaPierre. But then, the barista at my local Starbucks seems to have access to more actual information than Wayne LaPierre.
Yep, Sandy was not a real problem crime-wise. My daughter rode it out on Staten Island, and didn't see any crime. But like all gunsucks, Lapierre is a paranoid loser mental case.
ReplyDeleteWhere did La Pierre say there were murders? Oh, he didn't. He did say there was looting. Google has over 25,000 entries on a search of Superstorm Sandy + Looting. He said the shelves were empty. He was absolutely correct. Again, use Google to see the pictures of empty shelves. LaPierre was 100% correct. There was no electricity, people had no power, mant still don't. There was no bus or train service. Gas stations ran out of fuel, that's why people were walking.
ReplyDeleteAnd what were the Headlines in the aftermath? Here's one:
Homeowners Issue Warnings To Looters Following Superstorm Sandy
Residents On Long Island, In NYC's Outer Boroughs, N.J. Arm Up To Make Stand
November 7, 2012 3:15 PM
So yes, no homeownners were murdered.
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What's your point, Orlin, that Wayne is a reasonable man speaking plain truth?
DeleteWhat was your point, mikeb, that hurricanes cause murder rates to drop?
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