John Lott Recalls Tragic Shooting to Set Record Straight
The American mainstream media likes to point out the waves of shootings that have occurred in the United States over recent decades, noting that most other countries don’t have this problem. But John Lott, writing for FoxNews, sets the record straight, writing that of the top five worst school shootings in the world, only one actually occurred in the United States:
“The very worst one occurred in a high school in Erfurt, Germany in 2002, where 18 were killed. The second worst took place in Dunblane, Scotland in 1996, where 16 kindergarteners and their teacher were shot. The third worst high school attack, with 15 murdered, happened in Winnenden, Germany. The fourth worst shooting was in the U.S. – Columbine High School in 1999, leaving 13 killed. The fifth worst school related murder spree, with 11 murdered, occurred in Emsdetten, Germany.”
Now any event of this type is a true tragedy, but Lott makes his point. Germany had three of the vive worst shootings – and yet has extremely strict gun laws compared to the United States. Thus tighter gun laws, which take away our Second Amendment rights, aren’t going to keep anyone safer.
How Europeans Report on American Firearm Owners Borders on Surreal
Where do reporters get their figures? Does the media even bother to fact check anymore? Check out this line from The Press and Journal in the UK:
“Believe it or not, almost 30% of high schoolchildren in America have firearms.”
That number not only seems high, but no source is given. And the “article” (we use the term loosely, as loosely as the piece was [badly] written) goes on with other nonsense:
“Acquiring a gun over there is all too easy.”
Yes, according to the Scots, all one needs to do it seems is go to McDonalds and order a .44 Magnum with the extra large burger and fries that we all eat every day. The only thing worse than this article, is that the American mainstream media practically believes the same thing already.
