In the aftermath of the school shooting near Winder, Georgia, the first week of September, CNN and MSNBC not only promoted more gun control without considering the evidence that arming teachers would make schools safer, but they also helped Democrats smear the GOP presidential ticket by taking out of context running mate J.D. Vance’s comments about the attack.
On the day the story broke, MSNBC’s Katy Tur repeatedly asked gun control activist David Hogg, and then Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA) if they were surprised that there were not more Americans protesting in the streets after each mass shooting. And several hosts and liberal guests claimed that mass shootings only happen in America in spite of studies finding they also happen in other countries.
Anchors also misleadingly claimed that there have been several dozen school shootings so far in 2024 even though in the overwhelming…