In the aftermath of a trans murderer killing two children and wounding 17 others in an attack at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis on August 27, gun-ban groups were quick to blame private gun ownership, some even releasing statements before police had held the first press conference.
While that’s nothing new—gun-ban groups and the so-called “mainstream” media always blame the gun, and gun owners, for every horrific crime—it didn’t sit well with the pro-freedom folks at the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA). Before the day’s end, CCRKBA had released its own statement expressing disgust at the rush to judgment and push for more ineffective gun laws.
“It came as no surprise to see anti-gun-rights stalwarts Sen. Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries try to blame guns rather than the deranged individual who perpetrated this outrage,” CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb said in a statement published on the group’s website. “There are hundreds of thousands of Minnesota gun owners who have harmed nobody, but who invariably are penalized by default because they exercise their rights under both the state and federal constitutions.”
Gottlieb noted that police have said the killer used a rifle, shotgun and pistol in the attack.
“Yet Schumer and Jeffries are demanding that so-called ‘weapons of war’ should be banned,” Gottlieb said. “Apparently, they’re suggesting that all guns are weapons of war, and therefore should be banned, which is what they’ve been wanting all along.”
Gottlieb noted that Minnesota already has a number of restrictive gun laws, including “expanded background checks,” a ban on guns in schools and a so-called “red-flag” law.
“We are certain to hear many more details about the shooter in the days ahead,” Gottlieb continued, “but it is unlikely the gun control crowd will ever acknowledge their restrictive measures didn’t work, because they couldn’t possibly work, and tragedies like this prove it. There is nothing ‘common sense’ about restricting the rights of law-abiding citizens while leaving schools and places of worship vulnerable to horrific, inexplicable acts of such viciousness.”
Despite the failure of all of the gun control laws already on the books in the North Star State, Gottlieb expects for lawful gun owners to be made the “whipping boy” by anti-gun advocates looking to hide their own failure.
“The monster responsible for Wednesday’s mayhem followed an all-too-familiar pattern of apparently taking his own life,” Gottlieb observed. “He has escaped punishment, at least in this life, and there is no reason for anti-gunners to propose any sanctions against the state’s law-abiding gun owners just because they need a whipping boy, and to create the illusion they are ‘doing something’ to prevent such crimes.”
Ultimately, Gottlieb said his organization’s main focus is on the victims and survivors of the heinous attack.
“Our thoughts and prayers are for the victims of this tragedy,” he concluded, “while our good sense tells us to remain vigilant against those who would shamelessly exploit the acts of one individual in their ongoing effort to deprive honest Minnesotans of their rights.”
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