CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY FEBRUARY 20, 2018
TO WATCH AND LISTEN TO SOME STUDENTS WHO SURVIVED THE PARKLAND, FLORIDA SCHOOL SHOOTING LAST WEEK IS HEART BREAKING. BUT TO HEAR ONLY ONE POINT OF VIEW EXPRESSED IN THE MEDIA IS VERY TELLING.
ALL OF THE INTERVIEWS I’VE SEEN ON NETWORK TELEVISION AND READ IN NEWSPAPERS ARE OF THESE TEENAGERS CALLING FOR MORE GUN LAWS AND PLEDGING THE SHOOTING WILL BE THE LAST. THAT’S LIKE SAYING WORLD WAR ONE REALLY WAS “THE WAR TO END ALL WARS.”
THESE KIDS HAVE BEEN PROGRAMMED BY THE MEDIA, THEIR PUBLIC SCHOOL, AND THEIR FRIENDS TO EMBRACE A SINGLE WORLD VIEW. AND BECAUSE THAT WORLD VIEW FITS THE MEDIA NARRATIVE, THESE ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE THE MEDIA BOTHERED TO INTERVIEW.
NO REPORTER ASKED ANY OF THEM HOW MORE LAWS WOULD STOP A MENTALLY ILL PERSON FROM ACQUIRING A GUN AND MURDERING PEOPLE. NO ONE ASKED THEM – “THERE ARE LAWS AGAINST MURDER THAT THE KILLER VIOLATED. HOW WOULD MORE LAWS AGAINST MURDER HAVE STOPPED HIM?”
TOO MANY PEOPLE THINK GOVERNMENT IS THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING WHEN IT IS THE ANSWER TO FEW THINGS. JESUS SAID MURDER AND OTHER BAD DESIRES COME FROM THE HEART. LAWS CAN’T REACH THE HEART. I’M CAL THOMAS IN WASHINGTON.
