Richard Esposito reports that Mayor Bloomberg "said it was 'ideological nonsense' to suggest the ability of police to trace criminals' weapons would infringe on the Second Amendment right to bear arms."
Richard Esposito does NOT report on the opinions of experts with genuine credentials for original scholarship, who warn that gun registration enables confiscation.
Richard Esposito reports that "The head of the American Hunters and Shooters Association, Ray Schoenke" is a "gun rights advocate" who calls the NRA and others who don't agree with him "gun rights 'extremists'."
Richard Esposito does NOT report that AHSA has been widely discredited as a sham organization established by gun control advocates with close ties to retired BATFU careerists.
Richard Esposito reports "Each year 30,000 people are killed by guns in the United States."
Richard Esposito does not report that the FBI Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1976-2004, posted by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, shows homicides, the excuse the mayors are using to justify their demand for gun owner information, account for only about a third of the number he faithfully parrots. And that "killed by guns" bit--nice manipulation of your readers , Richard. I'll bet most of them missed what you were doing.
Richard Esposito reports that he is a reporter.
Richard Esposito does not report that he is just another in a long line of agenda-driven editorial advocates for the police state, masking his bias and incompetence under the guise of straight news.
In other words, Richard Esposito is what we here at WarOnGuns refer to as an "authorized journalist," a creature who betrays the hallowed role of watchdog so vital to a free Republic and opts for the contemptible collar of the lapdog.
Great post David!
ReplyDeleteLogical, well thought out analysis.
Accurate to a T as always.
But I am constantly haunted by the feeling that we are whistling past the graveyard these days....
I have precious little hope left for the world that our children will inherit.
Still I'm heartened there are people like you fighting the good fight.
God bless you in this cause.
Man, the communist/socialist minions are really pouring it on. Good thing there are people such as David debunking the trash they spew forth....
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