CCRKBA RIPS CNN COMMENTATOR’S CALL FOR GUN CONTROL AFTER ATTACK

BELLEVUE, WA – It didn’t take long for someone to call for more gun control after Saturday night’s foiled attack on President Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Association gala, and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms calls it “nonsense” from someone who didn’t do their homework.

“In an analysis, CNN’s Brian Stelter insinuated that nobody will consider tougher gun laws to prevent such an incident,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “He should have looked at the facts before going off half-cocked.

“The suspect in this case is known to have purchased the shotgun and a handgun used in the attack from two different California gun stores,” Gottlieb continued. “He had to pass two California background checks and endure two separate waiting periods. It is widely known California has some of the strictest gun control laws in the country, and the suspect was able to complete his legal purchases. Just what more does Stelter think could be done?

“President Trump referred to the suspect as a ‘whack job’ and after reading his manifesto, that description seems appropriate,” he observed. “That’s not to suggest this guy should be allowed to plead insanity, because his writings show he was in complete control of his faculties. He appears to be someone consumed by the vile, hate-filled rhetoric that’s been used against Donald Trump for more than ten years. This was not some spur-of-the-moment act..

“We find it disgusting and abysmally lazy for any journalist, even at CNN, to engage in gun control poppycock at this point,” Gottlieb stated. “While other news organizations were digging into the suspect’s background to learn how, and from where, he obtained the guns he was carrying—which he brought clear across country, apparently by train—Stelter went off on guns, and he clearly misfired.

“Tens of millions of gun owners—people whose rights too many in the media seem to disdain—didn’t hurt anyone Saturday night,” Gottlieb said. “We watched in shock with everyone else, as a California teacher, obviously overwhelmed by fanatical anti-Trump demagoguery, attempt to kill people. He will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, but what about those who continue to spread their invective, hoping some harm comes to the president?

“Instead of demanding more gun control,” he suggested, “maybe it’s time for them to control their mouths.”