There were to mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio. This follows the attempted mass shooting in Gilroy, California. The two shootings prove one thing and really washes out all of the reasoning that the media and the left try to establish. Let’s talk about the stories and perpetrators, the media and political reactions and, finally, what the hell is going on in this country?

 

El Paso, Texas

The first shooting occurred at the Cielo Vista Mall. It started in the parking lot and ended up finishing in a Walmart. The 21-year-old male used an AK-47 (or a version of it). At the time of this, 22 people have been killed and 26 have been injured. Because this kid was interested in being famous, which most of these people want, I won’t use his name. You can look it up elsewhere.

He did leave a manifesto and I did read it. I do believe in reading manifestos. I think it is important to know what was going through the minds of these people. One doesn’t have to believe in what they’re saying, after all. I also think it’s important to be able to shuffle through the BS being spewed by the media both on the left and the right. It was really out there. He is a white supremacist who believes that illegal immigration will create a political coupe in Texas, making it a democratic state. He also believes illegal immigrants have advantages over U.S. citizens. Right now, they take low paying jobs but in the future, through programs like Title IX, they will be able to get better educated and get higher paying jobs. He also believed that illegal immigration would lead to the bankruptcy of social services that will be needed when services, which are human-based now, will be automated. The social services include Universal Basic Income. He also believed that the environment is important. The more illegals who come in, the more damage to the environment is done. He blamed democrats and republicans. Democrats for the open borders and republicans for supporting low wages for corporations.

So what’s the story about this kid? He’s an alt-right, white supremacist. I’ve heard the term from right-wing news outlets that he is an eco-fascist. I’n not sure about that. I recall he only mentioned the environment once. He did mention the video game, Call of Duty, which is something people did address as part of his problem. Yeah, I doubt it. Sounds like he’s just a hateful coward. When he was looking down the wrong side of a gun barrel, he gave up right away.But he is alt-right and probably a Trump supporter.

 

Dayton, Ohio

At 1 AM on Sunday morning, the shooter, his sister and a mutual friend arrived at the Oregon District. This area was a street lined with bars and a lot of nightlife. So it was a pretty crowded place. At some point, the shooter got separated from his group. A few minutes later, the gunman appears and starts shooting. In the end, 9 were dead and 27 were injured. Among the dead was the shooter’s sister.

Believe it or not, this could have been a whole lot worse. The shooter was heading into a crowded bar when he faced police. The whole incident took about thirty seconds. The shooter had an “AK-47” type .223 caliber rifle with a modified ammo drum. The rifle itself was purchased legally but the ammo drum was illegal. He was also wearing body armor, a mask and ear protection proving that this was a planned event.

Information about the shooter is kind of trickling in. What we know is that he has been in trouble a few times. He was suspended from his high school for having a “kill” and “rape” list. There were friends who said they had little doubt that he was planning to shoot up the school. He was also once pulled from a school bus because there were suspicions about what he might carry out in school that day. There was another incident, while at a camp, that he had an altercation with a friend and he started choking her. The incident left bruises on her neck.

Though this is something the media won’t bring up much, he was a strong supporter of the radical left, including being an Elizabeth Warren fan. On social media, he would frequently berate conservatives and spew left wing propaganda. He was no lover of the right.

 

So, What About These Guys

Apparently, both had troubled upbringings. Both came from broken homes. Though nothing could be substantiated, both seemed to experience and be the cause of bullying. Both had been n trouble with the law when they were juveniles. But we need more information than is available. Both planned this and both used weapons that were not exactly legal. The AK-47 type weapon that the El Paso shooter used was banned federally in 1989. The weapon the Dayton shooter was using was purchased legally but was using an ammunition drum that held way over the legal limt (some saying close to a hundred rounds). Breaking the law was not an issue with both.

The last thing they had in common was that both are absolutely insane. Both showed no feeling during the killings and looked to have no remorse. What is interesting and something we should all learn from is that these two were also on the opposite sides of the political spectrum. The El Paso shooter was an alt-right white supremacist with climate change sympathies (left wing, yes, though I’m not sure I buy this) and the Dayton shooter was a radical leftist socialist (though I cannot be sure politics had anything to do with his attack).

Politics was brought into this way too quickly. In fact, I would say we are still calling it too early. We aren’t sure why the Dayton shooter went off at all yet. Politics, though, was irrelevant. These two were insane and these instances would have never been prevented. It was going to happen no matter what the politics were. As the El Paso shooter said he felt this long before Trump was in the White House.

 

After All, This Is A Presidential Race

The media and our politicians have gone overboard in politicizing these shootings, and all the other shootings. They see this as the narrative to damn Trump and the Second Amendment. The first one to do this, unsurprisingly, is Robert “Beto” O’Rourke. He holds a little more influence to the media. Not only is he a democratic Presidential candidate but he was also a representative from that district. Let listen to to Beto’s initial response:

What crap. He’s, indirectly, playing victim for the entire El Paso community. He’s trying to convince to world that Trump is the problem. And he’s doing it for political gain. What I’m not showing you in this article is doubled down and started cussing when questioned. Listen to me podcast. You’ll hear it.

Booker also chimed in. Lesten:

Is it a coincidence that the two presidential candidates that are going nowhere are the first to jump on every news station and start blaming Trump for the shooting? Don’t get me wrong. All the candidates are blaming Trump! It’s crap.

Conservatives didn’t blame Bernie Sanders for the Republican softball shooting that almost killed Steve Scalise. Conservatives didn’t blame Elizabeth Warren for the shooting in Dayton, Ohio that killed nine. Conservatives didn’t blame Barrack Obama for the mass police shooting in Dallas, Texas by the Black Lives Matter sympathizer. You know why conservatives didn’t blame these people and their rhetoric? Because they had nothing to do with it and never told anyone to shoot anyone!

All this garbage, politicizing something that isn’t political, is deflecting us from addressing the true problem.

 

Sick!

When we blame politics on tragedies like this, we ignore the real problem. The reality, gun violence has gone up. Mass killings are not the only violence that are being committed. Chicago, Baltimore and Washington DC have dozens of shootings and killings. Most committed by our youth and most black on black crimes. No one seems to care. Suicides are way up with our youth.

What’s going on? Is it bad politics? Is it Trump? Is it the republicans?

No, it’s society. Our society is sick. The foundation of our culture is cracked and crumbling. I think it is time to talk about it. But first we need to talk about what makes up society. In the next article, I will sift through the archive of my last blog and we will look at the seven pillars that make up a society. Then we will look how the damage is effecting our youth. Finally, how we can fix it.

 

 

Resources:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49226573
https://abcnews.go.com/US/active-shooter-incident-investigated-dayton-ohio-police/story?id=64763090
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2019/08/04/dayton-shooting-what-we-know-gunman/1916121001/