October 7, 2015 | 0 Comments

Guns Aren’t the Problem, Freedom Is

by Joel Kurtinitis

“In the wake of another national tragedy perpetrated by a militant anti-Christian bigot, the gun control/mental health debate has once again taken off at a dead sprint.

From Hollywood to Washington, D.C., every liberal with an armed bodyguard took to the Twitterverse to condemn the evil NRA and their mystical, scary-looking, and apparently self-wielding guns.

Ever eager to pin shooting deaths on the pro-gun right, the press rushed to the crowded field of Republican presidential hopefuls to see how they would respond to this latest rampage.

And as usual, Republicans hunkered down in a defensive posture and muttered irrelevant nothings about mental health and background checks, along with repeated calls not to politicize a tragedy that was political from the moment the gunman opened fire.

But among the platitudes, one candidate’s response stood apart – both for its gaffe-esque wording and the immediate outrage it sparked on the left.

With just two words, one moderate Republican unwittingly produced the perfect conservative statement on gun crime. In fact, it might be the most conservative statement this establishment fixture has ever backed himself into, and prompted immediate efforts to control the damage among moderately liberal supporters who form the linchpin of his candidacy.

The candidate?

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.

The brilliant synopsis?

“Stuff happens.”

Obviously that wasn’t the whole statement, but it was enough to send the liberal media into a tailspin of righteous indignation. After all, what kind of heartless corporate puppet would dare suggest that evil people sometimes do evil things, and that more laws might not always be the answer?

That’s heresy to an emotion-driven mob that has bought the notion that if government just had enough power, bad things would never happen.”