Any murder is sad, but some seem more so. She was in a Chicago band that marched in the
recent Inaugural parade. She was an
honor student and popular among her peers.
Sadly, she was killed in a Chicago park that is close to Obama’s
home. In other words, this was yet
another senseless killing of a person just entering the promising part of life. Yet another!
Ah, but the liberal politicians see the killing as an
opportunity to play up their anti-gun campaign.
Michelle boards her private plane along with Valerie Jarret to attend
the funeral. Mayor Rahm tears up (if you
can imagine) just talking about the incident.
Barack didn’t attend only because his presence would be distracting.
Thus, this girl’s funeral was turned into a shameless political
pitch for Obama’s anti-gun campaign. No
doubt, this killing was by gunfire. But,
the real problem lies elsewhere. Killings
like this one flow from a seriously failed culture. Over half of the gun crimes occur in large
cities. The shooters generally live in
the poor areas. The people who live in
those parts of the cities are largely African-American.
An article in Commentary magazine notes that despite
composing only 1% of the population, black males between the ages of 18 and 24
represent 18% of the gun homicides and 27% of the homicide offenders.
Instead of forcing school kids to eat carrot
sticks, Michelle should address this problem.
This is where the real problem lies, not in gun ownership. No legislation, liberal inspired or not, will
cure this endemic problem that largely defines much of today’s black community.
No, I’m not a racist, just striving to be a realist.
