AN ASSASSINATION IN MANHATTAN
Oneida-Herkimer SCOPE Chapter Chairman Bo Rabarsky recently sent the following letter-to-the-editor. It highlights the hypocrisy of the left when it comes to gun control (or just about anything else.)
On Dec. 4th 2024, Brian Thompson, CEO of United Healthcare was murdered on the streets of New York City in broad daylight, by someone that had stalked him and stood by waiting for him. The killer had left behind a few shell casings with a cryptic message written on each casing. Photos started circulating of the alleged assassin, how he had arrived in NYC, how he got away and where he was possibly headed. A reward was quickly established by the NYPD and rumors started circulating as to why the CEO was killed.
Normally, in a highly publicized killing as this, national gun control groups such as Everytown for Gun Safety, Moms Demand Action & Guns Down America come out before all the facts have been gathered and demand Congress come up with a comprehensive gun control plan. They’ve been completely absent from this shooting and the gun hasn’t been the focus, at all, as it is in most shootings. The alleged killer has been the focus for a change. Imagine that, they’re actually focusing on the person who pulled the trigger, but in a sick and perverse way. Certain media has been idolizing the killer with justifications for the shooting.
In an interview on the Piers Morgan show, Liberal commentator Briahna Joy Gray admitted that she has no empathy for the slain CEO Brian Thompson. Washington Post journalist Taylor Lorenz said she felt “Joy” along with many other Americans.
Since when have Americans as a society lost our morals to the point where murder is ever justified? Do these gun control groups condone such a heinous crime as justification against the corporate world? Is that why they're all sitting quiet for a change?
I suppose we should be happy that at least one murder is not blamed on the gun, as if the gun had a will of its own. But the opportunistic coverage of this murder by the left’s echo chamber shows that they will switch gears immediately to take advantage of every opportunity. It’s easy to vilify insurance companies, so the left took a break from their anti-2A tirades and shamefully tried to justify a cold-blooded murder.
