Two Mass Shootings, But The Media Is Only Interested In One

You are probably aware of the shooting that took place at the Gilroy Garlic Festival resulting in four dead (including the shooter) and 15 injured. But, as The Truth About Guns points out, you probably didn't hear about the shooting at the 56th annual Old Timers Day in Brooklyn that killed one and left eleven wounded. Both occurred at venues that were "gun free zones," in cities and states that are renown for their strict gun control laws, with heavy police presence at both events. Yet, because the incident in Brooklyn was probably gang related--i.e., black perpetrators--the media took no notice, but instead directed its attention at the one in California which, at first blush, appeared to be perpetrated by a "white nationalist" using an "AK-style" rifle (it was actually a young man that was half-Iranian, anti-Christian complaining about urban sprawl and using an SKS)--coincidentally just a few days after it was widely reported that, in a 2018 interview, Ilhan Omar suggested people should be ‘more fearful of white men’ than jihadists.

      Frankly, we should be thankful that the shooter at the Gilroy Festival was using an SKS inasmuch as it has such poor terminal ballistics. Or, as Martin Fackler wrote about the FMJ 7.62x39, "[t]herefore, many AK-47 shots will pass through the body, causing no greater damage than that produced by nonexpanding handgun bullets."