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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Sun Jun 19, 2016, 02:54 PM Jun 2016

MSNBC Reporter Obliterates America’s ‘Predictable’ Mass Shooting Response With Powerful Commentary

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/06/15/msnbc-reporter-absolutely-obliterates-americas-predictable-mass-shooting-response.html

MSNBC reporter Craig Melvin has had enough of the “predictable” American response to mass shootings.

During Tuesday’s live coverage from Orlando, he recalled his first time covering such a tragedy in Newtown and recounted the list of similar massacres that have taken place since. It didn’t take him long to tear into America’s “spineless” politicians and the country’s collective inaction following these tragedies....

Something else that usually happens, vows to never forget, to never let it happen again. We weep. We light our candles. We say our prayers, maybe there’s a March, a vigil and a few months go by, we get distracted by something or perhaps convince ourselves we can’t really do anything. We can’t restrict the Second Amendment at all. Our current state, clearly what the musket-toting founders envisioned. Of course, we can’t ban assault weapons because there’s already so many of them in circulation. How will the good guys defend themselves? We can’t stop people with mental health issues from getting their hands on guns because that might discourage people from getting help for mental illness.



Melvin closed his powerful commentary by saying, “I’ll probably see you soon from another mass shooting in the United States of America.”
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MSNBC Reporter Obliterates America’s ‘Predictable’ Mass Shooting Response With Powerful Commentary (Original Post) KamaAina Jun 2016 OP
I saw this when it aired PatSeg Jun 2016 #1
I like Melvin-- he's a good reporter ailsagirl Jun 2016 #2
I too saw this when aired cindyperry Jun 2016 #3
Good Man ... Jopin Klobe Jun 2016 #4
K&R wysi Jun 2016 #5
K&R Dem2 Jun 2016 #6
Now watch the ammosexuals demand that Craig Melvin is fired. Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2016 #7

PatSeg

(47,399 posts)
1. I saw this when it aired
Sun Jun 19, 2016, 04:33 PM
Jun 2016

Very powerful message. I've always like Craig Melvin, excellent journalist.

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