By Jim Fisher
Another mass shooting and some of the first words out of our president’s mouth are: “This massacre is therefore a further reminder of how easy it is for someone to get their hands on a weapon that lets them shoot people…” He seems to have said the same thing on multiple occasions.
But let’s see what all these events have in common: San Bernardino, Chattanooga Tennessee, Ft Hood Texas seem to have Islam in common. But there was Aurora Colorado and Sandy hook and Charleston SC. The common denominators there seemed to be a deranged loner. The thread connecting them all here is the president’s response to each; His call for more gun control. Interesting, because there have been more Mass shooting under this administration than the last four presidents combined.
The other thread connecting all of these events is that each of the mass shooters seemed to have been active on social media. That’s it! Why isn’t the president calling for a ban on social media? Then I saw it. A news article where the FBI has been conducting “Sting operations“on electronic media. The author, a former FBI agent, explained: “In recent investigations from Florida to California, agents have helped people suspected of being extremists acquire weapons, scope out bombing targets and find the best routes to Syria to join the Islamic State…” Wow! Our FBI has a dating service for potential mass murderers! The articles goes on to name a “sting “ in northern Illinois where an undercover FBI social media “friend” responded to a “suspect” who wanted to travel to the middle east. The undercover agent responded by suggesting if he could not make it overseas to fight with the Islamic State, he could show his commitment and achieve martyrdom in the United States. A FBI agent trying to radicalize a nutcase to commit martyrdom here in the United States! That’s not a sting operation that is coercion. That makes the FBI an accomplice by any letter of the law. In the article the person coerced into committing a crime was arrested and prosecuted. But what about the other “followers” on that social media site that haven’t acted …yet.
How many more times will we get to hear our president declare a need for more gun control while his administration’s FBI is soliciting “martyrdom”?
Jim Fisher has lived on a small farm outside of Hudson for 30 years. Jim has been married to Jayne for 36 years. Together they have raised two daughters. (no grandchildren). Jim has served on the Unit Five Board of Education. Jim works with the McLean County Tea Party.
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