NRA Blames Black Shooting Victim Botham Jean For Not Having A Gun

[phands]

Loesch is loathsome...

While the killing of Botham Jean is still being investigated, one thing is known for sure: Amber Guyger, an off-duty Dallas police officer, went into an apartment that wasn’t hers and shot and killed a Jean, a Black man.


Guyger was charged with manslaughter, saying she believed she was in her own apartment and thought Jean was an intruder.


People have speculated online about ulterior motives and explanations that don’t add up, but the above is just about all we know about the case.


And NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch has a solution. Jean—to prevent an armed policewoman from entering his home and shooting him—should have been armed.


That’s right, Loesch—one of the most ardent Blue Lives Matter enthusiasts outside of Tomi Lahren—is now essentially advocating for shooting, maybe even killing, a cop. But that’s what happens when instead of promoting the obvious solution that would result in zero deaths (neither party having a gun), you are beholden to the National Rifle Association and instead say the safer solution would be two people pointing guns at each other.

https://wokesloth.com/nra-blames-black-shooting-victim-botham-jean-for-not-having-a-gun/daily-dot/

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

The only way to stop a good girl with a gun...

 

[marc]

So the NRA’s solution to walking into the wrong apartment is for everyone to be armed, and whoever shoots first wins.

Somehow I feel there might be better options

 

[Jarhyn]

So the NRA is saying that it's his fault for not shooting an off-duty police officer.

I can only imagine the headlines if he DID have a gun...

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

So the NRA’s solution to walking into the wrong apartment is for everyone to be armed, and whoever shoots first wins.

Somehow I feel there might be better options

In a sense, their argument is faith-based, like the good guy will always prevail or the free market will fix it.

 

[RavenSky]

So the NRA’s solution to walking into the wrong apartment is for everyone to be armed, and whoever shoots first wins.

Somehow I feel there might be better options

Somehow I suspect that would not have gone so well for a black condo resident shooting a cop, even when she broke into his apartment for no valid reason

 

[Axulus]

It doesn't even make any sense. The account I've heard said that she shot him pretty much immediately upon entering the apartment (before she even had a chance to realize it wasn't her apartment). How would he have time to grab a gun?

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So the NRA’s solution to walking into the wrong apartment is for everyone to be armed, and whoever shoots first wins.

Somehow I feel there might be better options

Somehow I suspect that would not have gone so well for a black condo resident shooting a cop, even when she broke into his apartment for no valid reason

Exactly right. Also, if he did have a gun and she shot first, she would be claiming she feared for her life after making an "innocent mistake" and probably wouldn't be charged.

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

He was a nice guy. Even if he had a gun, he wouldn't have shot her.

 

[jladam]

If he had a gun and used it to shoot the police officer invading his home I'm sure everyone would understand. Just ask Cory Maye.

 

[Tom Sawyer]

So, they're saying that if you hear someone at your door and open it to see a cop there, you should make sure that you shoot immediately?