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Why Isn’t This Nightclub Shooting All Over Social Media?
I got up this morning to see a New York Times app alert that there had been a a mass shooting at a Florida nightclub: two dead, over a dozen wounded, and many — perhaps, most — of them were teenagers. After the last month or so of killings, generally terrorist attacks, I was braced for the worst of it. On top of the sadness for the dead and wounded themselves, I worried about the Left using this as an excuse to limit gun rights.
So I checked Twitter: Nothing. Well, it was early, still. But after previous attacks, I knew to expect a quick spread of discussion and wild speculation. Nothing on Drudge at that hour. I kept checking Twitter, waiting for any more — informed or not — to come out. Was it all because the Democratic National Convention was occupying all of the news sites?
Finally, just now, I got to the office and checked Drudge and Instapundit and found the link I put above. Read through it all and tell me your impression: Is this going to have the attention and effect of, say, the Orlando nightclub shooting? Why not?
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I’ve got two daughters, including one older teenager. I have, I hope, drilled this bit of advice into their minds enough for it to stick. Some day I’ll elaborate on the case of the boy who really worried me with the elder daughter, but the lessons had been instilled well enough by that point.