Philly’s South Street massacre demands action on guns, but GOP isn’t having it | Will Bunch

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From South Street to Uvalde to Buffalo to Tulsa. 'The backstories vary, but the through line remains constant — too much firepower, in the world’s only nation with more guns than people,' writes columnist Will_Bunch.

The shootings on South Street, and in Uvalde and Buffalo are a summons to our fundamental humanity. What’s frustrating is that we can think back to other times and other issues when America — despite its poisoned roots in white supremacy and patriarchy — could summon its better angels. In my lifetime, the images ofand spraying water cannons at Black people marching for their civil rights caused the majority to successfully end legal segregation, for example.

Having a conscience and trying to do something meant the end of Chris Jacobs’ career as a member of the Republican Party. Within hours of his statement,by Donald Trump Jr., who wrote that Jacobs had “caved to the gun-grabbers,” and Jacobs suddenly saw 2022 GOP primary challengers crawling out of the woodwork.

This results in uncompromising policy. Here in Pennsylvania, conservatives are quick to blame any violence in Philadelphia on the city’s liberal Democratic leaders, including reform-minded DA Larry Krasner. They don’t want to talk about the guns, they don’t really want to talk about the cops . And they definitely don’t want people to ponder how the NRA-funded, GOP-led legislatureThat is tragic, because gun laws work.

 

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Will_Bunch Will Bunch You and other white liberals are responsible for the utter hopeless situation big cities now exist in. You elect liberal Mayor's and D.A.s who make excuses for and or ignore criminals. SHAME

Will_Bunch Did they do a background check on the shooter? Oh, wait…..

Kenney is just horrible on this issue! Other than wring his hands, he’s done ZERO!

Will_Bunch Pennsylvania Gov is Dem, Philly has had 100 years of Dem control, White House has Biden and Congress has Dem majorities in both houses. And this sh!thead blames Republicans?

Will_Bunch This guy Will_Bunch has the worst takes ever

Another black on black gang related drug related shooting with illegal weapons the mainstream media will ignore + the woke soft on crime democrats will do nothing about

Will_Bunch OUR PROBLEM IN PHILADELPHIA IS KRASNER AND KENNEY

This city has been run by Democrats for over 60 yrs. but its always the Republicans fault, your paper is a biased rag! Will you ever call out Kenney, Krasner & the hacks on city council? Never!, because your paper endorses the Democrats all the time!!

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