Weed, Women, and Video Games: Right-Wing Media Blames Just About Everything but Guns for Highland Park Shooting

In the wake of another horrific mass shooting, right-wing media heavyweights have broken into their well-rehearsed song and dance numbers that blame such recurring tragedies on weed, antifa, antidepressants, video games, and even “lectures” from women—which is to say, everything except America’s stunningly lax gun laws. On Monday, Robert “Bobby” Crimo III, a 21-year-old white male armed with a rifle similar to an AR-15, allegedly killed seven people at a Fourth of July parade held in Highland Park, Illinois, wounding an additional two-dozen-plus attendees. (Crimo has been charged with seven counts of first-degree murder, with more charges expected.) In Tucker… Read Full Article