There’s a very good reason the media is silent about the Milwaukee mass shooting

[mystery-ak]

February 28, 2020
There’s a very good reason the media is silent about the Milwaukee mass shooting
By Andrea Widburg

On Wednesday, an angry ex-employee got a gun, put a silencer on it, went to the MillersCoors facility where he had once worked, and shot five people to death before shooting himself. One would expect to have a barrage of news stories about America’s gun violence problem and the need to ban guns. After all, on Tuesday, before the shooting happened, the Democrat candidates were all over each other trying to explain why each would be more effective at destroying the Second Amendment. Instead, though, we got crickets.

The reason for the media’s silence became apparent when the media identified the shooter: 51-year-old Anthony Ferrill was black. This meant that the media couldn’t use its white supremacist narrative to justify grabbing guns.

The narrative broke down even further when social media posts revealed that Ferrill may well have been an Elizabeth Warren supporter, an assumption arising from the fact that his wife proudly posted a selfie of herself last year at an Elizabeth Warren rally:

On her various social media pages, which have now been deleted, Ferrill’s wife posted photos of her family and expressing liberal political views. In July 2019, Ferrill’s wife attended a speech by U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren at South Division High School Gym in Milwaukee. Following the speech, Ferrill’s wife took a photo with the Massachusetts senator.

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[EdinVA]

We are not being told the type of weapon used either...

[240B]

We are not being told the type of weapon used either...

Likely it was a revolver. Six people killed including the shooter. That's a revolver.

[skeeter]

Likely it was a revolver. Six people killed including the shooter. That's a revolver.

Everyone shot was killed, which might mean he gave each victim more than one shot.

[Applewood]

Talking about this in the primary thread regarding the shooting in National News.  Usually the bodies aren't even cold yet when someone on the news is calling this the work of a white, right-wing conservative gun nut and we have to confiscate all the guns.    In this case -- silence.

[Smokin Joe]

Everyone shot was killed, which might mean he gave each victim more than one shot.

Or pulled off head shots.

[PeteS in CA]

The reason for the media’s silence became apparent when the media identified the shooter: 51-year-old Anthony Ferrill was black. This meant that the media couldn’t use its white supremacist narrative to justify grabbing guns.

The narrative broke down even further when social media posts revealed that Ferrill may well have been an Elizabeth Warren supporter, an assumption arising from the fact that his wife proudly posted a selfie of herself last year at an Elizabeth Warren rally

* The shooter is a Dem/Prog;

* The shooter is the "wrong" skin color;

* The shooter had paranoid delusions of being a race-victim.

Nothing here for the MSM and Dems to exploit.

[Smokin Joe]

* The shooter is a Dem/Prog;

* The shooter is the "wrong" skin color;

* The shooter had paranoid delusions of being a race-victim.

Nothing here for the MSM and Dems to exploit.

In fact, if the shooter wasn't actually discriminated against, it's the divisiveness of identity politics at the root of all this.
As for watching videos on the phone when someone is being paid to work, well, that can get you sacked, regardless of protected class distinctions.

[skeeter]

* The shooter is a Dem/Prog;

* The shooter is the "wrong" skin color;

* The shooter had paranoid delusions of being a race-victim.

Nothing here for the MSM and Dems to exploit.

They certainly can't exploit this guy - they created him.

[240B]

Or pulled off head shots.

Or, he had a .357 Magnum with hollow points.
You can get hit in the toe with one of those and still die.

[240B]

* The shooter is a Dem/Prog;

* The shooter is the "wrong" skin color;

* The shooter had paranoid delusions of being a race-victim.

Nothing here for the MSM and Dems to exploit.

And, he used the 'wrong' kind of weapon.
As far as we know now, he did not use an Evil Assault Rifle.
Which is another of many reasons the press is not interested.
But this is far from new. The streets of Chicago are awash with guns and people die there almost every day.
However, since the perps are almost all young Blacks, and since Chicago has nearly the most gun control in the country, the press cannot report on it. Because that would be ...(wait for it...) RACIST!

[goatprairie]

And, he used the 'wrong' kind of weapon.
As far as we know now, he did not use an Evil Assault Rifle.
Which is another of many reasons the press is not interested.
But this is far from new. The streets of Chicago are awash with guns and people die there almost every day.
However, since the perps are almost all young Blacks, and since Chicago has nearly the most gun control in the country, the press cannot report on it. Because that would be ...(wait for it...) RACIST!

This is an everyday occurrence in most American cities with a substantial black population. I know that because I check the news from many large American cities daily.
It's a rare day that any of those cities do not report a shooting/killing almost always by a young, black male. The victims are almost always black as well, including many innocent young children.

[verga]

Or, he had a .357 Magnum with hollow points.
You can get hit in the toe with one of those and still die.

Depending on what hi sover all intent was he was most likely using a semi auto (They are more prevalent today) and it was probably a 9mm. The majority of Mass shootings (especially in schools) are committed with either .22 or 9mm. Last year two of my students did a study on this and these accounted for 75% of all mass shootings. If you include gang style for inner city youths it bumps up to about 90%.

[jmyrlefuller]

Well, that and a beer factory doesn't make as titillating copy as a public school, a church, a military base, etc.

[Cyber Liberty]

I saw a story over on Bookface that said he built the weapon from parts purchased online.   

[Polly Ticks]

Or maybe with 150 million gun deaths, this one just got lost in the shuffle.
 

[goatprairie]

Or maybe with 150 million gun deaths, this one just got lost in the shuffle.
 

yeah, it was tough today the wife and I drove into town  to get food. I had to drive around all those dead bodies littering the streets. 

[sneakypete]

Or, he had a .357 Magnum with hollow points.
You can get hit in the toe with one of those and still die.

@240B

????? It's a freaking handgun round,not an artillery shell.

And chances are the handgun used was a semi-auto because silencers don't work well with revolvers.

[sneakypete]

I saw a story over on Bookface that said he built the weapon from parts purchased online.   

@Cyber Liberty

Seems VERY unlikely. Even revolvers are more complex than most people think.

[Smokin Joe]

@Cyber Liberty

Seems VERY unlikely. Even revolvers are more complex than most people think.

Right. To me semi-autos are simpler--no clockwork, no cylinder to align.

[sneakypete]

Right. To me semi-autos are simpler--no clockwork, no cylinder to align.

@Smokin Joe

Not to mention indexing and timing.

[verga]

@Smokin Joe @sneakypete Years ago I looked in building a custom .45. It is actually a fairly simple process. Purchase the "lower" sign the paperwork and then decide on what you want for the rest. At any decent gun show you can pretty much purchase everything you need. The only difficult part would be if you wanted to do porting to put on a compensator if you were building a competition rig, but doable if you have a good drill press and are willing to get your hands dirty with a die grinder of Foredom.

[sneakypete]

@Smokin Joe @sneakypete Years ago I looked in building a custom .45. It is actually a fairly simple process. Purchase the "lower" sign the paperwork and then decide on what you want for the rest. At any decent gun show you can pretty much purchase everything you need. The only difficult part would be if you wanted to do porting to put on a compensator if you were building a competition rig, but doable if you have a good drill press and are willing to get your hands dirty with a die grinder of Foredom.

@verga

Well,it is a little more complex than that. Not all parts are of equal quality,and in MY opinion,if you are building a custom 1911,you are tailoring it to run a specific load.

For example,my personal Combat Commander carry gun won't even cycle the slide enough to jam with military ball ammo,but with my handloads FOR THAT SPECIFIC WEAPON,it functions flawlessly with 200 grain bullets and will shoot the center out of a bullseye target.

I have a stock 1911 for shooting standard loads,and another full-sized 1911 that is hand-fitting that also shoots and functions perfectly with standard loads.

"Function ABOVE ALL" are words to live by. Literally.

[verga]

@verga

Well,it is a little more complex than that. Not all parts are of equal quality,and in MY opinion,if you are building a custom 1911,you are tailoring it to run a specific load.

For example,my personal Combat Commander carry gun won't even cycle the slide enough to jam with military ball ammo,but with my handloads FOR THAT SPECIFIC WEAPON,it functions flawlessly with 200 grain bullets and will shoot the center out of a bullseye target.

I have a stock 1911 for shooting standard loads,and another full-sized 1911 that is hand-fitting that also shoots and functions perfectly with standard loads.

"Function ABOVE ALL" are words to live by. Literally.

Should have clarified, I am a machinist by trade, generally worked to tolerances of .002-.005 and pretty much could build a firearm from scratch if I had to.