{"id":28776,"date":"2016-07-13T11:03:42","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T15:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=28776"},"modified":"2016-07-13T11:03:42","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T15:03:42","slug":"a-little-honesty-would-have-been-appropriate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=28776","title":{"rendered":"A Little Honesty Would Have Been Appropriate"},"content":{"rendered":"

The beginning of President Obama’s<\/a> speech in Dallas<\/a> yesterday was wonderful. Unfortunately, it went downhill after that. There are two major lies that the President has been telling in relation to the shooting that need to be exposed.<\/p>\n

My source on this article is a post at The Federalist<\/a> website.<\/p>\n

The first lie is the statement, \u201cI think it\u2019s very hard to untangle the motives of this shooter.\u201d That’s an interesting statement when you consider that the shooter himself told the police that he “wanted to kill white people<\/a>, especially white officers,\u201d Actually I think that makes his motive pretty clear.<\/p>\n

The second lie, which President Obama’s stated in his speech yesterday, was, “It’s easier for a teenager to get his hands on a Glock<\/a> than a computer…or even a book!” That is simply not true.<\/p>\n

The article at The Federalist reports:<\/p>\n

For starters, it\u2019s against federal law<\/a> for anyone under the age of 18 to legally purchase or possess a handgun<\/a> or handgun ammunition (Glock is the manufacturer of a popular line of handguns, not a synonym for handgun). It\u2019s also against federal law for anyone to sell or deliver a handgun to anyone the seller reasonably believes is under the age of 18. As far as I know, neither computers nor books are illegal. And judging by the number of teenagers I see walking around with their faces glued to their smartphones, they don\u2019t seem to have a particularly difficult time getting hold of a computer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2015, Pew Research Center<\/a> conducted a survey of teens to gauge their access to technology. According to the Pew study, 87 percent of U.S. teenagers had access to either a desktop or laptop computer<\/a>. Eighty-one percent had access to a gaming console<\/a>. The Pew study found that 73 percent had access to a smartphone (for black teens, that number was 85 percent).<\/strong><\/p>\n

At a time when the nation needs healing, neither lie told by President Obama moved us closer to that healing. It is unfortunate that at this critical time in America<\/a>, we don’t have a leader who is adequate for the task ahead.<\/p>\n

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