As election day draws closer and closer with Al Gore trailing in the polls, it looks like he's going to need a lucky break to win.
What could be "luckier" for him than a nice, bloody shooting rampage to dominate the news and whip up the soccer moms? The "ideal" scenario would take place either in the Midwest (with lots of key electoral votes) or in Texas (to embarass Bush). The setting would be a school or a church (synagogue?) with plenty of middle class victims; the weapon would be some sort of high capacity "assault" "plastic" handgun bought at a gun show. The perpetrator would most likely be someone with a long history of trouble and medication, but of course if the story hit around October 30 (just enough time for maximum "spin" before the election) that wouldn't come out till later.
The odds of such a scenario are, of course, very slim, but then again, the nutcakes do seem to keep popping up at just the right time to bail Clinton and Company out of trouble. And since GWB hasn't gone on the offensive on RKBA, he's wide open to being hammered if Gore gets an opening.
Note: I don't think that Clinton or Gore have ever arranged for a deus ex machina incident like the Oklahoma City bombing, but they do seem to be quite "lucky".
And, so long as the pro-RKBA side adheres to a strictly defensive strategy, sooner or later the other side is going to get the "break" they need to ratchet down our freedoms another notch.
What could be "luckier" for him than a nice, bloody shooting rampage to dominate the news and whip up the soccer moms? The "ideal" scenario would take place either in the Midwest (with lots of key electoral votes) or in Texas (to embarass Bush). The setting would be a school or a church (synagogue?) with plenty of middle class victims; the weapon would be some sort of high capacity "assault" "plastic" handgun bought at a gun show. The perpetrator would most likely be someone with a long history of trouble and medication, but of course if the story hit around October 30 (just enough time for maximum "spin" before the election) that wouldn't come out till later.
The odds of such a scenario are, of course, very slim, but then again, the nutcakes do seem to keep popping up at just the right time to bail Clinton and Company out of trouble. And since GWB hasn't gone on the offensive on RKBA, he's wide open to being hammered if Gore gets an opening.
Note: I don't think that Clinton or Gore have ever arranged for a deus ex machina incident like the Oklahoma City bombing, but they do seem to be quite "lucky".
And, so long as the pro-RKBA side adheres to a strictly defensive strategy, sooner or later the other side is going to get the "break" they need to ratchet down our freedoms another notch.