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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOliver North: Ritalin and Video Games to Blame for Santa Fe Shootings
ust two days after a young man opened fire on his classmates and teachers at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas, the National Rifle Associations incoming president, Oliver North, blamed Ritalin and a culture of violence.
On Fox News Sunday, the controversial Iran-Contra figure told host Chris Wallace that the solution for the increasing number of school shootings ― there have been 22 so far in 2018, by one count ― is not gun control.
Were trying like the dickens to treat the symptoms without treating the disease, he said.
And the disease in this case isnt the Second Amendment. The disease is youngsters who are steeped in a culture of violence, he said. Theyve been drugged in many cases. Nearly all of these perpetrators are male. ... Many of these young boys have been on Ritalin since they were in kindergarten.
Nearly every country has access to the same video games. I would assume the same holds true for ADHD drugs. So why are our schools the ones with the shootings. The same old talking points, this time coming from the treasonous bastard.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/oliver-north-school-shootings_us_5b018dece4b0a046186d22be
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Or did Oliver find that sweet spot where it's okay to do that?
TimeSnowDemos
(476 posts)Only started in the 70s....
Oh wait.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States
Civic Justice
(870 posts)DRUGS... escalated family break down in ways that is incalculable..... Why don't this imbecile address that factor. It's typical, of his type "never wanting to take responsibility for the vile they setin motion"....
He won't and has never faced up to the damage he did to America with the saturation of drugs across this nation.
Alethia Merritt
(147 posts)i bet the kid doesn't shoot anyone!
Aristus
(66,099 posts)In North's case, it's: "Oh, the convicted felon hath thpoken!"
salin
(48,954 posts)It would be good for everyone if you listen.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Wow...fast work, there., Mr. Science man.
Vinca
(50,172 posts)Guns are to blame and nothing else. If the kid had gone in with a knife the carnage would have been a fraction of what it was. Every other country has Ritalin and video games and they don't have mass shootings every couple of weeks.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Bullshit cleanup on aisle #9.