Left's 'Selective Activism' on Guns Beyond Disgraceful

Following every shooting attracting national interest, the left-wing goes on a new tirade condemning firearms, the firearms industry, and the Second Amendment, followed by the launch of yet another campaign for gun control.

But not always.

Actress Justine Bateman, best known for her role as Mallory Keaton in "Family Ties," noticed something odd after the Mafia hit-style shooting of a health insurance executive on a busy New York City street.

"The murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was the first time I can remember where a shooting wasn't immediately followed by a demand for gun control," she observed. Bateman called it a case of "Selective Activism."

Stranger yet, Shooting News Weekly noted that the alleged gunman, Luigi Mangione, broke several state and federal laws before he even pulled the trigger on his victim in this case.

"Yes, well the killer 3D-printed the frame of the gun and the suppressor. That broke both New York (Untraceable Firearms Act) and federal (National Firearms Act) laws," they observed.

Instead of condemning Mangione for his shocking murder of an insurance executive in broad daylight, leaving behind a wife and two children, legacy media and Democratic politicians made excuses for him. This wasn’t the first time.

When a pro-Palestinian activist shot and injured two children, ages five and six, before turning the gun on himself at a California parochial school, there was little contempt for the gunman — after all, he supported Palestine.

Besides, it was a Christian school.

Compare these to the exact opposite: A non-violent crime committed by a middle-aged, otherwise law-abiding citizen. In that case they threw the book at him.

Dexter Taylor, a then-52-year-old Brooklyn software engineer, decided to become an amateur gunsmith to keep himself busy during the COVID-19 lockdowns.

He lawfully purchased unfinished gun frames and receivers, then machined and assembled the components in his home workshop.

When he was arrested in 2022 he had five-to-six AR-style rifles and seven-to-eight handguns, according to his lawyer.

A New York City judge told defense counsel during his opening statement that the Second Amendment "doesn’t exist here. So you can’t argue Second Amendment. This is New York."

Dexter Taylor didn’t have a chance.

The murderer of the health insurance executive, however, is enjoying support from high-profile politicians, including:

• Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., who said people "can only be pushed so far."
• Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who said people are angry "at a health insurance industry, that denies them the health care that they desperately need."
• Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., who called denying health insurance claims an "act of violence."

Despite the sympathy and justification displayed for Mangione’s crime, there’s no question that he’ll be found guilty in the end.

But it’s interesting that his murder resulted in no calls for gun control, despite the violence.

In the case of the amateur gunsmith, no one was injured or even threatened with violence. Nonetheless, after the jury found Taylor guilty of 14 criminal counts, the judge sentenced him to 10 years in a maximum security prison — because he liked to machine and assemble guns.

The thinking goes that guns are bad, so someone has to pay a price to serve as a lesson that they’re bad and the Second Amendment doesn’t exist in New York courtrooms.

But all it’s really doing is proving how skewered and inconsistent the left’s belief system is, and how selective their activism is.

Because of that, they should never hold any position of power in a just world.

Michael Dorstewitz is a retired lawyer and has been a frequent contributor to Newsmax. He is also a former U.S. Merchant Marine officer and a Second Amendment supporter. Read Michael Dorstewitz's Reports — More Here.