Thursday, February 19, 2009

More "dog bites man" journalism, I suppose...

...from the Houston Chronicle:

MEXICO CITY — Americans in Mexico continued to be slain at a rate of nearly one each week through the end of 2008 and there is little reason to think the violence will stop anytime soon, U.S. Embassy officials have confirmed.

Hey, you know what would fix this? An Assault Weapons Ban! Even though it's a safe bet many of these killings are committed with your garden-variety handgun, everyone knows an Assault Weapons Ban would alleviate the problem, even though no kind of gun ban even comes close to addressing the root cause of this violence! You know how I know this? Because the media said so...
(and that was me being sarcastic, just in case anybody might think I've jumped the shark...)