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\"Father<\/a>

Jeff Dysinger of Benton, Kentucky. (Photo: Dylan Lovan\/AP\/REX\/Shutterstock<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n

The media\u2019s playbook on national tragedies is about as dirty as it gets. The objective is to politicize these events by finding amongst the victims and their families the most anti-gun and giving them the national microphone.<\/p>\n

Look no further than media darling David Hogg, who seemingly has Anderson Cooper\u2019s phone number on speed dial. For the past few months that kid, an aspiring actor who also survived the shooting in Parkland, Florida, has received unlimited airtime to spout his gun-grabbing rhetoric.<\/p>\n

As a result, the nightly news telecast has become entirely predictable.\u00a0 A-block: Hogg Interview.\u00a0 B -block: Stormy Daniels sighting.\u00a0 C-block: the weather.\u00a0 D-block: Unsubstantiated fluff about Russian collusion.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s obvious as to why that is. In addition to being hellbent on taking down the Trump administration, the media wants to dismantle the Second Amendment. If it\u2019s not Trump bashing, it\u2019s gun grabbing.<\/p>\n

I hate cliches, but perception is reality. Media is trying to change the public\u2019s perception of the 2A. Keep disseminating the message over and over that gun control is \u201ccommon sense\u201d and \u201cno one needs and AR-15\u201d and that gun \u201csafety advocates\u201d (the media\u2019s term for gun grabbers) \u201cdon\u2019t want to take anyone\u2019s guns\u201d and maybe eventually Joe six pack will be duped into believing it.<\/p>\n

Sadly, it\u2019s working. Since Sandy Hook, we\u2019ve lost a lot of ground. New York, Connecticut, California and Maryland went from being anti-gun to rabidly anti-gun. Not many gun owners really gave a rip because they seemed to be heading in that direction anyhow. Colorado\u2019s decision to ban certain mags<\/a> and pass universal background checks in 2013 was a bit of a surprise. But I think many of you wrote it off as an outlier.<\/p>\n

Now, fast forward to today, we\u2019re seeing free states fall. Florida just passed<\/a> a wave of anti-gun measures, including criminalizing the possession of bump stocks and banning gun sales to adults under the age of 21. Vermont recently followed suit<\/a>, banning magazines and outlawing private transfers.<\/p>\n

Note that these laws were signed by NRA-backed Republican governors who claimed to strongly support the Second Amendment! So, if you think your state is safe because you have a GOP-controlled government, think again!!!<\/p>\n

What gives me solace during this onslaught is reading about people like Jeff Dysinger and his daughter Hannah.\u00a0 They are true patriots.<\/p>\n

On Jan. 23, 2018, a 15-year-old student armed with a handgun opened fire on classmates at Marshall County High School in Benton, Kentucky, killing 2 and injuring at least 14 others. Hannah was one of the victims. She was shot twice, once in the arm and once in the chest. She survived the encounter.<\/p>\n

Instead of joining the media-fueled call for tougher gun laws, Jeff has stood his ground as a 2A advocate.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think everybody in rural Kentucky, we\u2019re all brought up with guns, I mean we\u2019ve all been around guns our entire life,\u201d said Dysinger, a veteran and AR-15 owner in an interview with the Associated Press<\/a>. \u201cKids in cities like (Parkland, Florida) don\u2019t get that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hogg: \u2018All we\u2019re trying to do here is save lives\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\n

Four days after the Valentine\u2019s Day shooting in Parkland Dysinger took to social media to make a statement. When the calls to ban black rifles were at a fever pitch, buoyed by Hogg and his fellow propagandists, Dysinger said the following on Facebook, \u201cPlease stop talking about AR-15s. Yes, my daughter was shot, yes I\u2019m angry. But I can tell you it\u2019s not a gun thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ultimately, Dysinger believes that stopping school shootings is a function of hardening schools and keeping guns away from the would-be shooters. Both in Parkland and in Benton the perpetrators should never have had unrestricted access to firearms. The Benton perp was a minor. And the Parkland perp had a documented history of mental issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can go lay an AK-47 in the middle of a gymnasium during a basketball game, and I promise you it won\u2019t kill one person,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not until someone picks it up that it becomes dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like other pro-gunners, Dysinger idea of \u201cgun control\u201d is keeping firearms secured at all times when they\u2019re not in use. \u201cI can tell you, nobody \u2026 can get to my guns,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Props to the Associated Press for getting this story out. Sure, it’s weeks after Parkland but late is always better than never. Hopefully other national outlets will pick it up and syndicate it. The public needs to know that there is more than one side to this story.\u00a0 Not every victim nor family member is aboard the Hogg train express.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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