{"id":293715,"date":"2021-03-23T18:31:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T22:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=293715"},"modified":"2021-03-23T18:32:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T22:32:00","slug":"in-wake-of-another-tragedy-democrats-once-again-prove-commitment-to-never-let-a-crisis-go-to-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-wake-of-another-tragedy-democrats-once-again-prove-commitment-to-never-let-a-crisis-go-to-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"In Wake Of Another Tragedy, Democrats Once Again Prove Commitment To \u2018Never Let A Crisis Go To Waste\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fin-wake-of-another-tragedy-democrats-once-again-prove-commitment-to-never-let-a-crisis-go-to-waste%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=293715&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3031.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>When it comes to gun violence \u2014 and specifically, mass shootings \u2014 we have become used to a certain pattern of behavior from the other side of the political aisle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For those on the Left, each mass shooting event is but further evidence of a deep-rooted problem within American society. These terrible occurrences are condemned not as individual instances, but as part of a greater problem. A problem which simply must be solved, at any cost.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Democrats rush to capitalize on this understandable desire for action by immediately promising to act. The problem, however, is that while not all actions are equal or effective, every action promoted by the Democrats is politically advantageous for the Left.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In response to the mass shooting attack in Boulder, Colorado, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/democrats-use-colorado-mass-shooting-to-spark-renewed-calls-for-gun-control\">reaction<\/a> from Democrats was no different. \u201cI don\u2019t need to wait another minute, let alone an hour, to take common-sense steps that will save lives in the future,\u201d President Biden said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is not \u2014 it should not be \u2014 a partisan issue. This is an American issue,\u201d Biden continued. \u201cIt will save lives, American lives. We have to act.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The nature of these demands for action was further demonstrated by other Democrats, such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren who used the fight against gun violence to justify a goal she\u2019s been pushing for all along: ending the filibuster.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWeek after week, month after month, year after year \u2013 the gun violence doesn\u2019t end. And things won\u2019t get better until Democrats get rid of the filibuster and finally pass gun safety legislation that a huge majority of Americans support. What are we waiting for \u2013 another tragedy?\u201d the Massachusetts Senator tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.492447129909\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Week after week, month after month, year after year \u2013 the gun violence doesn&#8217;t end. And things won&#8217;t get better until Democrats get rid of the filibuster and finally pass gun safety legislation that a huge majority of Americans support. What are we waiting for \u2013 another tragedy?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenWarren\/status\/1374346019979341824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Ignoring the obvious cynicism rooted in the demands of politicians like Sen. Warren \u2014 for whom every crisis is an opportunity to achieve unrelated political aims \u2014 there is a colossal flaw in the logic of the Left in their response to such events: they assume that their suggestions would be effective.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Part of this is hindered by the propensity of the Left to rush to politically-advantageous conclusions. For example, the shooting in Atlanta was assumed to be an anti-Asian attack despite evidence to the contrary. In the same way, the Left routinely undermine their own gun control arguments by arguing in favor of policies without knowing important \u2014 and sometimes pivotal \u2014 information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Another part of this, however, is rooted in the idealistic and virtue-signaling nature of Democrats. For the Left, legislation is the ultimate victory which can be achieved on the road to societal change. This makes legislation the goal, not the change they claim to be working toward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This distinction is crucial when we consider that there is no real evidence that the various gun control policies being promoted in the immediate aftermath of the latest mass shooting would be effective in preventing further attacks. For example, simply \u201cbanning\u201d so-called assault weapons won\u2019t make these weapons \u2014 which have already flooded the market \u2014 suddenly unavailable to those who really want them. Meanwhile, it will make it harder for those who rely on these weapons for self-defense to legally acquire them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>At the highest level, the conservative argument against the forms of gun control promoted by the Left is correctly built upon the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. \u201cShall not be infringed\u201d means what it means, after all. However, for those who don\u2019t value the constitutional argument against legislative gun control, it\u2019s important to resist the emotional urge to simply \u201cact\u201d after witnessing tragedy, and understand that quick action is rarely a guarantee of success.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Especially when the Democrats use every and any real or manufactured tragedy to promote the same set of policies. It\u2019s not about solving the problem, it\u2019s about using the problem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><i>@ighaworth<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to gun violence \u2014 and specifically, mass shootings \u2014 we have become used to a certain pattern of behavior from the other side of the political aisle.For &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311030,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3031.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"In Wake Of Another Tragedy, Democrats Once Again Prove Commitment To \u2018Never Let A Crisis Go To Waste\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-293715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3031.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"In Wake Of Another Tragedy, Democrats Once Again Prove Commitment To \u2018Never Let A Crisis Go To Waste\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}