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In the wake of the mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois over the Fourth of July weekend, on Tuesday, CNN Newsroom co-host Alisyn Camerota proposed Orwellian laws designed to monitor and profile gun owners and bar them from exercising their Second Amendment rights. Yet surprisingly, she got some push back from a left-leaning former police commissioner and got schooled on how gun offenders were being released in some American cities under the guise of criminal justice reform.
Pulling away from an update on the White House’s response to the shooting, Camerota brought on former Philadelphia police commissioner Charles Ramsey and former FBI supervisory special agent Steve Moore. And as she transitioned to this discussion, she seemed to argue for profiling people that looked like the shooter, arguing, “these suspects … are starting to look alike.”
Sure the shooter looks really weird, but the parameters she seems to be calling for profile people with include long hair and tattoos. Just based on that description, it seems like her scope includes many military veterans.
Clearly ignorant of what steps are involved in purchasing a gun and with no consideration for the merchants, Camerota added in a huff: “is it too much to ask the gun seller to do a cursory check on social media?”
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