NYT Reporter Bemoans The Fact Gun Control Won’t Happen After Catholic School Shooting

New York Times reporter Peter Baker appeared disappointed Wednesday that a shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school wouldn’t cause “a lot to change” on gun control.

An active shooter opened fire during an all-school mass held by the Annunciation Catholic School on Wednesday morning, killing two children and wounding at least 17 other people. MSNBC host Chris Jansing questioned if a ban on so-called “assault weapons” would pass after the incident.

“For decades, we’ve heard Democrats talk about better, stronger national gun laws. Even if there was any movement in that direction, obviously it’s not going to happen overnight,” Jansing said. “Trump is now saying, I can fix this. There was a new poll out from the Associated Press. 81% see crime as a major problem in large cities. 53% approve of his handling of crime. So as Democrats, is there any sense that they can take a moment, a horrific moment like this, kids sitting in pews, literally getting shot to death and try to do something to help it from stopping again, particularly as it comes to assault weapons?”

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“Well, it feels like we’re in a loop, right? That we have seen this happen so many times before, and the reactions of the political class are fairly predictable. You know, Democrats instantly call for more restrictions on guns. Republicans, most of them pretty quickly say, this is not about guns. Don’t try to take our guns away,” Baker responded.

Baker said that at one point, President Donald Trump backed some gun control measures and had talked about taking on the National Rifle Association, but had instead loosened regulations imposed by the Biden administration.

“Assault weapons” is a euphemism that gun-control advocates use to gain support for banning certain semi-automatic firearms with features that provide a cosmetic similarity to firearms capable of fully-automatic operation. The National Shooting Sports Foundation