Liberal Myth of ever Increasing Mass Shootings is "Shot Down" by Criminologist on CNN with Jake Tapper.

By Rob Janicki

Contrary to claims made by President Obama, mass shootings are not on the rise, according to criminologist James Alan Fox, who appeared on CNN’s The Lead to explain his position.

Most people associated with guns, gun crime investigation, shooting sports and the 2nd Amendment, already have had a good idea that the liberal "assault" on guns, and assault weapons in particular, has been an emotional appeal to action to ban all weapons.

Liberals have continued to paint all semi-automatic weapons, whether they are military style rifles to handguns, as "assault weapons" intended for the sole purpose of killing people.  It's simply a psychological appeal to emotion, rather than being based upon hard data found in national crime statistics.

“We shouldn’t jump to conclusions. Barack Obama has called gun violence ‘the new normal’. I should remind you, however, that Bill Clinton once said we should focus on trendlines, not headlines. And the trend line here is flat, even while the population in this country is growing,” Fox explained. Read more FreeBeacon

So, why the liberal push to control, if not ban, guns?  It's not that hard to understand.

Liberal statists, seeking to expand the size of government, are concerned about the people being able to defend themselves from the very same statist government that is seeking to disarm them.  

It's this liberal statist government concept that the Founding Fathers considered in creating the 2nd Amendment.  

The Founding Fathers weren't trying to protect a person's right to own and possess a hunting rifle.  They were concerned with a citizen's ability to protect themselves from all enemies domestic and foreign.  

A tyrannical government is exactly what the Founding Fathers were fearful of and that's why they wrote the 2nd Amendment to protect the right of citizens to arm themselves against their very own government, should it become tyrannical and necessary to overthrow, just as it had been with Great Britain.  The Founding Fathers were putting subsequent administrations on notice that the people should not and would not stand for any similar tyranny from government.

Watch the CNN interview with Jake Tapper and criminologist James Alan Fox.