In Which Mr. Hinderaker Leaps From The Bridge. . . No Logic Needed.

Mr. Hinderaker yesterday picked up on — and ran wildly far afield with the new, shameful NRA video which claims our 44^th President wants things for his own children that “regular Americans” cannot have/afford. Mr. Hinderaker, however, took the NRA’s odious, illogical rant well beyond its original lunacy.. How so?.

Well, Mr. Hinderaker concluded his take on it all by asking why our President wants to put “all our children at risk.”

As a trial lawyer, Mr. Hinderaker offered absolutely no evidence to support his wild supposition that schools with armed guards have fewer violent incidents — than those without them.

Why didn’t he offer anything? Because (as far as I know) there is no study to support that notion. In fact, we are all likely aware that there was an armed law enforcement officer inside Columbine High School, in Littleton, Colorado, on that awful day. And as brave as that officer was, the outcome was not even slightly altered, by his presence. [Yes, the singular form of data is. . . anecdote.]

Even so, on what scant evidence there is, at present, the evidence cuts the other way. Mr. Hinderaker well-knows this — and shamelessly ignores it.

Here is Mr. Hinderaker’s quote in context:

. . .Actually, a policeman stands guard at my youngest daughter’s high school every day. Many people seem to be unaware that this is commonplace in upscale schools, and lots of downscale schools, too, where they think the threat comes from the students. Until recently, parents weren’t shy about making sure their children were attending school in a safe environment. Why, all of a sudden, does the Democratic Party want to put our children (not theirs) at risk?. . .

I get it, of couse — Mr. Hinderaker has recently-confessed to being a newly-minted gun enthusiast (usually, the worst sort of zealot is the newly-converted). Yes, Mr. Hinderaker is a gun nut — emphasis on the nut part. But why any sentient businessperson would employ a lawyer with this sort of repeated reasoning defect — and blind allegiance to failed causes — is beyond me.