Some worthwhile thoughts on the events of the day from former State Rep. Fred Deutsch, as he notes we need a society where our leaders ensure public safety for every family in South Dakota:
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Well said, my friend.
Not condoning the shooting in the least bit, but also not gonna say a prayer for Charlie Kirk. Had the shoe been on the other foot and I was shot instead, Mr. Kirk’s show would have opined the goodness of my injury, and the righteousness of my getting judged under the constitutional greatness of the 2nd Amendment. Sadly, Mr. Kirk proves an old axiom, “Live by the sword…..”
“When discourse ends, violence begins.”
– Charlie Kirk
All he did was discuss political issues and he was shot for it. He was dangerous to the Left because he was so persuasive.
Yet, you blame him for the violence of his assassin.
If you really want to understand the source of the violence our country is experiencing, look in your mirror.
Look at the leader in the white house.
Both sides have raised the temperature for years. This isn’t a time to point fingers. It’s a time to redirect the conversation and the rhetoric. Charlie was performing his first amendment right and was killed for just that. If you don’t see an issue with that then I don’t think you should be near the halls of power.
No more issue than any other citizen getting gunned down. People only care when it’s their own. The MN shooting proves that. Charlie wasn’t even elected and has no real accomplishments outside crisis exploitation and they are immediately lowering the flags. What a joke.
We do not know exactly who killed Kirk or why they did it yet. Hold your finger-wagging horses please.
Remember who said “If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun?”
the bullets are coming from the left.
Prove it. And “Jesse Watters says so” isn’t proof.
A prison addresses the symptom, not the cause. It is needed, but im not sure why that justifies exploiting this tragedy for that cause. He forgot about the MN officials gunned down in their homes. Charlie was a tragedy exploiter who probably angered a lot of unhinged people. It isnt surprising anymore after so much violence.
You failed to mention the recent assassination of Minnesota Speaker of the House Melissa Hortmann and her husband at their home in Minnesota and attempted assassination of MN State Senator John Hoffman and his family in their home too. The alleged assassin had other elected officials targeted too. Thankfully law enforcement stopped further violence and apprehended the suspect.
Extremely effective legislators known for working across the aisle for the greater good. Workhorses.
Not a fan of Kirk, but this is stomach turning. He was a human being with people who loved him. We have to start turning down the heat, or America will head in a direction NOBODY will like. I hope whoever is responsible suffers greatly for this despicable act.
if you listen to CNN and MSNBC they hype the outrage and inevitably some unstable character goes off the rails and thinks he’s done good. Then the talking heads on the shows that created the hype say it’s proof we need to abolish the 2nd Amendment. Lather, Rinse, Repeat: Incite the violence, bemoan the violence, blame the gun and call for gun control. And then celebrate the TV ratings.
Ahh yes, cnn and msnbc are to blame. Fox News doesn’t do anything like that.
Totally agree!
I’ve appreciated his leadership on conservative issues. I think this post is exactly right on.
In about 2013, I believe it was Pew that led an effort even in South Dakota to lighten up many of our penalties. Probably would be a good idea to take a look at what those changes were so that we make sure we are locking up violent offenders the first time. Next, there needs to be a serious conversation about opening up the asylum’s again. There’s a lot of crazy people we just let wander around our cities and even get access to weapons.
Yes – this addresses symptoms but when you lock up violent people, they aren’t going to harm the innocent. Fortunately we don’t have many of the same problems that the big cities do with no bail and catch-and-release judges. But let’s make damn sure we are locking up whoever needs to be locked up.
Bill Janklow used to talk about how protecting the public was one of the most important roles of the government. Need more of that again.
We claim to rise above. We claim to pursue the American dream. But in times of deep hurt for the nation all we do is blame the other side and point fingers. This comment section is the prime example of how the “adults” in the room do nothing to move this country in a better direction.
In times of deep hurt for the nation we don’t just blame the other side and point fingers, we riot, loot, and burn down our own neighborhoods.
Because that’s what we do. Right?
Storm our nation’s Capitol attacking law enforcement, threatening members of Congress and hanging the Vice President?
The prison doesn’t protect us. By the time the person goes to prison someone has suffered. Sending someone to prison doesn’t bring the victim back to life.
If we took the $650 million plus the $50 million a year to operate it and spent the money on mental health and treatment and drug education and treatment we wouldn’t need the prison and we would have a safer place to live.
I recall a statistic that was about how 7% of the population commits 89% of the crimes.
It’s the same people, over and over again. Lock ’em up.
The problem with your theory about taking that $650 million and using it for mental health and treatment is that these people actually have to want to change. Once they want to change there is plenty of options available to help them. The problem is many criminals don’t want help. Many addicts don’t want help. And the ones with mental illness often don’t know they need help. So yes, build the prison and stop letting violent people out.