The NRA Video Calling For 'Common Sense Media Control'

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Noir begins by underscoring the role fame plays in inspiring mass shootings (video below). "Can anyone tell me the last time a mass school shooter left a manifesto, a comment on social media, or a video where they said they were inspired to commit their atrocity because of a firearm?" he asks. "Name one. I'm sure you can't, and neither can I. Because as much as the media love to pivot the conversation after a mass school shooting to gun control, the pen is still mightier than the sword.


"These kids aren't being inspired by inert hunk of plastic and metal lying on a table," he continues. "They're inspired by the infamous glory of past shooters, who they relate to. And no entity on the planet does a better job, whether directly or indirectly, of glorifying these killers and thereby providing the inspiration for the next one."

There’s no need to cover these shootings for two weeks straight plastering the kids’ face over and over and over again," he says. "Pass a law stopping the media from reporting the killer’s name or showing his face. You can still report on the shootings. … We just need reasonable laws that place limitations on the glory and fame you give to these killers and their twisted motivations."

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