On The Bill Press Show, Media Matters' Timothy Johnson Shuts Down The Conservative Media Gun-Free Zone Myth Following Oregon Shooting

Johnson: “What Conservative Media Does Is Use These Types Of Shootings To Push An Agenda”

From the October 6 edition of TawkrTV's The Bill Press Show:

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TIMOTHY JOHNSON: What conservative media does is use these types of shootings to push an agenda. And what we saw last Thursday was within minutes, almost immediately you had conservative media figures saying, 'well this shooting at Umpqua Community College, it was a gun-free zone. And therefore we can't have these anymore and gun-free zones are dangerous. They put people at risk. We need to have looser gun policies.' It turns out that the actual facts of this case were that the community college is not a gun-free zone, but it doesn't matter for conservative media.

Related:

Everytown For Gun Safety: Just 13 Percent Of Mass Shootings Occur In So-Called Gun-Free Zones

Previously:

Rush Limbaugh Falsely Claims That 92 Percent Of Mass Shootings Since 2009 Have Occurred In Gun-Free Zones

Conservative Media Use Oregon Community College Shooting To Revive “Gun-Free Zone” Canard

Fox Host Explains Why It's Not Too Soon To Talk About Gun Policy In Wake Of Oregon Shooting