“I pulled the trigger” was a bold confession by mass shooting suspect Robert Crimo III following the tragic shooting of seven unarmed people at last year’s Fourth of July picnic in Highland Park, Wisconsin.
One might think Crimo’s chilling admission would force many to deeply consider what drove the 21-year-old to take the lives of seven innocent strangers, to question the culture and circumstances that produced a sick young man capable of unthinkable manslaughter, or to heed the cries of family members coping with unbearable tragedy.
Unfortunately, before we could blink, our more meaningful thoughts were silenced by deafening calls for more gun control, assault weapons bans, and police defunding….