Earlier: The ”Leaded Law” And Mass Shootings—Poor Black Marksmanship Is Saving Lives
A recent mass shooting in Alabama is an instance of what we call the ”Leaded Law,” proposed by a blogger called Ben Kurtz, which is that if you hear that a mass shooting has a large number of wounded, and a small number of killed, then the shooters were probably black, because blacks can’t shoot very well.
Kurtz put it this way:
So here’s a handy rule of thumb when you hear about the next mass shooting and find the press being coy about who did it and why: If the shooters exhibit bad aim (substantially worse than 1 killed for every 3 wounded) then they are Black gangsters settling a score.
The Mahogany Masterpiece Dance Studio is a black dance studio for black kids in Dadeville, AL, which is 45.08% black.
A recent shooting there, reported in the Daily Mail, is being treated by some people as a gun control story. Can't load tweet https://twitter.com/WarriorWomanDr/status/1647579371119493120: Sorry, that page does not exist
The Daily Mail has no pictures of victims, but they report that one exists, that they decline to print, for reasons of decency, and because it’s unconfirmed:
At least four people are killed and more than 20 injured during a shooting at a Sweet 16 party in small Alabama town of 3,000 people—after fight broke out inside small dance studio
- The shooting happened around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday in Dadeville, Alabama
- The majority of the victims are thought to be teens, according to local reports
- A photo circulating online appears to show six people lying on the venue’s floor
I haven’t seen this photo myself, but this person has, and they say they were black teens:
So this shooting is a black-on-black affair, and as for the alleged inhumanity of the poster, any witness who snapped a picture and posted it would have been black themselves.
So this is a story of poor black self-control turning lethal—but not as lethal as it would if blacks could shoot well.