On this past weekend's The Saturday Show‚ MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart teamed up with anti-gun activist Dr. Jonathan Metzl to spread misinformation about the effects of gun laws as the two discussed his book on the 25th anniversary of the Columbine school shootings. As the discussion turned to the 2018 attack on a Nashville Waffle House by 29-year-old Travis Reinking‚ Dr. Metzl reflexively blamed Tennessee's &;quot;pathologically loose gun laws&;quot; without divulging that the gunman had only somewhat recently moved into Tennessee from the blue state of Illinois. He soon complained about Tennessee expanding gun rights since the shooting: And so‚ instead‚ what we've seen is a dramatic expansion in every kind of law that led to the shooting. People can carry guns without permits now. We're arming teachers‚ long guns to people with 18 and older‚ so we have this total disconnect between what people know we need as a society to keep our country safe and what the political process in its gerrymandered state right now is delivering which is‚ unfortunately‚ more of these horrific mass shootings.     It was not mentioned that Illinois police had confiscated several guns from Reinking after he showed signs of schizophrenia‚ but then gave them to his father who then returned them to his son later. One of those firearms was used in the Nashville attack after the gunman moved to the state. Reinking's father was also convicted in connection with giving his son's firearms back to him. Capehart played the race card by hinting at the far-left liberal trope that the cops allowed Reinking to live because of he was white. &;quot;Dr. Metzl‚ a question occurs to me when we showed the Waffle House shooter. Was he taken alive after that -- that manhunt&;#63;&;quot; he played coy. Metzl obliged. Then‚ without offering any evidence that other racial groups are treated differently‚ Metzl claimed that the Waffle House gunman was allowed to keep his guns because he is white: Not only was he taken alive‚ what I show is there were five or six incidents before the shooting. He tried to jump the fence at the White House -- he came to the attention of the FBI -- he jumped naked into a pool and jumped out and shook his gun at people -- and so part of the story I ask in the book is‚ &;quot;What does it take to disarm a white man in America&;#63;&;quot; That's really the story of the book. And it turns out it's very hard because the laws -- the system -- people see a white man as a patriot. And‚ yes‚ he was taken alive after the shooting. He was not killed. Back in February‚ Metzl made another appearance on the same show to promote his book‚ and‚ on that occasion‚ spread misinformation blaming the loosening of gun laws in Missouri around 2008 for an increase in homicides in that state: Missouri had these pretty reasonable gun laws. I mean‚ there's a long history of gun ownership ... but until about 2008‚ believe it or not‚ you know‚ people would go to get a permit at the sheriff's office. ... And then they started overturning all the gun laws‚ overturning everything -- guns in parks‚ guns in bars‚ persons -- in 2021‚ made it almost a crime to even have cities mandate their own gun laws or enact federal -- any federal laws -- and what I saw was not just a rise in all kinds of gun injury and death gun‚ suicide gun‚ homicide -- all these things went up.     But‚ in fact‚ homicides in Missouri did not see a sustained increase until after 2014 when the Ferguson effect led to a surge in crime after the Mike Brown shooting in Ferguson‚ Missouri -- coinciding with a crime surge that was also seen across the country. The transcript is below. Click &;quot;expand&;quot; to read: MSNBC's The Saturday Show April 20‚ 2024 6:52 p.m. Eastern JONATHAN CAPEHART: Dr. Metzl‚ your book takes a deep dive into the 2018 Waffle House shooting and how these mass shooters reveal a lot about the issues on race and mental health we continue to face in our country. Can you expand on that&;#63; Dr. JONATHAN METZL‚ AUTHOR OF WHAT WE'VE BECOME: Yeah‚ my book‚ What We've Become‚ really takes a deep dive into that 2018 Waffle House shooting. It was a shooting where a naked white shooter went into a Waffle House in a part of Nashville where it was 2:30 in the morning full of young adults of color celebrating after the clubs closed. And it was many things -- it was a mental ill mass shooting -- it was a race shooting -- it was a sign of what happens in a state like Tennessee with our pathologically loose gun laws. In many ways‚ it's the same thing (similar to the Columbine school shootings from 25 years ago). Our town came together and said‚ &;quot;Enough is enough -- we're going to -- we're going to turn course -- this has shown us the worst of humanity‚ and now let's turn course.&;quot; I want to say there are a lot of people who are building from the horror of that moment -- people running for office. The mother of one of the victims of that shooting‚ Shaundelle Brooks‚ is running for state office in Tennessee. So there are many things that come out of the aftermath of the horror‚ but‚ again and again‚ it was a similar story‚ which was the people demanded some kind of action‚ but because Tennessee is a supermajority state‚ there was no pressure. Nobody was going to get pushed out of office or voted out of office. And so‚ instead‚ what we've seen is a dramatic expansion in every kind of law that led to the shooting. People can carry guns without permits now. We're arming teachers‚ long guns to people with 18 and older‚ so we have this total disconnect between what people know we need as a society to keep our country safe and what the political process in its gerrymandered state right now is delivering which is‚ unfortunately‚ more of these horrific mass shootings. CAPEHART: Dr. Metzl‚ question occurs to me when we showed the Waffle House shooter. Was he taken alive after that -- that manhunt&;#63; Dr. METZL: Yeah‚ that's kind of the story I tell in the book. Not only was he taken alive‚ what I show is there were five or six incidents before the shooting. He tried to jump the fence at the White House -- he came to the attention of the FBI -- he jumped naked into a pool and jumped out and shook his gun at people -- and so part of the story I ask in the book is‚ &;quot;What does it take to disarm a white man in America&;#63;&;quot; That's really the story of the book. And it turns out it's very hard because the laws -- the system -- people see a white man as a patriot. And‚ yes‚ he was taken alive after the shooting. He was not killed. CAPEHART: Dr. Jonathan Metzl‚ as always‚ thank you very much for coming -- for coming to the show. (...) MSNBC's The Saturday Show February 17‚ 2024 6:46 p.m. Eastern JONATHAN CAPEHART: You wrote -- you focus on three states. One was Missouri Missouri's lax gun laws and what those lax gun laws did to Missouri. Real quickly‚ talk about that. Dr. JONATHAN METZL‚ AUTHOR OF WHAT WE'VE BECOME: Well‚ I'm from Missouri -- I grew up in Kansas City -- my brothers and my dad were at the Super Bowl‚ you know. And so Kansas City is kind of home‚ and I know from this and from my own research that Missouri had these pretty reasonable gun laws. I mean‚ there's a long history of gun ownership -- of hunting -- of people caring about the 2nd Amendment -- but until about 2008‚ believe it or not‚ you know‚ people would go to get a permit at the sheriff's office. I interview people in my research -- it took about three seconds to get that. Nobody cared. And then they started overturning all the gun laws‚ overturning everything -- guns in parks‚ guns in bars‚ persons -- in 2021‚ made it almost a crime to even have cities mandate their own gun laws or enact federal -- any federal laws -- and what I saw was not just a rise in all kinds of gun injury and death gun‚ suicide gun‚ homicide -- all these things went up. But the bigger issue for me was that it was the end of a kind of particular public space that people stopped congregating in places like Swope Park -- this park in the middle of the town -- and the public pools -- because everybody was so worried that they were going to get shot. And so there was injury and death‚ but there was also the end -- I mean‚ for me in Missouri‚ there was a Super Bowl parade pretty much every day -- it just never got on the news. But people -- it wasn't weird to go in a public space with people who were different than you. And that's what these gun -- these loose gun laws killed‚ was the sense of camaraderie and civic engagement. CAPEHART: The name of the book is What We've Become: Living and Dying in a Country of Arms

In case you missed it from Friday‚ Fox’s Peter Doocy clashed with the ever-inept Karine Jean-Pierre during the White House press briefing when Doocy called out the President for falsely claiming his uncle not only died during World War II‚ but was cannibalized in Papua New Guinea by blood-thirsty natives. Jean-Pierre ducked‚ attacking Doocy and invoking the dubious “suckers” and “losers” tall tale about Donald Trump from The Atlantic. Doocy respectfully cut to the case: “Why is President Biden saying that his Uncle Bosie was eaten by cannibals&;#63;”     Jean-Pierre complained she already “answered this question yesterday” and “your network” even played “clips....about me answering this question” before claiming Doocy saw for himself if he was on the trip to Scranton that Biden “had an emotional and‚ um‚ I think a symbolic moment” in taking “an opportunity‚ as President‚ to honor his uncle’s service in uniform.” “He had an opportunity...to speak to the bravery of his uncle and not just his uncle‚ but many U.S. service members that put their lives on the line on behalf of this country‚” she added‚ with his uncle Ambrose Finneagan serving as an example “for honoring our sacred commitment to equip those — we stand — we sent to war and take care of them and their families when they come home.” She then made it about Trump [A]s he iterated‚ the last thing American veterans are — or the last thing Americans should be called or suckers and losers and — and that is — those types of words should not come from a commander in chief‚ as we have in the past. And we should actually be lifting up our American veterans and honoring them and that’s what you saw from this President. Doocy said he felt the same about how veterans should be treated and that “Second Lieutenant Ambrose J. Finnegan was a war hero‚ but the Pentagon says‚ for unknown reasons‚ the plane was forced to ditch in the ocean and both engines failed at low out — altitude.” He then ripped Biden for why then did he have to lie when his uncle was already a war hero: “Why is President Biden saying he was shot down&;#63; There’s no evidence of that. And why is he saying that his uncle was eaten by cannibals&;#63; That’s a bad way to go.” Instead of conceding Biden lied or moving on‚ Jean-Pierre attacked Doocy by alleging he’s disrespectful of the dead: “[W]e should not make jokes about this.” Doocy clapped back before letting Jean-Pierre drone on: “[I]t’s not. The President — Biden said with his own lips he was eaten by cannibals.” “[N]o‚ no‚ I mean‚ your — your last line. It’s — it’s for a laugh. It’s for a funny — funny statement and he takes this very seriously. His uncle who served and protected this country lost his life serving and that should matter‚” Jean-Pierre whined. After she again deflected to Trump‚ Doocy tried one last time: “Where did the cannibalism come from&;#63;” Jean-Pierre punted one last time‚ alleging Doocy “miss[ed] the point” and not recognizing Biden “lifts up American veterans” and “our U.S. service members.” Doocy’s first question concerned the anti-Semitic‚ far-left terrorist sympathizers at Columbia University as a follow up to CNN’s Priscilla Alverez (click “expand”): ALVAREZ: More than 100 people protesting the war in Gaza were cleared off the Columbia University campus yesterday and arrested. Is the President aware of these arrests&;#63; And what is his message to these protesters&;#63; JEAN-PIERRE: So‚ just let me say at the top because I have to be mindful here. As you know‚ there is a — a — an investigation currently being led by the Department of Education. It’s an ongoing civil rights investigation of Columbia University‚ so I won’t speak to specifics about the protest here. There’s a couple things I do want to say — is that — is that we know this is a deeply painful moment for many communities impacted by this conflict. The President and our administration continues to speak out enforcely [sic] — forcefully condemn anti-Semitism and our administration is implementing the first ever national strategy to counter anti-Semitism. In recent months‚ we’ve seen a shocking rise in anti-Semitism‚ Islamophobia‚ in anti-Arab hate in the U.S. And around the world. He has also been clear that hate has no place in America‚ whether it is based on race‚ religion‚ gender‚ gender identity‚ sexual orientation‚ disability or any other form of hate‚ which is why there is no place for discrimination on college campuses or anywhere‚ anywhere in America. The President also believes that free speech debate and nondiscrimination on college campuses are important American values. When students are subject to hostile environments because of their faith or ethnicity‚ schools must act. Students must be safe to learn‚ and that’s where we stand on that one. [TO DOOCY] Go ahead. DOOCY: And to just follow up on the protest. I get you don’t want to go into specifics‚ but what does the President think about young people in America‚ saying things like “we are all Hamas” and “long live Hamas”&;#63; JEAN-PIERRE: Can —  I will say — look‚ this is a President that has been‚ uh‚ since he’s been in office‚ and the reason why he ran has been very clear about what he witnessed in Charlottesville. Let’s not forget what we saw the anti-Semitism‚ the bigotry‚ the hate that we saw in the streets of Charlottesville‚ which‚ as I just stated‚ was one of the reasons that he decided to run. And no president has taken more action to combat anti-Semitism than this President. And so you know‚ in our national strategy‚ we made clear that‚ when Jews are targeted because of their beliefs‚ because of their identity‚ or when Israel is singled out because of anti-Jewish hate — hatred‚ that is anti Semitism‚ and that is completely‚ completely unacceptable. In contrast‚ the reporter who sat in the NPR seat hit from the left‚ giving oxygen to the notion that cracking down on these thugs are “threat to speech or assembly”. Speaking of softballs‚ the AP’s Darlene Superville brought up gas prices and lobbed a softball that ran counter to the actual questions Fox Business’s Ed Lawrence asked a few days earlier: Average gasoline prices have raised about 20 cents a gallon in the past month. Oil production — domestic oil production is down slightly from its recent peak and now we have the situation in the Middle East. How concerned is the administration about the combination of all of those things&;#63; To see the relevant transcript from the April 19 briefing (including a softball from The Washington Post about Biden being “a student of history”)‚ click here.

On Sunday's CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS brought on 79-year-old actor Michael Douglas to plug his new Benjamin Franklin movie on Apple TV+. Zakaria nudged Douglas‚ a liberal Democrat‚ to vouch for Biden's mental acuity. From what he's heard‚ Douglas says Biden's &;quot;as sharp as a tack.&;quot; Isn't that what all the Democrats say off the talking-points list&;#63;    ZAKARIA: So you and Biden are about the same age. Are you one of those people who wished he had‚ bowed out and let the field choose somebody else&;#63; How do you think about that&;#63; DOUGLAS: Well‚ I think that I walk a little similar to him. And the people that I’ve talked to and everybody that I have‚ say he’s sharp as a tack&;#33; He’s fine. We all have an issue with memories as we get older‚ we forget names. He’s overcome a stutter in his life. But let’s just say that his entire cabinet‚ including his vice president‚ everybody in his cabinet would be more than happy to work with him again in the next term. I cannot say that about the other candidate running because nobody in his cabinet from 2016 wants to be involved with him. Can we be sure that nobody in Trump's first-term cabinet would come back&;#63; Fact-checkers&;#63; It's obviously much easier to be in Biden's cabinet when no one at CNN is trying to get you removed for being a Trump selection (and trying to ruin your post-Trump career on top).  Zakaria then &;quot;went there&;quot; to where voters have concerns‚ that Biden won't be sharp as tack in 2026‚ or 2027. This answer may not have been what he wanted:   ZAKARIA: Do you -- do you think when you -- you know‚ everyone says‚ yes‚ he is OK now‚ but -- you know‚ what's it going to be like the next four or five years&;#63; But you're -- you're going to work for the next four or five years. You're not retiring. DOUGLAS: Well‚ I'm not. However‚ I will say we did Franklin in 2022. And after 165 days of shooting‚ for seven months‚ I haven't worked since. So‚ I took '23 off and we're going into '24. And I must say I'm enjoying the time off. And I think he'll be fine. Thank you very much. In the first half of the interview‚ Douglas talked about his reading of philosophy and his &;quot;Jewish roots‚&;quot; but Zakaria didn't have any questions about the Islamists vs. Israel or anti-Semitism on campus. This was more like a Larry King celebrity interview.

A teen transvestite with an apparent history of violence will likely face several charges over a savage‚ unprovoked attack that sent a 12-year-old girl to the hospital with head trauma Wednesday in North Wales‚ Pennsylvania. The attack‚ which was caught on video‚ took place at 1:20 p.m. in the cafeteria at Pennbrook Middle School. According to Upper Gwynedd Police Chief David Duffy‚ video of the incident in Montgomery County &;quot;depicts a sudden‚ violent‚ unprovoked assault with the assailant coming from behind the victim‚&;quot; reported WPVI-TV. The video apparently shows the attacker brutally hammer the victim over the head with a Stanley cup‚ then smash her face repeatedly against the table. A security guard reportedly had to pry the attacker off his bloodied victim‚ who was subsequently shielded by a teacher. Duffy told North Penn Now that the 12-year-old victim required staples to close her head wound and was placed in a concussion protocol. Police have indicated the teen will likely face numerous charges including felony 1 aggravated assault. Pennbrook principal Nick Taylor informed parents in an email that &;quot;school security and school staff were on hand and quickly responded‚ and are to be commended for their swift actions.&;quot; Taylor noted further that police and medical responders were quickly dispatched to the scene. On Thursday‚ concerned parents and community members packed a North Penn School District meeting‚ demanding answers and questioning the narrative that has been seeded to the media. The district appeared keen to dodge parents' questions about the incident. &;quot;This was avoidable‚ and the district truly failed to protect the students at Pennbrook‚&;quot; said one parent. &;quot;What are we supposed to say to our children after this&;#63; How do I send him back to school&;#63;&;quot; Another parent indicated that there were clear signs school administrators understood in advance the threat posed by the alleged attacker‚ granted they apparently escorted him around the premises over safety concerns. &;quot;It's unreal. It don't make sense. And it will make sense later because somebody had to let this child come to the school ... knowing their background‚ knowing everything about this child‚&;quot; said a dad whose child was supposedly on the attacker's &;quot;hit list.&;quot; A young student named Emily testified at the NPSD meeting that she and others warned school employees that the transvestite student was planning an attack. &;quot;Wednesday morning‚ I went to the guidance counselor and told her‚ since I was second on the hit list‚ knowing that there was something going to happen‚&;quot; said Emily‚ &;quot;because there was a girl she was targeting every day at lunch. And they would go to the counselor and tell them every day that this is going to happen.&;quot; According to Emily‚ the school official to whom she had expressed her concerns reassured her that nothing was going to happen. The transvestite student‚ who apparently referred to himself as &;quot;Melanie‚&;quot; was apparently keen to prove the school employee wrong. Emily indicated that she and two others warned school officials on the day of the attack that they anticipated something bad was going to happen. Afterward‚ Emily said she was told‚ &;quot;'Watch your back. He is going to come for you and this other girl at lunch.'&;quot; Emily was in the cafeteria just feet away from the attack when it occurred. &;quot;I just hear all this screaming and everybody running‚ and I see Mel running in after somebody‚&;quot; Emily recalled. &;quot;This girl who got attacked didn't see it [coming] because she was faced backwards‚ and all of sudden you just hear these terrible‚ like‚ loud bangs of the Stanley bouncing off her head. And then you see Mel grabbing her hair and hitting her against the table and just repeatedly hitting her with the Stanley.&;quot; &;quot;There was blood going everywhere‚&;quot; said Emily‚ noting she was at a neighboring table. &;quot;All you see is blood everywhere. ... We had to sit in there and watch them clean up the blood off those tables and ground‚ and we had to watch them take her out with blood dripping down her face.&;quot; Full video of PA father &; daughter at yesterday's @NPSD School Board Meeting on the gruesome attack at Pennbrook Middle School. \n\nDad: Why were kids told they weren't allowed to call/text their parents [for 28 minutes]&;#63; Why were students left in that room as they're cleaning up\u2026 — (@) Stephanie Palovcak‚ a parent who spoke at the meeting and had received a distressed call from her daughter amid the chaos Wednesday‚ took issue with principal Taylor's suggestion that the incident had been a fight. &;quot;This isn't a fight‚&;quot; said the mother. &;quot;This is an assault.&;quot; Palovcak also emphasized that the school had failed to act on repeated warnings from students and parents alike. &;quot;There were multiple parents who reached out about this child making threats‚&;quot; said Palovcak‚ referencing the hit list. Some parents indicated that the alleged attacker had been expelled from another district middle school over violence and inappropriate behavior. However‚ North Penn superintendent Todd Bauer claimed the assertion the student was expelled from another NPSD middle school for violent in-school behavior and transferred was false. Stefan Ross‚ another parent‚ indicated his son went to the transvestite's previous school and was left with the distinct impression the transvestite had violent tendencies. Ross noted an incident off school grounds where &;quot;the person came out from the trees and brandished a knife on my son and his friend.&;quot; Parents indicated that the alleged attacker's first day at the school was Monday. Some community members expressed outrage that in the wake of the attack‚ media reports neglected to mention the attacker was a biological male. &;quot;How come none of the articles said it was a boy attacking a girl&;#63; How come half the people kept switching between 'he' and 'she‚'&;quot; said one impassioned father. &;quot;I've got nothing against any type of community‚ but what is right is right and what is fair is fair‚ and that's not cool. If this kid was protected simply because they were trans and not because of any other reason‚ that's not cool. They have a violent past.&;quot; BREAKING: Massive controversy erupting at @NPSD in PA where a 13-year-old girl was hospitalized after a student brutally beat her.\n\nParents and students are alleging that the attacker is a male who identifies as female. Not a single media outlet mentions that he was trans.\n\nThe\u2026 — (@) A hearing is reportedly scheduled Monday for the alleged attacker. 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