What media bias against guns?
MARGARET WENTE: The other day, on a quiet suburban Toronto street, someone hacked a man to death with a machete. It’s possible you missed the story, because it got barely a mention in the local media. Machetes are not top of mind with the public. Nobody is demanding stricter controls on machete sales. On the other side, nobody is defending responsible machete owners from meddlesome bureaucrats. Nobody is asking how the killer got the weapon, or why nobody noticed that he was a deranged lunatic, or whether he liked violent video games, or had a taste for Goth, or if he’d been bullied in high school. No one interviewed the neighbours to inquire how traumatized they are. No one has called for a machete registry, or mandatory sentences for machete murderers. In fact, not a single politician has raised the subject. That’s because there are no votes in machete crime. Gun crime is a different matter. Last week’s shooting spree at Dawson College was barely over before the politicians opened fi
