In a story about former George W. Bush fund-raiser Richard Dyke, owner of Bushmaster Firearms, Salon News repeated a police reporting error that a Bushmaster rifle was used in the shootings at the North Valley Jewish Community Center. In fact, the Bushmaster rifle was found in accused killer Buford Furrow's van, but was not used in the shootings.
Salon regrets the error.
I t seems to me that America's news outlets do not want to discuss the real danger posed by organizations like the Christian Identity Church. There seems to be little discussion of the role that racist political ideology plays in the lives of individuals such as Eric Rudolph or James Krupp, or groups like the oddly accepted Reform Party. Those of us who are easily identified as non-white, or Jewish, or gay, know that racist ideology often turns into violence. Meyerson's article seems somewhat illogical. He points out that nut cases never have any trouble getting guns, and then calls repeatedly for stringent gun laws.