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S4 E21 - Today's Mass Shooting, London Attacks, Detroit Block Party, Neither or Both?
Media Bias and Mislabeling: The Truth Behind Two July 7th Attacks
This episode of The 10th Man examines the misleading narratives surrounding two tragic events that occurred on the same date: the London bombings on July 7, 2005, and the Detroit block party shooting on July 7, 2024. The discussion highlights how media and government labeling can distort public perception, focusing on the differences in how these incidents were portrayed and the implications for gun control policy. It critically analyzes the motivations behind such narratives and questions why some forms of violence, like bombings, are relegated to the background while shootings are spotlighted to push a disarmament agenda.
00:00 Introduction: Mislabeling Tragedies
01:50 The London Bombings of July 7, 2005
02:53 Media Manipulation and Gun Control
04:11 The Detroit Block Party Shooting of July 7, 2024
06:16 Comparing Reactions: Terrorism vs. Gun Violence
07:11 Global Perspective on Mass Violence
10:40 Conclusion: The Real Agenda Behind the Headlines
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It is July the seventh and the anniversary of two mass shootings that were not, how the government and the press deliberately mislabeled tragedy today on the 10th man. Today on the 10th man, we're talking about two attacks with the same date. July 7th, 2005, 20 years ago, bombs ripped through the London underground. The subway with 52 killed, over 700 injured, and July 7th, 2024 gunfire erupts at a so-called block party in Detroit. Two dead 19 injured. But only one of these events gets labeled a mass shooting, and it's not the one that leveled a bus. So let's dissect how headlines lie and how fake statistics mislead. Looking at two events, both tragic, but only one has been weaponized by the media to justify disarming you. Every time there's a shooting in the US Democrats, the un European elites and the media line up to lecture Americans about their gun rights. But here's the irony. The greatest danger to the average citizen in the west hasn't been rogue rifle owners. It's been radical Islamic terror and the most devastating mass attacks. They weren't shootings we're told that Detroit's 2:00 AM gang chaos is a mass shooting one that demands international concern. But when coordinated bombers, murder commuters in London, that doesn't count because they're not actually trying to stop violence. They're trying to stop you from having your rights. July 7th, 2005. Morning rush hour in London. Four. British-born Jihadists carry homemade bombs in backpacks. They've got hydrogen peroxide, pepper, a timer, and hate all the ingredients for mass murder. They board three underground trains and one red double decker bus at 8:45 AM the explosions. Begin first at Alders Gate. Seven dead. 170 injured just seconds later. Edgeware Road six dead 160. Injured at eight 50 Russell Square, 26 dead. 340 injured. And at 9 47 at TVIs Stock Square bus 13 dead 100 injured. 52 people were killed. Over 700 people were injured. Most of them victims who were just trying to go to work, the attackers used everyday materials to create their weapons. There were no semi-automatics, no high capacity magazines, no ghost guns, and no American gun culture to blame, and yet the attack has been forgotten after a mass shooting at a school in GR, Austria in June, 2025. The Washington Post ran a widely shared chart on global mass shootings to show how dangerous all the guns in America are. Of course, only two mass shootings were listed for the UK on this chart of all the mass shootings since the year 2000, and it wasn't seven seven because the seven seven attacks weren't a shooting. And shootings are all that count to fake news outlets like the Washington Post. And since it wasn't a gun, Britain didn't respond by attacking the tools. They didn't go after beauty supplies and chemical fertilizers. They responded with more intelligence, sharing more resources from MI five and training the public to report danger. They went after the terrorist networks, not the tools they use and not citizens. Which raises the real question, why don't our politicians and media all over the world treat terrorism as a greater threat? Because now, jump forward 19 years. Same date, July 7th, 2024, Detroit, Michigan. A so-called block party, but this wasn't families grilling burgers on the sidewalk. It wasn't couples strolling through the neighborhood, meeting new friends and greeting old ones. It was a Snapchat flash mob. 300 strangers swarmed a residential neighborhood, and it was the middle of the afternoon. No, it was the middle of the night. No one from the block hosted it. On the contrary, streets were blocked and locals were trapped in their homes at 2:25 AM and remember, 2:25 PM would be a good time for a block party, but this was am and gunfire suddenly erupted. There were multiple shooters, at least one illegal block switch homemade. One and more than a hundred rounds were fired. Nearly a dozen handguns were recovered. Two people died in 19 more were wounded. They tell us that armed citizens should be disarmed and that, and that we should rely on the police. But in Detroit, a year ago, just a month prior, when the police came, they started shooting and two people were hit. One of them died at another so-called block party, and this became the headline End of the day. It entered the gun violence archive as a mass shooting. The Detroit police actually handled the aftermath while arresting shooters and cracking down on future gatherings. There wasn't any knee jerk gun control. They left that to the state legislature. Detroit treated the actual behavior, but the media didn't tell that story. They called it Michigan's biggest mass shooting ever. And they invoked Parkland and Uvalde and Columbine, except that this wasn't a school or some other public gathering place. It wasn't daytime, it wasn't random, and it wasn't even a block party. And still it was used to indict the Second Amendment. What do you think of when they say there's been a mass murder, and which one of these two events fits the London bombing? Targeted people on their way to work? The Detroit shooting involves people breaking the law at 2:00 AM. London, a terrorist cell with commuters as victims. Detroit a Flash Mob, bystanders, victims and shooters were all active participants in the chaos. But only one gets labeled a mass shooting. Only one is used to push policy. Only one makes it into political speeches because only one fits the agenda. Gun rights have to be attacked, so violence must be redefined. Tragedies are ranked not by severity, but by usefulness. So the 2:00 AM block party and only the 2:00 AM block party and double murder earns the title of mass shooting according to the media. Even in America, our biggest danger is not shootings, but bombings. The Oklahoma City attack in 1995 on the Murra Federal Building was a bombing. Our biggest school attack, bath, Michigan in 1927 was a bombing nine 11 involved four giant flying bombs. And remember, even the Columbine shooting was not a lone shooter, but two conspirators and what was meant to be a bombing. And since 19 79, 60 6,000 Islamic terror attacks globally. Most were bombings, some were stabbings, a few used cars and trucks, and without the Second Amendment to protect them, what were Europe's worst mass killings. They were not AR fifteens. Nice France, 20 16 86 people killed by a truck. Manchester Arena in the uk. 20 17, 22 people killed and over 1000 injured by a bomb at a concert. Paris twenty fifteen, a hundred thirty, killed by bombs and machine guns, terrorists sprayed gunfire on people who could not shoot back. So tell us what good it does to ban AR fifteens in high capacity magazines in civilian hands. And why don't these incidents make the Washington Post chart? Because they're not gun violence and gun violence is the narrative. The July 17th, 2024 block party mass shooting was the star entry in the database of the gun violence archive for that day. The gun violence archive is the favorite source of the anti-gun media because they'll count any incident with four people shot, even if they're only scratched. And it doesn't matter who. It doesn't matter why. It doesn't matter where. The US does not have a gun problem. It has an urban crime problem. But the government and the mainstream media are not interested in attacking crime because it's easier to attack guns. So the gun violence archive numbers get plastered across the headlines reported by CNN and cited by members of government and worse. They're used by foreign media and global institutions to argue that America is uniquely violent and irresponsible when it's actually the safest place on earth. Meanwhile, a coordinated bombing of public transport with 52 dead, not a mass shooting, therefore not relevant. The media, the government, and international bodies like the un ignore bombings because bombings don't justify banning your guns. Human rights are dangerous. That's what makes them sacred. You can misuse free speech, you can abuse due process, you can misuse firearms, but none of that means your rights disappear. And still, every time there's an urban shootout in America, foreign politicians wag their fingers. The un condemns the EU lectures, Democrats quote Europe as the model, but Europe has terror, knife attacks, asset attacks, mass stabbings, truck rampages. They disarmed their citizens, and now those citizens get bombed. Instead, we kept our guns and we get blamed for their problems. Two events, same day of the year. Different reactions. The London bombing Real Terrorism, random Victims, A potential threat to everyone who just wants to live a normal life. The Detroit shooting a criminal gathering, preventable, localized, and exaggerated. But only Detroit became political ammunition. Only Detroit was added to the fake numbers. Only Detroit triggered new cries for control of the people because the people in charge aren't trying to stop danger. They're trying to stop you. If bombs don't count, but pop-up parties do. You are being lied to.
