But in the wake of the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, some of them really played themselves.

See, while the media has done a lot of "reporting" about so-called ghost guns, the truth of the matter is that the usual suspects were remarkably quiet. A lot of people noticed, this, too. Or, perhaps more troubling, was when some of them weren't quiet.

The alleged criminal here, Luigi Mangione, did not purchase the firearm. Instead Mr. Mangione used a "ghost gun." Ghost guns are guns that are manufactured by the user, usually by using a 3D printer. In this case, Mr. Mangione allegedly made a suppressor as well.

Yet not one word about how we need to ban ghost guns. Not one word about banning 3D printers. Instead, all we are seeing is how Mr. Mangione was 100% justified in shooting Brian Thompson. True nuts like Taylor Lorenz have been vocal cheerleaders of the need to shoot people like Mr. Thompson. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts said as part of her public statement on the Thompson shooting these words: “people can only be pushed so far.” Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont echoed Warren’s statement. Go onto any blog about the shooting of Mr. Thompson and much of what you will see is the radical leftists praising Mr. Mangione. Oddly enough, they conveniently forget that Mr. Mangione is part of a dynastical family from Baltimore that is worth millions upon millions of dollars. Mr. Mangione is reported to have a serious condition with his back. Some might think that is what caused him to do what he is accused of. But the Mangione family could easily have paid for the procedures needed to cure his pain.

I'm going to point out that, first of all, there's evidence that Magione did suffer from back pain, but got treatment and had a good outcome from the surgery. He advised others to get the same surgery, even. It sounds like the healthcare system worked just fine for him, but he still lashed out.

What bothers me is this idea from two prominent anti-gunners--both Warren and Sanders--glossing over the gun aspect and focusing on blaming the victim. 

Brian Thompson's company did some pretty terrible things to people. The company he helmed was the worst kind of business in a lot of ways. That doesn't mean he deserved to be killed.

What's more, it's not like either of these two are "ghost gun" advocates. It's not an area where they differ from their gun control-favoring donors. They want them banned. This was a high-profile shooting.

And they said nothing about it.

Now, part of me wants to feel relieved, but we also know that they didn't blink in talking about gun control before and after the murder. They didn't say anything because, at least as I see it, they never thought of Thompson as a person. He was a CEO, which isn't really a human in their warped little minds.

They didn't take issue with the guns because they didn't figure any people were hurt.

But here's the thing: It's not just CEOs they don't view as people.

At some point or another, they're going to view you as the non-person. You're someone who stands in the way of what they want to do. When gun rights advocates get shot--should that come to pass--it'll be just deserts in their minds and they'll never utter a word in favor of gun control then. That's where this goes.

It's a double standard, but let's be real here. If not for double standards, many of these people would have no standards at all.