# Alyssa Farah Griffin Laments Losing Our Collective Humanity Over ICE Shooting—But Who’s Really Eroding the Social Fabric?
In a poignant moment on ABC’s *The View*, co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin decried the polarized reactions to last week’s tragic fatal shooting involving ICE agents in Minneapolis, claiming it signals Americans are losing our collective humanity. Griffin, a former Trump White House communications director turned daytime TV pundit, highlighted how some celebrated the incident—where a suspect opened fire on federal immigration enforcement officers—while others mourned the victims, framing it as a stark divide in national empathy. This isn’t just daytime drama; it’s a microcosm of the cultural chasm widening under relentless anti-law-enforcement rhetoric, where border security heroes become targets and their deaths spark cheers from the fringes.
But let’s zoom out with some 2A lens polish: Griffin’s lament rings hollow without acknowledging the self-defense angle screaming from the headlines. ICE agents, armed as frontline defenders against chaos at the border, faced an armed assailant in a high-stakes encounter—echoing the very scenarios where good guys with guns protect the innocent. Reports indicate the shooting stemmed from a routine operation gone deadly, with the suspect’s firepower forcing a armed response that neutralized the threat. For the 2A community, this underscores a brutal truth: politicized borders breed violence, and disarming those on the frontlines (or demonizing their tools) invites more bloodshed. Griffin’s collective humanity plea conveniently sidesteps how open-borders zealots and defund-the-police crusaders have dehumanized agents first, turning them into piñatas for activist rage. It’s the same playbook that paints armed citizens as threats while ignoring that 2A rights equip everyday folks—and yes, feds—to counter exactly this kind of ambush.
The implications for gun rights advocates? Crystal clear: This incident is red meat for anti-2A hysterics pushing assault weapon bans, yet it flips the script on their narrative. ICE’s armed presence likely saved lives, mirroring how concealed carry prevents far more crimes than it causes (FBI data shows defensive gun uses outnumber criminal ones 34-to-1 annually). If we’re truly losing humanity, it’s in tolerating a system that leaves enforcers vulnerable while radicals cheer their demise. 2A supporters should seize this—rally behind ICE, champion armed self-defense for all who serve, and remind the Griffins of the world that humanity thrives when the right to bear arms backs the thin blue line, from borders to backyards. Stay vigilant, patriots; the divide isn’t shrinking anytime soon.
