Kane board member ‘cherry-picking’ facts about shootings

Kane County Board member David Young is very concerned about facts. So am I.

Young has spoken during the public comments portions of board meetings multiple times over the past few weeks about four tragic shootings in the past year in which a transgender person was identified as the alleged shooter. Young insists he’s only sharing the “facts.”

Young argues that Democrats aren’t condemning these shootings, and yet any Internet search provides several examples of elected Democrats condemning these shootings and not a single one celebrating them. That is a fact.

According to Gun Violence Archive Data, out of 4,147 mass shootings between 2018 and 2025, the attacker was a transgender person 0.17% of the time. That is a fact. And the v

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