Yesterday afternoon, the media pounced on the story of yet another “mass shooting” in the United States. This time, the shooting took place in California, a state with one of the most restrictive gun laws in the country. Someone, the media reported, had opened fire in YouTube’s headquarters. Slowly, oh so slowly, the news clarified. It wasn’t two shooters but one. It wasn’t a white male shooter but it might have been a white female with a headscarf. Then we learned the scene had been secured and the shooter was down. More details to follow. Now, most people would sit back and wait. Sure, they might wonder about who opened fire. They might wonder if it was because of YouTube’s recent action in throttling down gun related channels. They might wonder if the shooter was a disgruntled employee. What they wouldn’t do was instantly jump on the political bandwagon and start flogging the gun control issue. But Brianna Wu and Michael Ian Black aren’t most people. For that, we can point our fingers and shake our head and be thankful most Americans aren’t as self-serving as these two.