August 9, 2012
Fake Outrage over Gun Violence in Aftermath of Movie Theater, Sikh Temple Shootings
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August 6, 2012
Pat Robertson offers “atheists hate God” as cause of Sikh temple mass shooting
Does Pat Robertson have a “wheel of causation” that he spins every time there’s a tragedy? This time the wheel landed on “atheists,” which probably happens quite often and with divine intervention no less.
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August 6, 2012
Jay Carney: President Obama supports assault weapons ban
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said on Monday that President Obama supports renewing the assault weapons ban but “there has been reluctance by Congress to pass that renewal.” I’d say it’s a bit more severe than “reluctance.” I would characterize it more along the lines of: congress has sold out to the gun lobby. Or maybe: The NRA is holding congress and the country hostage. But I guess those two characterizations might be a bit too extreme for the White House, even if I think some in the White House might agree.
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July 23, 2012
Philly Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey: “There needs to be reasonable gun control”
On “This Week”, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey told George Stephanopoulos, “I have an issue with people being able to buy ammunition and weapons on the Internet…I don’t know why people need to have assault weapons…There needs to be reasonable gun control put in place. And we talk about this constantly, and absolutely nothing happens, because many of our legislators, unfortunately, at the federal level, lack the courage to do anything.”
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July 23, 2012
Bill Kristol says people don’t have “a right to semi-automatic, quasi-machine guns”
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July 21, 2012
Movie theater shooting: Why can’t we have tougher gun control laws?
No matter what the National Rifle Association (NRA) and it’s supporters say, it is not off limits to talk about tougher gun control laws. It’s not disrespectful to the victims to have an adult conversation about restricting the sales of assault weapons and extended clips, things that are not needed to protect yourself or your family.
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July 21, 2012
Aurora, Colorado movie theater shooting: America is NOT shocked
Every time one of these mass-shooting, mass-murder events happens in the United States we see headlines like “Americans in shock,” and descriptive words like horror and terror, but do you see a problem here? Did you notice that I started this article by saying “every time,” which indicates this is not a rare event. The fact is, while overall crime statistics are at 20 (even 30) year lows in many categories (including murder) we still have mass-shooting events occurring with regular frequency. Each one of us has essentially come to expect that these mass-shooting events are going to happen regularly. So is there anything shocking about it?
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April 11, 2012
New York mayor Bloomberg accuses NRA of backing ‘licence to murder’
Michael Bloomberg launches nationwide campaign on gun reform and says ‘shoot first’ laws have harmed public safety
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March 21, 2012
Notre Dame Study: Holding A Gun Makes You More Likely To Believe Others Are Too
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February 23, 2012
U.S. Crime Rates 1960-2010: The Facts Might Surprise You
Original article appears below foreword.
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