February 24, 2014
Guns Only Make You FEEL Safer
New Rule: Gun-lovers must admit they are servicing paranoia not safety by owning a firearm.
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July 27, 2013
Bill Maher: Bill O’Reilly, Republicans, Don’t Hear What Obama Says
On Friday’s Real Time on HBO, host Bill Maher compared President Obama’s statement on African-American men and crime with Bill O’Reilly’s statement about statistical evidence on blacks and homicide. One Friday earlier, President Obama said, “Now, this isn’t to say that the African-American community is naive about the fact that African-American young men are disproportionately involved in the criminal justice system.” Obama said this during his much talked about and unscripted remarks on Trayvon Martin, the Zimmerman not-guilty verdict, and race relations in America.
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June 14, 2013
CHART: Fear Of Terrorism Makes People Irrational – Terrorism Fatalities vs. Firearm Homicides
America is a country that prides itself on bravery and strength, but we have an irrational fear of terrorism in the post-9/11 years. You are more likely to die in a car accident, a fall, or even drown, than die in a terrorist incident. In some cases, many thousands of times more likely. But while we made no rash or illogical decisions regarding automobile deaths, we have done exactly that in response to terrorism. In addition to car accidents, falls and drownings, you are also more likely to be murdered by firearm than murdered by terrorist attack. And while car accidents, falls and drownings are accidents, murder by gun is no accident, and that makes it a good statistic to compare to terrorism.
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December 19, 2012
Gun Violence: There Is A “Newtown” Every Day In America, And We Ignore It
It seems we Americans only take notice to gun violence when a sufficient number of fellow Americans are gunned down in one place. And if that location is not the inner-city, then we pay even closer attention. And if the victims are children, well, that’s what it takes to even start a conversation in this country. That’s what it takes to start talking about proposing new gun safety legislation.
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December 14, 2012
Fact of the Day: On The Whole, Guns More Likely To Harm Than Protect
Today’s Fact of the Day comes from the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence:
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