London Evening Standard
Andy Murray has spoken publicly for the first time about narrowly
escaping the Dunblane massacre, and said he hoped his success has helped
the town to recover from the tragedy.
He said
the incident had affected him deeply, but hoped his triumphs on the
tennis court had had a positive influence on the town.
“At the time, you have no idea how tough something like that is, as you start to get older you realise,” he said.
“It’s
something I’ve never really spoken about since I went on tour, since I
began getting asked a lot about it by the press, because it’s something
that was obviously for all of my family, and the town.
Murray,
and elder brother Jamie were pupils at Dunblane Primary School where
Thomas Hamilton killed 16 children and one teacher on March 13, 1996,
opening fire on a class of five and six-year-olds in the gymnasium with
four handguns.
Murray had been walking to the gym when the shootings had begun.
It's startling to see the contrast in how the Brits reacted and how we reacted to an even worse tragedy at Sandy Hook, CT.
ReplyDeleteThe UK public demanded action from their public officials and it resulted in some very strict gun laws.
All isn't lost here, though. For years, the gunloon issue wasn't on the US public radar. Today, it is. The NRA is on its last legs.
It's only startling because you have such poor comprehension of Americans.
DeleteNope, it's because of money.
DeleteAs we've seen, the vast majority of Americans want stricter gun control. Problem is, we have a coin-operated Congress.
Besides, gunloons aren't real Americans.
Well, finally Jadegold admits the innermost belief of gun control freaks. Two truths, actually, since he's also showing that they have no need for facts.
DeleteMoney, huh? Let’s take a look at that. The gun industry totaled $11billion in manufacturing revenue last year. Wow, that’s a lot of money to buy senators- unless of course we put that into perspective. The fossil fuels industry is 100 times as big as the gun industry, totaling over a trillion dollars a year. Here is a list of top ten industries for manufacturing (2010 figures):
Deletehttp://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/5289514/ten-largest-u-s-manufacturing-industries-2010
We see that at the bottom of the list is another of Bloomberg’s bane, “big soda” and still ten times bigger than firearms. Versus the top ten, firearms has a 0.3% share of the money. If you consider all the industries between beverages and guns, and consider that this list is only for manufacturing (excluding all the money in services), the money effect on congress is somewhere well south of 0.1%.
Welcome back, Jade. Things just got even easier around here.
TS, no one said the gun industry is the biggest lobbying power in Washington. Normally you guys compare the gun industry to the gun control industry. That's where you see the power of the gun. The oil industry really has nothing to do with it. Nice try though.
DeleteMikeb, you just can't accept that most Americans don't want gun control as the reason for the opposition in Congress, can you.
DeleteLook at what Jaid said- "coin operated congress". Why would they respond to NRA coins Disproortionally? You guys always want to pretend there aren't votes behind it. Sure, historically the pro-gun lobby spends more that gun control, but this year Bloomberg alone outspent the NRA. And how'd that change things for you?
DeleteI can see it too, the Briys are sheep, hey Jade c
ReplyDeleteyou why the records for Dunblaine were sealed for 100 years, because he was known to the athorities.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4290938.stm
DeleteIt's nice to know the quality of gunloon hasn't improved.
Jade, you'd take a lot of improving even to catch up to our abilities.
DeleteNo, Greg, Anonymous embarrassed himself by doing exactly what you guys do all the time. You repeat stupid shit that you've heard other gun nuts say and you don't care at all if it's true.
DeleteMikeb, you need to learn how to stop stereotyping. I don't repeat "stupid shit." In fact, I find support for the claims that I make, and many of my fellow gun-rights supporters here do the same.
Delete