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Saturday, December 8, 2012
NYT Op-Ed on the Gun Debate
New York Times op-ed
On national television, you can talk about the sordid details of your sex life, the depth of your religious piety or your belief that an organization that no longer exists, Acorn, stole the 2012 presidential election — a fantasy held by half of Republicans. You can call climate change a hoax, you can say the moon landing never happened, you can even praise Alex Rodriguez, though you shouldn’t.What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.
But you cannot talk about the 300 million or more guns circulating in private hands in the United States. The most armed society in the world, ranked first among 179 nations in the rate of gun ownership, had 9,146 gun homicides in 2009. The same year, Canada had 173. But don’t bring that up.
Costas made his brief remarks at halftime of the Sunday night game. Within minutes, the censors went after him. Top Republicans called for his resignation. Rush Limbaugh and Michelle Malkin, who are to reasoned argument what salt is to a slug, condemned him. And Herman Cain, the pizza guy who at one point led the Republican presidential primary field in the polls, passed on this tweet: “Excuse me, Bob Costas, but you are an idiot, so shut up.”
Those last two words pretty much define the current climate regarding debate about guns and violence. In this country, it is the issue that dare not speak its name.
People with guns in the home are at a far greater risk of dying of homicide than those without, the American Journal of Epidemiology reported in 2004. For men, the likelihood of death by suicide is much higher if a gun is nearby. And 90 percent of suicide attempts by gun are successful; for willful drug overdoses, the rate is only 2 percent.
Understandably, people buy guns for self-defense. But a gun in the home is 12 times more likely to result in the death of a household member, or a visitor, than an intruder, a 2010 study by the official journal of the Southern Medical Association found.
Grand Funk Railroad - An American Band - Paranoid
I dedicate this classic to all our pro-gun friends who believe the government needs watching or that Obama will take their guns away or that some bad guy is going to hurt them any time now.
Accidental Shooting of New York Man Who Dropped Gun - No Charges
Local news reports
What do you think? Please leave a comment.
A Manchester man remains at Strong Memorial Hospital after an accidental shooting Saturday, Ontario County sheriff’s deputies said.Two pro-gun lies debunked in one story. There is no de-facto gun ban in New York and guns often discharge when dropped.
Jason C. Bliven was attempting to put a handgun in a gun safe at his residence Saturday when the gun fell on the floor and discharged a round, which struck Bliven in the right side of his chest and exited out of his right shoulder area.
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Negligent and Avoidable Shooting Death in Virginia Officially Ruled an Accident - No Charges
The September 29th shooting which killed Stoughton High senior David Wade, long understood to be an accident, has officially been ruled as such, the office of Norfolk Country District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey announced in a press release Friday afternoon.It was just an accident. What the heck.
Wade, 17, suffered a gunshot wound to the chest at his Turnpike St. home. He was accidentally shot by his 21-year-old brother.
"The investigation into the September 29, 2012 shooting death of David Wade in his Stoughton home has concluded that the shooting was accidental, the pistol was lawfully possessed and criminal charges are not warranted," the release states.
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Friday, December 7, 2012
Common Ground on Gun Control
If the gun loons weren't so busy being led by their noses and used their brains, they might have seen this coming, but...
Heller-McDonald made it clear that firearms regulation was acceptable. Although, all the gun loons heard was "individual right" and their diseased minds went from there instead of seeing what was actually said.
Now, it seems that Bill O'Reilly is actually agreeing to reasonable regulation:
Heller-McDonald made it clear that firearms regulation was acceptable. Although, all the gun loons heard was "individual right" and their diseased minds went from there instead of seeing what was actually said.
Now, it seems that Bill O'Reilly is actually agreeing to reasonable regulation:
COSTAS: Roughly 40 percent of the guns purchased in this country do not require a background check for purchase.Didn't see that one coming did ya?
O'REILLY: Ok. So you want a background check, right?
COSTAS: You have that. You've talked about stricter penalties, harsher penalties for those --
O'REILLY: For criminals.
COSTAS: Exactly.
O'REILLY: Right.
COSTAS: There is that. There ought to be training programs for those who purchase guns. I don't see any reason why someone should be able to purchase military-style artillery and body armor and automatic weapons. Only the police or the military should have that --
O'REILLY: All right, all of those are reasonable positions.
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