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- Gun violence is a disease brought about by the family-destroying social programs started in the 1960's. Where are all of the fathers of these young men killed in Chicago?
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- Want to fund violence research? Want to get to the real issue? Put a (cigarette - type ) sin tax on violent video games, violent movies and violent Internet websites. Fine parents who let their 7-12 year old children watch movies deemed inappropriate for anyone under 13. Fine & punish them if their under 17 children interact with any media deemed "R" or "NC-17" rated. Start holding parents and guardians responsible for the actions of their offspring and hit the right in the wallet while doing so. If they are going to contribute to the erosion of everyone's safety, they can help pay to restore/repair it.
I am former military, so I am no shrinking violet who believes the world would be better off if we all just got along, sang and danced together. I realize evil exists and nothing helps protect against evil's encroachment like a well-armed defense. However, when we are rearing our own children to be numb to the atrocity of violent death, immersing them in a virtual world where violence is the first, best and only "true" solution to their problems, we will never be able to arm ourselves enough to protect everyone. Parents who babysit their kids by plopping them in front of the Xbox, play station or Internet and let them "virtually" beat the hell out of everyone around them need to be held accountable for the side effects. - Reply to this comment
- I find it funny that this whole debate has been labeled a "gun control issue" therefore, it is a foregone conclusion that the only solution is one including gun control... I feel like I am being forced to watch, from the balcony, a bad play that I cannot interact with. What happened in CT, Colorado, Virginia Tech, the mall shooting and even Columbine were terrible tragedies, no doubt, but all of them together do not even make up 1/10th of 1% of the actual gun violence that occurs every year in this country. Beyond that, non-gun violence dwarfs gun violence numbers! This debate is a massive blanket being pulled over the head of all citizens, not just liberals or conservatives.
Keep the facts, not the rhetoric in mind: According to the FBI, legally owned handguns have saved 475,000 lives (their numbers - not mine) and that fully 94% of all weapons crimes occur at the hands of people who illegally obtain and or possess guns. New laws will mean nothing to people who are already breaking the laws. And, we need only look to the UK and Japan to see what moves to fill the vacuum when guns are removed: edge weapon related deaths and clubbings are up in massive amounts in both countries since their bans.
Don't be such sheep, see the issue for what it is- epidemic violence, a lack of personal responsibility for the caretakers of the mentally deficient and a refusal to hold guardians responsible for the actions of their violent offspring. The focus on guns is a complete red herring and you people would know it if you shut out the noise of the media and did a little thinking for yourselves. - Reply to this comment
- A bit disingenuous. What was prohibited was using the funds to support "gun control." This could only be seen as preventing research into the causes of gun violence if you went in with the idea that you were looking into gun control (whatever that means -- it is almost as nebulous a term as "Assault Weapons").
All weapons could be considered "assault weapons." At one time bow and arrows were the state of the art. Or rocks, or pointed sticks.
The problem (as shown by the response to the restriction) is that those doing the studying are going into it with an agenda and already "know the answer" before even doing the study. - Reply to this comment
- Today the TSA released a study showing that unprotected sex on airplanes is dangerous. TSA is a government agency so it must be true!
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- The NRA has become the new Catholic Church for the 21st century. In the past the Church killed anyone who had ideas or opinions differing from their own. The NRA is prevented from doing this. They have other tactics, but they are just as terrorizing. The other thing that the NRA does that the Church found successful is using the uneducated minds of the masses to keep the educated tamped down. Witch hunts, denunciation of heretics worked well. Invented "science" was a popular tool. Invented "demons" and "devils" worked well. Just flat lying worked wonders.
I am a gun owner but I see the NRA as a threat to national security. It is encouraging some pretty nutty things to be done by some usually sane people (first is arming for an event that will not happen). Remember Germany? Most of Germany was sane, but it lost it's mind for about 10 years because one group with extreme, unbending views had a good propaganda machine. The Nazi party was also another group that worked like a pseudo-church and killed off its heretics.
Pass it on: The NRA is a threat to national security. - Reply to this comment
- Bob Barr says:
"The issue of firearms violence is handled and ought to be handled as a law enforcement matter. We don't need government involved in this. It is all about the big C: control."
Gee, last time I looked, law enforcement is the government's responsibility. You'd think that a former congressman would know that, wouldn't you? - Reply to this comment
- "The issue of firearms violence is handled and ought to be handled as a law enforcement matter."
Certainly the CDC is not the appropriate agency to deal with gun smuggling or background checks. But law enforcement is not the approach to look at mental health issues, suicides, or accidents. The CDC's mission is highly relevant here. - Reply to this comment
- A bit disingenuous. What was prohibited was using the funds to support "gun control." This could only be seen as preventing research into the causes of gun violence if you went in with the idea that you were looking into gun control (whatever that means -- it is almost as nebulous a term as "Assault Weapons").
All weapons could be considered "assault weapons." At one time bow and arrows were the state of the art. Or rocks, or pointed sticks.
The problem (as shown by the response to the restriction) is that those doing the studying are going into it with an agenda and already "know the answer" before even doing the study. - Reply to this comment
- As the Daily Show showed us last night (Where's CBS on this?) The GOP and NRA have blocked the appointment of the ATF Director for SIX years.
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