Posted on 01/04/2013 6:48:45 PM PST by Red Steel
By DYLAN BYERS |
Number of mentions of the term "gun control" in the news, according to Nexis.
On the day of the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., we published a chart showing the Sisyphean nature of the national gun control discussion. In the immediate aftermath of a shooting, such as the one that took place in Aurora, Colo., mentions of the term "gun control" spike in the news media. In a matter of days, that discussion all but disappears.
This time was supposed to be different. "It is hard to believe this will not be a watershed moment when we start to talk about, deal with and even perhaps legislate on guns," ABC News's Z. Byron Wolf wrote. He was one among many in the media who believed the momentum for gun control legislation was strong enough to turn the tide on a familiar pattern.
Blame it on the fiscal cliff, blame it on Christmas, blame it on our ability to forget, but the national discussion about gun control has once again ebbed. Mentions of the term "gun control" on television, in newspapers, and in online media are down to pre-Sandy Hook levels, according to the Nexis database.
Barring a post-holidy resurgence -- which is certainly possible -- the gun control discussion has once again gone the way of... the gun control discussion.
UPDATE: A colleague wonders:
...and how many of those gun control clips mentioned david gregory........even smaller when you factor that out.
That goes for Piers Morgan as well.
UPDATE 2: Jared Keller, director of social media at Bloomberg, provides the view from Twitter, via Topsy analytics:
“Thanks! Here in Georgia we are not registered unless you get a CCW license, which I have. When I buy a new gun, I show that, I fill out papers saying I am not an illegal immigrant, criminal, or crazy person and I walk out in 10 minutes or so. I am assured there are no state records kept here, just what the feds already require.
And yep, I could sell my gun to my neighbor and only keep a bill of sale to protect myself.”
Here in NY, to get a handgun, assuming you have the permit, you give a down payment to the dealer, dealer writes up a bill of sale, take bill of sale to county permit clerk. Fill out amendment paperwork. Clerk submits paperwork for judge to approve. After about a week, you pick up a “coupon” from county permit clerk. Clerk writes make and S# of gun right on your permit. Take coupon to gun store, pay rest of purchase price after presenting coupon. You now have your gun.
Permits for the majority of the great unwashed here are stamped “Hunting and Target Only”. Always remember if you are stopped, that you are going to the range or coming home from the range. Helps to carry a perforated target with you just for laughs.
As we all know, criminals will jump through all these hoops too.
Protect yourself by paper-cutting an intruder to death? ;-)
The lame stream media moved on to the latest fad - one of the Kardashians is pregnant
“Always remember if you are stopped, that you are going to the range or coming home from the range.”
“Boy, you better have a receipt from that there range, ‘cause if you ain’t got one, you in one HEAP o’ trouble!” Ok, they don’t REALLY talk like that in NY, but...;)
The Anti-Gun hysteria has only moved to “under the radar”...
That happened with ObamaCare too. I wouldn’t get comfortable that the far left will defer to the Constitution in this area either.
So, you are not a supporter of free markets? How would you price your gun parts? Significantly below market levels? How long would you be in business doing that?
Drop dead, creep.
Quite a witty reply. However, I am serious about the questions I asked. Here’s why: I own a gunshop. I am pretty much sold out due to the fact that I have not increased prices on anything that I had in inventory before the HUGE rush after the election then shootings. That would seem like a good problem, and yet it’s really not.
Here’s the rub: There is nothing to buy from the distributors to replace what I sold and when it comes available it is going to cost more. Much more according to my distributors.
That being the case, it is looking bad for the next few months. Not much to sell, huge unmet demand and very little supply.
So, what’s a person to do? Sell the few things I can get from distributors at the old prices, instead of what the market is dictating and have nothing in stock? Or should a person price according to the market and have some in stock?
I propose the questions merely for discussion, because history shows the proper answer. If you want to know what I think just go read “Human Action” by Ludwig von Mises.
Again, drop dead, creep. Just I don’t want to pay fear-inflated prices doesn’t make me anti-capitalist.
Again, drop dead, creep. Just because I don’t want to pay fear-inflated prices doesn’t make me anti-capitalist.
Your level of discourse is refreshing for FR. Most people on here are willing to discuss things like adults, with at least a modicum of intelligence thrown in. You however, remind us of how progressives address issues that they do not understand: with invective and insults. Thanks for reminding me why I love FR and despise conversing with progs.
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