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In 2013, the US lost 30 people a day to gun violence. Obama shouldn't let us forget
The Guardian ^ | January 31, 2014 | Ana Marie Cox

Posted on 02/02/2014 8:39:48 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

The president should be talking about guns (and gun control) a lot more. This goes way beyond horrific school shootings.

President Obama opened his remarks at McGavock High School in Nashville, Tennessee with a brief mourning of the death of a student there on Tuesday, the day of his State of the Union speech. Obama mentioned gun violence once in his address to the nation. Again yesterday, the bulk of his speech was about education policy, not gun control.

The fact that McGovock was itself the site of a gun fatality only gave a glancing emphasis on the firearm policies he says he is trying to move forward. The setting perhaps emphasized just as much the futility of the rhetorical gesture. President Obama needs to talk more about gun policies in this country, but he has to do it differently. As horrific as school shootings are, gun violence takes more lives outside our classrooms than in them.

In the five years of Obama's presidency, mass shootings have been the one reliable catalyst for a presidential push on our nation's uniquely liberal firearm laws. He broke a three-year streak of non-engagement on the issue in January 2011, after the shooting of Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and 17 other people in Tucson, Arizona, giving one speech and writing one op-ed calling for more legislation. Then, the White House was for the most part silent for another 10 months, until Newtown. That tragedy brought a flurry of urgent officials pleas: 18 sets of remarks in five months, according to C-SPAN. After that, another season of silence, until the Naval Yard shootings in September 2013....

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: banglist; guncontrol; newtown; obama
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1 posted on 02/02/2014 8:39:48 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Meanwhile, a few weeks ago here in Santa Ana, I woman was BEATEN to death outside a nightclub by three women using FISTS..should we ban fists too


2 posted on 02/02/2014 8:42:23 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Last year the US lost 95 people every day due to automobile violence.


3 posted on 02/02/2014 8:46:16 PM PST by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

At a time when we are essentially evacuating from the high seas, the illegal alien in the White House seems positioned to take our arms away, or severely restrict them.

Our fall back position has always been, you’ll pay a very high price if you try to invade the U.S. Now we’re being put in the position of only being able to lay down palm fronds as the attacking force walks in.

What to make of a man who is supposed to be the figurehead of our defense, who instead seems ready to sell us out.

How much clearer does it get?


4 posted on 02/02/2014 8:46:36 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Amnesty is job NONE! It isn't even the leading issue with Hipanics.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

for context they should break it down into criminals shot dead, and victims shot dead.

if 27 of the 30 are criminals shot, that is a way better picture than say, only 10 criminals shot.


5 posted on 02/02/2014 8:46:45 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: P-Marlowe

compare it it how many die from knives and screwdrivers each day.

of course they never give comparable proper context.


6 posted on 02/02/2014 8:47:58 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

end actul violent criminals violently immediately

for all the world to see


7 posted on 02/02/2014 8:48:33 PM PST by bigheadfred
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To: Secret Agent Man; Slings and Arrows
compare it it how many die from.. screwdrivers each day

i have had six screwdrivers while watching the game

how much time do i have left

8 posted on 02/02/2014 8:51:27 PM PST by bigheadfred
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

would we lost more Obama voters.


9 posted on 02/02/2014 8:51:49 PM PST by golux
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Around 3000 people a day use a gun to protect themselves.


10 posted on 02/02/2014 8:52:27 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yeah, Obama should immediately start legislation to issue every lawful citizen in risk a ‘defensive’ gun. Then again, knowing who are we talking about, all the guns would end up in mexican gangs anyway.


11 posted on 02/02/2014 8:53:12 PM PST by Moose Burger
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

How many of these were peculiar cases of the bullet coming from a gun held by the victim?


12 posted on 02/02/2014 8:53:42 PM PST by Viennacon
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

we also more then 3,000/day to abortion

you’d think abortion was a bigger problem


13 posted on 02/02/2014 8:53:54 PM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Well, in 2011, in Chicago, 70% of the VICTIMS had a criminal record...


14 posted on 02/02/2014 8:54:37 PM PST by Mr Rogers (Liberals are like locusts...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Liberals all believe in assisted suicide.

60% of all gun related deaths among adults are “gun assisted” suicides.

Liberals should be promoting gun ownership, especially among those they want to assist in carrying out suicide.


15 posted on 02/02/2014 8:54:38 PM PST by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The majority of those deaths take place in cities with the strictest gun laws in the country. The people shooting up Chicago on a daily basis are obtaining their guns illegally and carrying them illegally. They want to pass more laws that criminals will ignore.
16 posted on 02/02/2014 8:54:43 PM PST by peeps36 (I'm Not A Racist, I Hate Douchebags of All Colors)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

18 of the 30 are suicides.


17 posted on 02/02/2014 8:56:49 PM PST by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I wonder how many seniors obama killed last year with his economic policies.


18 posted on 02/02/2014 8:58:02 PM PST by clearcarbon
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Are we sure about these numbers? 30 per day?

I’m not buying into that figure.


19 posted on 02/02/2014 8:59:17 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Amnesty is job NONE! It isn't even the leading issue with Hipanics.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; All

“Gun Violence” is a propaganda term.

Consider “Hospital Deaths”

Outlaw all hospitals, and deaths in legal hospitals will drop to zero. Of course, the overall death rate will increase.

The same happens with “Gun Violence”. Unless you look at all unjustified deaths as a whole, looking at only “gun violence” is an exercise in propaganda.


20 posted on 02/02/2014 9:01:37 PM PST by marktwain (The old media must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
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