Posted on 02/17/2014 5:17:55 PM PST by richardb72
Are schools and colleges dangerous places, with lots of gun violence?
Some groups paint a picture of these places being particularly unsafe. Supposedly both murders and firearm suicides are very common at educational institutions. Last Wednesday, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s two groups, Moms Demand Gun Sense in America and Mayors Against Illegal Guns, jointly released a report that received massive uncritical news coverage.
They claimed that 44 shootings occurred in schools and colleges nationwide since the Newtown, Conn. massacre on Dec. 14, 2012 and Feb. 10 of this year. Out of the 44 shootings, a total of 28 died. To dramatize their numbers, Bloomberg’s groups emphasized that one of these attacks occurred every 10 days.
But their statistics are not what they seem. Included in the numbers are suicides. Also included are late night shootings taking place in school parking lots, on their grounds or even off school property, often involving gangs. As “shootings,” they also include any incident where shots were fired, even when nobody was injured.
Look at some of the cases included in their misleading statistics: . . . .
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Most liberals do ignore reality. They’re too busy fantasizing about their utopia.
You know the old saying. There’s liars, damned liars, statisticians, azzholes, statist azzholes, and THEN you get to Bloomberg.
I guess Bloomberg’s takeaway from WWII was that he learned how to emulate a first-rate Nazi.
A narcissistic maniac on a mission.
What did they call those Jews that soothed and comforted the other Jews into the showers?
What did they call those Jews that soothed and comforted the other Jews into the showers?
Bloomberg.
“What did they call those Jews that soothed and comforted the other Jews into the showers?”
George Soros? I know he was one of them. But I think the term is CAPO.
Capo. That’s it. Bloomberg the Capo.
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