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The left can't win on guns, so now they're trying to silent their opposition
The Hill ^ | March 6, 2018 | John R Lott Jr

Posted on 03/06/2018 6:03:20 PM PST by richardb72

If you can’t beat the other side’s arguments, silence them.

The idea is to keep yelling that the NRA is racist, that they are murderers and have “blood on their hands,” that they are a “terrorist organization” that they won’t support even simple measures to save lives. At the Oscars last night, wave after wave of the “cool people” called for banning guns. It doesn’t matter that the people doing the yelling are pushing proposals that wouldn’t save lives. Or that the people at the Oscars who called for banning guns were themselves protected by a phalanx of 500 armed guards....

While liberals protest that even requiring a free voter ID is racist because it discourages minorities from voting, they see no problem making concealed handgun permits cost $450 in Illinois or even more in other heavily Democratic states such as California, Connecticut or New Jersey. When Democrats have discretion on who gets permits, very few blacks, Hispanics or women seem to qualify. After each mass public shooting, they call for expensive background checks on private transfers even though this wouldn't have prevented a single mass public shooting in this century. They shout down proposals that would make a difference, such as arming school staff and teachers.

The media’s political bias clearly shows up even in movie reviews. newly released “Death Wish,” starring Bruce Willis, illustrates how a man is forced to use a gun to take on urban crime when the police fail to do their job. The reviewers hate the movie, with only 14 percent rating it fresh according to Rotten Tomatoes. The movie was slammed for being, “As subtle as an NRA recruitment video.” Only 8 percent of top critics rated it fresh. But the audiences loved it,....

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: banglist; cprc; guncontrol; mediabias

1 posted on 03/06/2018 6:03:20 PM PST by richardb72
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To: JohnLott

Ping


2 posted on 03/06/2018 6:05:10 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: richardb72

Id say the advocates of gun free zones are the ones with blood on their hands.


3 posted on 03/06/2018 6:07:44 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: richardb72

Sure. But the real question is, “What are you gonna do about it?”


4 posted on 03/06/2018 6:12:15 PM PST by Yashcheritsiy (Bring back lords and kings)
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To: richardb72

The wildly popular movie Black Panther has over 160 different gun episodes.


5 posted on 03/06/2018 6:15:07 PM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: ridesthemiles

Hollywood is the reason so many people think all scary looking guns are fully automatic.

ALL the bad guys have them


6 posted on 03/06/2018 6:27:24 PM PST by digger48
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To: Secret Agent Man

“I’d say the advocates of gun free zones are the ones with blood on their hands.”

Well, it’s been almost a month since Feb 14; many years since Columbine and Sandy Hook. If we can’t just make all the guns “disappear”, what have any of these schools done differently to enhance security since then? What’s the back up plan?


7 posted on 03/06/2018 7:34:08 PM PST by Dr. Pritchett
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To: Dr. Pritchett

I’ve always thought prepping for the zombie apocalypse was a good way to prep for the Second Civil War; in the same manner I think prepping for school shootings is a good way to prep for attacks by Muslim terrorists (rather than wait for our own “Beslan massacre”).


8 posted on 03/06/2018 7:43:16 PM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: kearnyirish2

If you own guns and know that Hollywood hates you & wants you dead, then be prepared to cut flesh if you wish to survive. Doesn’t get any simpler.


9 posted on 03/06/2018 7:59:29 PM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: ridesthemiles

“The wildly popular movie Black Panther has over 160 different gun episodes.”

I wonder who that was meant to impress?


10 posted on 03/06/2018 8:01:24 PM PST by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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To: richardb72

“...so now they’re trying to silent their opposition.”

Should that not be “silents”?


11 posted on 03/06/2018 8:07:32 PM PST by Postman (The Flies, having defined BHO and HRC, are quickly moving on to Nancy P.)
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To: Postman

I think it should be “silence”. :-)


12 posted on 03/06/2018 8:19:50 PM PST by Let's Roll ("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality" -- Ayn Rand)
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To: richardb72

How about a free drivers license? Will
that keep people from driving? Not.
No ID...no vote!
I understand that voting is a right,
where driving is a privilege. But
an ID to drive will allow you to
vote. (supposedly if you are a US
citizen). One could bet that those
that are disenfranchised to vote,
are not disenfranchised to drive.
One simply can’t survive in this
country without an ID of some sort.


13 posted on 03/06/2018 8:55:16 PM PST by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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To: richardb72

-—— Original Message -——
Subject: Parkland Policy Failures

WHAT THE MEDIA DON’T WANT YOU TO KNOW
BECAUSEOF POLICIES- IT LOOKS LIKE THIS

WERE THE BROWARD COUNTY SHERIFF”S DEPT PROHIBITED
FROM BEARING ARMS INSIDE BY SCHOOL AUTHORITIES ???

WERE THEY SO FED UP WITH THE SCHOOL’S LENIENT POLICIES
IT BECAME WHY BOTHER TO GO THERE ?

In the Parkland case, their security system had a dismal record concerning student safety and security that should be brought to public discussion particularly beginning with this school having a so called “gun free zone”. But that does not fit this perverted agenda created by the democratic party ( in name only) goose stepping adherents in the media and must be concealed.

From what has been reported .This school system did have an understanding with the Broward County Sheriff’s Dept. An officer who may be armed assigned to patrol the multi acre site in a golf cart, but bans guns from the rest of its internal security

Criticism arose when the officer assigned to this duty who was nearing retirement was reported to arrive late and after Cruz had entered the building. The officer stationed himself outside the large structure and had called for support. Two BCSD officers responded Which and did the same seeming to refusing to enter the building while armed . He then left before Cruz did.

Also responding to a BCSD request was the Coral Springs PD who appears did not have this gun restriction entered the building and cleared it. Cruz was captured while fleeing with other students by an alert CSPD officer off the 45 acre campus. While para medics were denied entrance by the BCSD to see if they could save any of the victims.

Those laissez faire attitudes strongly suggest examining records beside the interaction between the BCSD and this school board also calls for a review how the bureaucracy at this school handled student vs student, and student vs teacher (Cruz was accused of this) altercations, vandalism, thefts, and drug use. Which are bound to occur were being dealt with.

To which a dramatic reduction in disciplinary incidents were reported after the selection of Obama’s Chicago friend as school superintendent occurred which was publicly acclaimed.and was receiving large grant from Obama’s Attorney General because of those results. That many critics claimed encouraged criminal activity. Which should require Trump Administration US Attorney General beside find out why when the FBI knew that Cruz should not be able to purchase weapons did. And review these grant programs instituted by the previous Obama administration.

Because of these Ding Bat liberal policies it brings up another question. Just how safe and secure were those kids ? .Examine records reporting how student vs student, and student vs teacher altercations, vandalism, and thefts, which are bound to occur were being dealt with. Beside the arrangements with the BCSD.

Because in an educational unit this size it’s pretty clear their security system failed . In a secure system Cruz would have never gotten within the grounds let alone inside.

Now that school board has decided to tear down the school which was probably raised by a funding referendums and the grounds house a memorial

Sources for the formulation of this report come from postings from newspaper and television stations placed in Free Republic by volunteers during the period of Feb 14th to the 25th
The original sources are linked in these postings
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3635254/posts
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http://www.theusmat.com/index.htm


14 posted on 03/06/2018 9:41:30 PM PST by mosesdapoet (Mosesdapoet aka L.J.Keslin another gem posted in the wilderness)
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To: richardb72

Hollywood has become Hollow Wood.

And I liked Jimmy Kimmel when he was fat and funny.


15 posted on 03/07/2018 12:27:15 AM PST by urbanpovertylawcenter (the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
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To: richardb72

Anyone trying to silence others is a key telltale of groupthink / brainwashing / thought control. Can Democrats be trained to spot it and question themselves? It seems to be a major problem in leftist politics. While the right has their own groupthink it gets tiresome seeing it woven into everything by the leftist media.


16 posted on 03/07/2018 2:08:53 AM PST by Reeses (A journey of a thousand miles begins with a government pat down.)
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To: elcid1970

Well put - and never mind just Hollywood. The current open borders and ObamaCare tax issues (among many others) demonstrate that our government despises us.


17 posted on 03/07/2018 2:15:42 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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