The Long Night of Gun Violence

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According to Pew Research, white men care more about gun rights than keeping guns out of the hands of killers. What is our glitch, our spiritual void, my fellow white guys? Can nothing but our fear and lust for unearned power rule this land?

Will no amount of innocent blood touch our hearts enough to change? It is long overdue; time to feminize and colorize the gun debate in the US. Republicans desperately need to do some soul-searching. Where did they misplace theirs?

Gun nuts respond in three rhetorical ways whenever anyone has the temerity to suggest that perhaps getting guns is a bit too easy in our hyper-armed nation.

One: “If more people had been there carrying guns the shooter could have been stopped faster.”
Right. The Wild West featured that ethos and yet it was found that the more guns were restricted, the safer citizens actually were.

http://consortiumnews.com/2012/07/21/the-long-night-of-gun-violence/

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1. du rec. nt

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2. Yeah, c'mon my fellow white guys?

Is it really that hard to empathize with victims in being dismayed at the circumstances that led to this horror? C'mon, you still have a soul, emotion isn't a bad thing.

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3. I heard an NPR interview with a black female from New Orleans...

...who announced her intention to return home after Hurricane Katrina with a pistol in her hand to defend herself against looters while rebuilding her house.

I fail to see where you're headed with this.