[–] newoldwave 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Obama's idea of a smart gun is one that won't shoot a black criminal.
[–] epsilona01 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Obama Announces Republicans to Take White House and Congress in November
Sorry barry, guns still win elections in this country. You and your ilk haven't imported enough cattle just yet.
[–] CervicalStrike 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
I think Obongo looks at everything he does through a lens of whether it will kill the evil white devils or not.
Add Muslims. Subtract guns. Profit!
[–] HowieCameUnglued 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago (edited ago)
Gun control affects suicide rates, but has no statistical significance on reducing firearm-related homicides:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1465-7287.2009.00165.x/abstract
http://bjc.oxfordjournals.org/content/47/3/455
http://tech.mit.edu/V114/N1/chung.01o.html
http://oldfraser.lexi.net/publications/critical_issues/1995/gun/
Even the CDC acknowledges there's a lack of evidence supporting the effectiveness of gun control in preventing crime:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5214a2.htm
While preventing suicide is certainly a noble goal, and gun control does have a significant effect reducing suicide, that's not what it's being sold as. Gun control is less effective at stopping crime than the TSA is at stopping airline terrorism. Both have the same net effect of making people feel safer.
[–] 8Hz_WAN_IP 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
"These common-sense steps are not going to prevent every tragedy, but what if they prevented even one?"
That is a BS line that can be used to justify anything. What if installing NSA cameras into the homes of ever American prevents even one tragedy? We should be doing everything we can to save lives and spare families the pain and unimaginable loss too many Americans have endured.
[–] wylan 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
I'll just leave this here: http://jonmcnaughton.com/content/ZoomDetailPages/TheForgottenMan.html