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In reply to the discussion: Missing from yesterday's speech: drugs & gangs [View all]HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)17. I don't agree. I think it's hiding in the directive to Holder to be sure we don't miss dangerous
people.
Yesterday was an event whose setting and conversations were managed. The PR focus was school shootings...that's why it was staged as it was.
I'm not saying that's wrong. All the administrations presentations to the public are managed. It is the way things are done.
The public support is for reducing risks from mass-shootings and school shootings are the most powerful face of that.
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If I was gonna have to choose between my kid smoking a joint and firing a gun,
Chorophyll
Jan 2013
#23
all the gungeon people were crying how their guns could be stolen, and yet when you ask them
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#107
Actually, Ma'am, Tracing And Vetting Of All Private Sales Will Have A Great Impact On Gang Armament
The Magistrate
Jan 2013
#6
If I listed my wife as being among my "hobbies," we'd have words on more than paint colors.
Robb
Jan 2013
#44
Having heard the arguments, seen the debates, statistics and poster children for the gun grabbers.
Remmah2
Jan 2013
#73
I wonder how the gender equality committee feels about you saying that your wife is a "hobby."
blue neen
Jan 2013
#61
Specifically I don't care what they think about me caling her a wonderful wife, it's what she thinks
Remmah2
Jan 2013
#65
Sounds to me like there have been significant improvements recently in certain areas.
dkf
Jan 2013
#42
Intelligence Collection And Collation Is In Some Ways Better In All Fields Nowadays, Ma'am
The Magistrate
Jan 2013
#46
Nothing Stops You From Expressing Support, Ma'am: Many Of Us Manage It Often....
The Magistrate
Jan 2013
#54
I can relate, to the cooking that is. What can I say. I admire the way you
Guy Whitey Corngood
Jan 2013
#97
Boys club??!! Nah, plenty of women feel the same way. Just ask around. I detect
Guy Whitey Corngood
Jan 2013
#108
That is funny because I think Obama, Clinton, and most practical Dems are closer to me than to
dkf
Jan 2013
#113
And you should be able to realize that it came from the CIA and the White House trusted them. Not
Guy Whitey Corngood
Jan 2013
#117
I'm King Shit of Fuck Mountain. Any other questions? Oh and do they
Guy Whitey Corngood
Jan 2013
#119
The Decline, Ma'am, Owes To Matters Sorting Themselves Out, Back into Stable Structures
The Magistrate
Jan 2013
#36
I think you're correct. The focus was on random mass murders, not gun violence in itself.
randome
Jan 2013
#30
Interestingly New York City, which has tons of gangs, is not on that list of highest gun deaths.
Squinch
Jan 2013
#76
That shows that there sure were a lot of gun deaths in NYC in 2006. But not so much in 2011,
Squinch
Jan 2013
#91
I don't agree. I think it's hiding in the directive to Holder to be sure we don't miss dangerous
HereSince1628
Jan 2013
#17
Actually, the EO calling for repeal of the ban on researching causes of gun violence might lead...
randome
Jan 2013
#48
K&R for the courage to say that, especially with the legalization of cannabis on the table. nt
patrice
Jan 2013
#53
Gangbangers get their guns from "legitamate" straw buyers with no background checks
jpak
Jan 2013
#59
So was medical mistreatment of gun injuries. That accounts for some gun deaths too.
Squinch
Jan 2013
#77
Those things have as much or more to do with gun violence as does mental illness
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#83
And mental illness is a separate issue as well. Why does it make sense to some people that,
Squinch
Jan 2013
#86
Arguments 41.8% .. Non-Drug Crime 18.2% .. Gangs 8.6% .. Drugs 5% .. Other 34.3%
ieoeja
Jan 2013
#79
which gangs and drug trafficking was involved in any of the mass murders recently?
Fresh_Start
Jan 2013
#102