Professor Bill Quigley: Two Unasked Question in Tucson Mass Murder

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January 9th, 2011 5:56 PM
Guns and Terrorism: Two Unasked Question in Tucson Mass Murder

By Bill Quigley


Question: How does a mentally unstable man who was kicked out of school and had run-ins with the law buy an assault weapon?

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The US has well over 250 million guns in private hands according to the National Rifle Association. That is more, according to the BBC, than any country in the world. In one year, guns murdered 17 people in Finland, 35 in Australia, 39 in England and Wales, 60 in Spain, 194 in Germany, 200 in Canada, and 9,484 in the United States according to the Brady Campaign.

Does the US really need tens of millions of assault weapons and hundreds of millions of other guns? We already put more of our people in prison than any country in the world and we spend more on our military than all the rest of the world together. How fearful must we be?

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Apparently when a mentally unstable white male is accused, terrorism is not the first thing that comes to mind.

When Clay Duke, a white male, threatened Florida school board members with a gun and shot at them before shooting himself, in December 2010, he was mentally imbalanced.

When Michael Enright, a white male, was arrested for slashing the throat of a Muslim NYC cab driver in August of 2010, his friends said he had a drinking problem. .............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mike-friends-blog/guns-and-terrorism