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Sekhmets Daughter

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80. Now you are being ridiculous.

Thu Jan 31, 2013, 11:25 PM

Jan 2013

Why do you think Bush I banned the press from being at Dover AFB when the flag draped coffins arrived? A policy that wasn't reversed until Obama took office. It is the constant reminder of the realities of gun violence that need to be hammered home...and not to just rural Americans, although they see much less of it than people who live in or around large cities.

No one, certainly not I, said that rural Americans are unenlightened. However, gun violence is not part of their nightly news cast like it is here. I think because most people living in rural America don't receive a daily dose of gun violence, they can't appreciate how pervasive the problem has become. I also think we have a lot of suburban people, particularly those living in "high rent' communities who aren't as aware as they should be. I transitioned from 'rural Americans' to 'everyone', was that too subtle for you?

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Per NBC news 203 people shot today as of 6pm [View all] NightWatcher Jan 2013 OP

Is that 203 in one day Control-Z Jan 2013 #1

This country has lost it's soul sasha031 Jan 2013 #2

Lost its mind is more like it. nt valerief Jan 2013 #26

Indeed. City Lights Jan 2013 #39

More guns, we need more guns!!! RKP5637 Jan 2013 #3

I heard that, and then my phone rang, so I missed Ilsa Jan 2013 #4

Whoever owned that gun that shot the 14 y/o should face charges. randome Jan 2013 #5

IF ONLY THEY'D ALL BEEN ARMED! villager Jan 2013 #6

Wow, that's beyond crazy. What is the matter Laurian Jan 2013 #7

Most of those were criminals shooting other criminals. GreenStormCloud Jan 2013 #78

203 people shot today? JaneyVee Jan 2013 #8

Yes, but that's a typical day in the good ol' gun-worshipping USofA. Ilsa Jan 2013 #10

We are the ENVY of Europe, aren't we? CTyankee Jan 2013 #15

That is a mind-boggling number. JaneyVee Jan 2013 #19

These are but small prices a right-wing-soused society willingly pays for the right to pack indepat Jan 2013 #9

Message deleted by the DU Administrators SailorMike Jan 2013 #13

Find out and report back to us. JaneyVee Jan 2013 #14

Message deleted by the DU Administrators SailorMike Jan 2013 #22

see post 87 nt NoGOPZone Jan 2013 #35

Ermahgerd... pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #40

Beat me to it. nt Robb Jan 2013 #46

do the dittomasters want to know? Skittles Jan 2013 #18

Message deleted by the DU Administrators SailorMike Jan 2013 #23

Listen up! snort Jan 2013 #74

That's nothing...almost meaningless in light of the upcoming struggle of guns vs tyranny. jmg257 Jan 2013 #11

SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED!!!! /heckle alcibiades_mystery Jan 2013 #12

But, it's all okay NewJeffCT Jan 2013 #16

It's about time the networks started doing this... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #17

I hear this often, but that's really not the way I remember it NoPasaran Jan 2013 #20

I think in the early years Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #21

I remember reports of how many bombers were shot down that day Kolesar Jan 2013 #30

I'm 65... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #45

I am so sorry. Kolesar Jan 2013 #66

Thank you. Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #70

So this will erode support for the 2A? geckosfeet Jan 2013 #36

Stop with the 2A BS... n/t Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #48

Well. Please explain. geckosfeet Jan 2013 #53

What don't you understand? Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #61

Ah. I see. Gun violence and crime needs to be exposed for the evil that it is. geckosfeet Jan 2013 #79

Now you are being ridiculous. Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #80

Today? Considering how many armed conflicts are active in the world right now... Deep13 Jan 2013 #24

Gun-related shootings in the United States TODAY... n/t Earth_First Jan 2013 #25

Twice as many as Britain can expect all year. nt Deep13 Jan 2013 #27

I wonder how low you'd think it was if you'd been one of the victims. valerief Jan 2013 #28

Pardon me? Earth_First Jan 2013 #32

No. There were not 203 gun deaths in the US today Recursion Jan 2013 #33

Yes. TODAY Earth_First Jan 2013 #41

Oh, injuries? Yes, that makes sense Recursion Jan 2013 #47

"Firearm injury in the United States has averaged 32,300 deaths annually between 1980 and 2007." Robb Jan 2013 #44

I would think ANY shooting would be "gun-related." Bake Jan 2013 #71

How many victims of gun violence per day produced from Hollywood? Cynicus Emeritus Jan 2013 #29

Other countries watch the same films but have less guns and gun deaths MightyMopar Jan 2013 #34

Sorry - other countries are not immersed in the same TV and Hollywood Cynicus Emeritus Jan 2013 #63

Have you seen some of the things Aerows Jan 2013 #73

Also, FREEDOM!!11 Robb Jan 2013 #51

Movies and Video Games don't kill people. Guns kill people. Agnosticsherbet Jan 2013 #54

When Warner Brothers starts handing out free Glocks & ammo in the lobby, you'll have a point hatrack Jan 2013 #75

Deflect! Weak. morningfog Jan 2013 #81

That's year to date I think Recursion Jan 2013 #31

There have been 1440 since Newtown... Earth_First Jan 2013 #37

Sorry! I had misread that as "deaths" (nt) Recursion Jan 2013 #49

Actually, I think it's probably people shot today. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #42

Very few do Recursion Jan 2013 #50

"Very few"? 2 in five die, apparently. Robb Jan 2013 #52

No, 1 in 20 or thereabouts Recursion Jan 2013 #55

2 in 7, my bad. Robb Jan 2013 #57

Remembering now: 1 in 20 is ER deaths Recursion Jan 2013 #58

I'm sure they were just at drill practice with their local militias. nt. OldDem2012 Jan 2013 #38

LINK: Earth_First Jan 2013 #43

At a rate of 203 a day, for 365 days? Spider Jerusalem Jan 2013 #56

Wow. What is the reality here? Questions, questions, questions.... Skip Intro Jan 2013 #59

"inquiring" must mean something new these days. Robb Jan 2013 #62

Just the number of people shot (not killed) NightWatcher Jan 2013 #64

"Inquiring" minds want to deflect. morningfog Jan 2013 #82

FRICKING RIDICULOUS MindMover Jan 2013 #60

Here's a picture of 200-odd people doing yoga in Times Square. Robb Jan 2013 #65

Were all the armed good people slacking off again? undeterred Jan 2013 #67

Think how high the number MIGHT have been... Robb Jan 2013 #68

Love me some propaganda. 75,000/yr and 300 million people The Straight Story Jan 2013 #69

If your defense is what percentage of the US population died today, neverforget Jan 2013 #72

'we regulate the hell out of cars' snort Jan 2013 #76

So you're cool with gun deaths. We get it. Robb Jan 2013 #77

Make that 204. Milestone just posted that some dude Ilsa Jan 2013 #83