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In reply to the discussion: Like to a two-year old. "Big Dog" explains something... [View all]napoleon_in_rags
(3,991 posts)58. Peak in 1929?
I wonder where that comes from.
That quote made me hit the fact checker too. I found this:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/bill-clintons-over-the-top-fact-on-mass-shootings/2013/01/10/7040d61e-5b7a-11e2-9fa9-5fbdc9530eb9_blog.html
1900s : zero
1910s: 2
1920s: 2
1930s: 9
1940s: 8
1950s: 1
1960s: 6
1970s: 13
1980s: 32
1990s: 42
2000s: 28
2010s (three years): 14
14*3.33=46, if trends continue we'll be highest decade so far.
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Carter. The "Malaise Speech". The problems are a hell of a lot deeper than the AWB.
NYC_SKP
Feb 2013
#2
"there will be those who will know how to purchase legal weapons and turn them into assault rifles"
beevul
Feb 2013
#57
I can think of three reasons that the end of the assault weapons ban and the increase in killings
JDPriestly
Feb 2013
#48
I remember watching that speech. I knew at the time to mentally bookmark it. I actually had hope
NBachers
Feb 2013
#12
While I appreciate the sentiment... this statement fails under scrutiny. WaPo did a fact check on it
dorksied
Feb 2013
#18
He has overlooked a lot of significant mass killings, that account for a whole lot more deaths...
slackmaster
Feb 2013
#23