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Webバージョン  |  アップデート設定  |  登録解除 いいね ツイート 転送 http://endofsecrets.blogspot.com The NRA’s Wayne LaPierre Has the Blood of Connecticut Students On His Hands Posted by jon on 15 December, 2012 Peter Dreier The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence has a 62-page list of mass shootings in America since 2005. It is Wayne LaPierre's resume.The blood soaked history of mass shooting in the modern era is directly attributable to Wayne LaPierre and the National Rifle Association he represents. (Photo: Reuters) read more If Not Now, When Is the Time to Talk about Gun Control? Posted by jon on 15 December, 2012 Gary Younge Friday's mass shooting at Sandy Hook school in Newtown, Connecticut is shocking and horrifying – the time and the place of these massacres inevitably catch us unawares. read more A Culture That Condones The Killing Of Children And Teaches Children To Kill Posted by jon on 15 December, 2012 Lucinda Marshall The Sandy Hook massacre isn’t just about the need for gun control laws, it is about a culture that condones the killing of children and teaches children that killing is okay. It is about a country addicted to violence on television and movie screens. It is about cuts in education spending. read more Mental Health Reform as Important as Gun Reform Posted by jon on 15 December, 2012 Ira Chernus The national outcry for new gun laws is great. Terrific. I’m all for it."We don’t have the cultural traditions that would let us see both gun ownership and mental/emotional disturbance as societal facts, as manifestations of what the community as a whole is doing," says Chernus read more The 2nd Amendment Does NOT Equal Random Slaughter Posted by Beth on 15 December, 2012 Harvey Wasserman The Second Amendment does NOT guarantee the right of any and all citizens to own any and all kinds of guns. read more Dear God! When Will It Stop? Posted by Beth on 15 December, 2012 Marian Wright Edelman The horrendous news from Newtown, Connecticut has pierced our hearts. Allegedly, a black-clad man in his 20s armed with two semi-automatic handguns entered the Sandy Hook Elementary School and made an elementary school for kindergartners through fourth graders the scene of the worst mass shooting in a public school in American history. Reportedly, 20 children were shot and killed, and seven adults were shot and killed. We don’t yet know how many were wounded. We do know dozens of parents are experiencing the worst nightmare any parent could imagine. read more Why America Lets the Killings Continue Posted by jon on 15 December, 2012 (Photo: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)GLOUCESTER, Mass. – My wife and I learned about the Connecticut school shootings on our way home from the cemetery, where we had just finished observing the 20th anniversary of our son’s murder. read more What? Discuss Gun Laws? Posted by jon on 14 December, 2012 In less time than it takes to fire off two 9 millimeter handguns and kill dozens of people, the politicians, from the White House on down, will be putting out public statements deploring the school shooting in Connecticut, calling it tragic, and immediately adding that "now is not the time" to discuss new gun laws. When it comes to the deplorable state of America's gun laws, it's always "mañana." read more 登録変更 | 登録解除

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