Will the media never learn about the coverage of mass shootings?
I happen to believe in the majority of this.
Glasscock but I feel it needs to resurface.
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I have noticed that some of the pre-recorded evening chat/humor shows are commenting, others are not.
I guess it is still up to the individual host to decide, not corporate TV policy. Still, it is not "too soon" to be talking about this issue, but maybe half of Merica does not agree with that.
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tubaman, Fri 2 Oct 2015, 8:15,
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As someone commented elsewhere
It seems like the "too soon" counter gets reset after every such tragedy. So it's always too soon because they occur so frequently.
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wakeupandsmellthebacon, Fri 2 Oct 2015, 9:46,
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I think the whole point is the guns, I maybe wrong but there might be something in common with all these mass shootings..#yanklivesdontreallymatter
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Absolutely it is all about the guns
I am totally in favor of gun sales/ownership restrictions - background checks, trigger locks, mandatory safety training and licensing, restrict magazine capacity - all of that is fine. The NRA has become the mouthpiece of gun manufacturers, not gun owners, and they will do anything to promote and protect gun sales.
However - totally banning gun ownership? No. Even though I have not shot a gun in about 15 years, even at a target range, I do not think they should be totally banned. I have no quick or obvious reason why, maybe this is not the right place to discuss this issue.
It is not "Merica, Fuck Yeah!" or anything like that. I just have mixed feeling about the whole thing.
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tubaman, Fri 2 Oct 2015, 8:55,
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Very few people are actually calling for an outright gun ban in the US
Like you say - background checks, testing, licensing and registration PLUS third party liability insurance would satisfy most of the so-called anti-gun lobby. How is owning a gun less onerous than owning a car?
Having said that, holy fuck cars kill a lot of people in the US too - 320 million population and over 30k road related deaths and the same gun deaths every year. Compared to the UK, 65 million population but less than 2k road deaths yearly.
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wakeupandsmellthebacon, Fri 2 Oct 2015, 10:04,
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But you cannot fit cars into your pockets and you never hear of mass running over of people do you?
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it's a little easier to dodge a car than a bullet.
The whole gun thing is stupid, everyone knows the answer, America just needs to embrace change, not fear it.
That's not going to happen, is it.
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Obama says "prayers are no longer enough",
Fox News says "Anti-Christ President declares war on Jesus".
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Pig Bodine., Fri 2 Oct 2015, 9:35,
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What do you expect
from a Muslim atheist?
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 2 Oct 2015, 10:24,
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Foreign-born (so definitively unAmerican) and socialist (like a commie but worse) too.
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wakeupandsmellthebacon, Fri 2 Oct 2015, 10:28,
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I had my fill of the Daily Heil comments section last night, the yanks were lining up to blame the black muslamic president, like no shooting ever happened under a white christian president.
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This says it all - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5U_XD4kDJ4
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The content and more importantly most of the comments on this link just make me want to shake my head.
Pro-life, communism, what have they got to do with it?
www.theblaze.com/blog/2014/02/21/a-crazy-idea-to-stop-mass-shootings/
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I agree too
Same with terrorism. 'Ignore it' and you're not fuelling the fire.
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Turquoise Hexagon Sun has just dropped acid on, Sun 4 Oct 2015, 19:27,
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