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How a Gun-Loving West Texas Girl Learned to Fear Assault Weapons | xoJane
Powerful, excellent, from the heart and the gut. The difference between a shotgun and semi-automatic handguns and assault weapons - not just how many bullets and how fast, but how easy it is to divorce yourself from what they are and what they do.
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Twelve facts about guns and mass shootings in the United States
"If roads were collapsing all across the United States, killing dozens of drivers, we would surely see that as a moment to talk about what we could do to keep roads from collapsing. If terrorists were detonating bombs in port after port, you can be sure Congress would be working to upgrade the nation’s security measures. If a plague was ripping through communities, public-health officials would be working feverishly to contain it. Only with gun violence do we respond to repeated tragedies by saying that mourning is acceptable but discussing how to prevent more tragedies is not. “Too soon,” howl supporters of loose gun laws. But as others have observed, talking about how to stop mass shootings in the aftermath of a string of mass shootings isn’t “too soon.” It’s much too late."
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Fareed Zakaria: The solution to gun violence is clear - The Washington Post
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A Sportsman's Viewpoint: We Need a Moderate Alternative to the NRA | TIME.com
Good idea!!
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Political Readings of the Week (weekly)
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Political Readings of the Week (weekly)
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The New Yorker’s Endorsement of Barack Obama : The New Yorker
2012 offers nothing like the ecstasy of taking part in a historical advance: the reëlection of the first African-American President does not inspire the same level of communal pride. But the reëlection of a President who has been progressive, competent, rational, decent, and, at times, visionary is a serious matter. The President has achieved a run of ambitious legislative, social, and foreign-policy successes that relieved a large measure of the human suffering and national shame inflicted by the Bush Administration. Obama has renewed the honor of the office he holds.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Political Readings of the Week (weekly)
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Two Presidents, Smoking and Scheming - NYTimes.com
This. Is. Awesome. Bartlet for President!
- Mr. President, your prep for the next debate need not consist of anything more than learning to pronounce three words: “Governor, you’re lying.”
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Don’t Mess With Big Bird - NYTimes.com
Big Bird is the man. He’s 8 feet tall. He can sing and roller skate and ride a unicycle and dance. Can you do that, Mr. Romney? I’m not talking about your fox trot away from the facts. I’m talking about real dancing.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Sharing Political Links in Absentia
Enjoy!
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Political Readings of the Week (weekly)
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Excellent site with real food for thought. 90 reasons to re-elect President Obama.