CNN article "keep your politics away from my guns"

[silicosys4]

CNN is posting a series of "gun violence" articles.
Some are more of the same drivel, some are actually very well thought out and well articulated.
I won't bother posting the drivel, but here is an article that gave me some hope for CNN.

"Here are more effective ways to reduce gun violence:

First, let's rid ourselves of the fantasy that strict gun control is even achievable. In his blog for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Marquette University law professor Rick Esenberg said that "such a conversation about gun violence should be tempered by constitutional, political and practical realities. We are not about to ban the private ownership of guns in the United States."

Second, end social engineering experiments in the criminal justice system that see criminal perpetrators in a warped view as victims of society to be treated leniently. Punishment, when applied early in a criminal's career, is an effective deterrent to crime.

Finally, stop conditioning society that guns are evil. They save many more lives than they take. Instead, start providing gun safety education that teaches people to respect firearms, not fear them."

http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/17/opinion/clarke-guns-problems-solutions/index.html?hpt=hp_bn7

The author happens to be an African-American sheriff.

 

[lxd55]

they, cnn, may have aired this, but know that they do not accept or believe this.
my thought is that they are trying to get another 10 people to pay attention to them.

 

[Twiki357]

CNN has been so socialistic for so many years and lost so much credibility that they are probably trying regain some relevance and gain more audience.

 

[RustyShackelford]

Exile laws; Gov George Allan, NRA.....

In the early 1990s, the VA Gov(R): George Allan pushed for what were called "exile" laws or making violent criminals & convicted felons serve extended prison terms.
The NRA fully endorsed this because it kept aggressive, violent offenders off the streets.
Gov Allan also wanted felons to serve during "prime-time", which meant a young offender/violent con(18-30) would do a long stay(10/15/20 years) then be cut loose. This also prevented violent offenders from roaming around shooting & stealing for long periods.
Allan's logic was that a older felon wouldn't be a high risk to the public & their healthcare/medical issues wouldn't burden the state of VA(tax payers).

I support these exile laws but they aren't always practical in places like CA or NY.

 

[NOMI WASP]

CNN and NBC has been getting killed lately in ratings. I see this as a way of trying to get viewers back. Kinda like begging your Mom for an ice cream right after you hit your little sister.

 

[happygeek]

they, cnn, may have aired this, but know that they do not accept or believe this.
my thought is that they are trying to get another 10 people to pay attention to them.

Agree, the mere fact they even made a series called "One Day in Gun Violence" tells me what their agenda is. Why not "One Day in Alcohol Violence"? After all, more people are killed by DUIs alone than by homicide with a firearm

http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/r...tions/by_the_numbers/drunk_driving/index.html
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/uc...able_8_murder_victims_by_weapon_2008-2012.xls

If they wanted drama they could have just as easily talked about this

• Of the 1,168 traffic deaths among children ages 0 to 14 years in 2012, 239 (20%) involved an alcohol-impaired driver.
• Of the 239 child passengers ages 14 and younger who died in alcohol-impaired driving crashes in 2012, over half (124) were riding in the vehicle with the alcohol-impaired driver.

That's before you even began talking about the bar fights, crimes in general, domestic violence, essentially suicides over the course of years, etc that could be wrapped in a phrase like "Alcohol Deaths" or "Alcohol Violence".

Finally, stop conditioning society that guns are evil.

IMHO this is why. There's no anti-alcohol movement in America today on the level of the anti-gun movement. Americans aren't being conditioned to believe that "alcohol is bad, mkay".

 

[Wanderling]

CNN deleted more than half of my comments on various articles - it seems that if the comment that goes against their "party line" gets enough upvotes they will kill it so that their default "sort by best comment" list only contains the comments that seem to support their view.

In other words, they are untrustworthy and I don't give a d@mn on what they write.

For the record, I don't consider Fox a reliable news source either.

 

[berettaprofessor]

This sheriff is a long-time and well-known progun supporter.