CoalTrain49
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The Parkland shooting last month has energized student activists, who are angry
Reminds me of the Vietnam protesters. I wonder if we will see any teargas or dogs?
The Parkland shooting last month has energized student activists, who are angry
As has crime in general. Again it is media and industry hype driving the perception that crime is on the increase or at historically levels. The hype in the gun community is that crime is on the rise so we should all start to carry concealed firearms.https://crimeresearch.org/2018/02/i...hootings-deaths-number-deaths-declining-time/
Mr Standfast, over the past 15 years school shootings have been in decline. The perceived increase is totally due to media hyping an agenda.
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They're only balanced when it suits their paymasters...
I would have almost agreed until they fired Juan Williams. He is one of three reporters/journalists I liked to listen to on NPR. I don't listen to much of any of their stuff any more.NPR is the most balanced, and least breathless, of American news sources, left or right. Note that they don't do screaming banner headlines in red bold font on their website, à la Fox, CNN, Breitbart, Huffington, etc...
Just last week, they gave a full 20 min to Josh Sugarrman to lie and misrepresent in a story ostensibly about the health of the gun industry, completely unquestioning wild claims like declining numbers of gun owners, increasingly white-male demographics, declining overall sales, evil-sounding marketing to children (heaven forfend!), claims of responsibility for violence, the NRA as a trade group lobby (barely mentioning the NSSF, which was odd considering the industry focus of the piece & the fact they weren't even contacted for the story). Basically all the usual lies and propaganda from the Violence Policy Center (not disclosed as an anti-gun group, btw) presented as an objective economic analysis by an industry expert, rather than by a hostile lobbyist. They even mentioned how stock prices are falling because of divestment by pensions in gun companies for political reasons; a complete and utter lie.NPR is the most balanced, and least breathless, of American news sources, left or right. Note that they don't do screaming banner headlines in red bold font on their website, à la Fox, CNN, Breitbart, Huffington, etc...
Actually, large urban centers like NYC were never very keen on gun freedom, or civil liberties, or even independence from England.But since most of the money for NPR to operate comes from subscription fees paid by member stations and they get most of their money from member contributions averaging under $250, their paymasters are a broad swath of the American people.
So, what you're saying is that when it comes to guns, the American people vacillate between wanting maximum gun freedom and maximum freedom from gun violence at a schizophrenic pace. I agree with you. We've been doing that since the 18th Century.