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You might be wrong about that
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So I asked Daniel Webster, a leading expert on gun violence who is the director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research...
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Special report: Examining the state of gun research | PolitiFact
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Since the federal government was elbowed out of the gun-research business, nonprofits that advocate against gun violence are now the main funders. This means that much of today’s research is being funded by groups that have staked out clear positions on gun policy.
For instance, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the nation’s leading voices for gun control, has given so much to Johns Hopkins University that it named the public health school in his honor. Johns Hopkins and a host of other universities that study gun policy have received funding from the Joyce Foundation, a Chicago-based philanthropic group concerned about the toll of gun violence.
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Look up the word
AGENDA, here I'll do it for you
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noun, formally a plural of, agendum but usually used as a singular with plural, agendas or agenda.
1.
a list, plan, outline, or the like, of things to be done, matters to be acted or voted upon, etc.:
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My point is, is that maybe these terrible crimes could have been prevented if it was harder to get guns, ammo and magazines for them. Just maybe.
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And maybe not
The existing law requiring background checks for gun purchases is know as the Brady Bill
Study Shows Brady Bill Had No Impact on Gun Homicides
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The Brady Bill, the most important piece of federal gun control legislation in recent decades, has had no statistically discernable effect on reducing gun deaths, according to a study by Philip J. Cook, a Duke University professor of public policy, economics and sociology. "The Brady Bill seems to have been a failure," Cook told a sparsely attended lecture in Caplin Pavilion on March 11.
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See below
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The simple fact is people who hate us are going to be trying to kill as many Americans as possible in the coming days, I don't think anybody disputes that.
Our best defense against being attacked on the street or in the shopping malls is for as many Americans as possible to be armed and able to defend ourselves because frankly, the police can't be everywhere.
WWII Japan’s Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto may not have actually uttered the quote that is often attributed to him:
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"You cannot invade mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass."
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But you cannot deny the truth of it.
(damn I made a Mark Prince style endless multi-quote post, I must be bored today)