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Graphic Reveals More Shootings By Police Officers in Anti-Gun Areas
Reader Steve S. writes:
I might be wrong, but I sure see a correlation between the the areas with the (apparent) worst police violence, and also being most anti-gun. You? [source: killedbycops.org]
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Quote of the Day: Truer Words Edition
“As long as people feel like they can victimize you and shoot and kill you and you’re just going to sit and pray, they’ll keep doing it.” – W. Marvin Dulaney, Department of History Chair at the University of Texas at Arlington, quoted in First to ban open carry, Texas could be one of last to OK it [via houstonchronicle.com]
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Quote of the Day: Cultural Disconnect Edition
“Despite a long-standing decline in violent crime and recent political victories for gun regulation in Washington State and elsewhere, gun culture in the U.S. continues to grow more aggressive. If the recent Pew survey is correct, it may also be growing more popular. The new surgeon general unquestionably has a public-health menace on his hands. The rest of us are confronting a cultural disconnect. But no matter how you characterize the problem, it’s guaranteed to kill many more people.” – Francis Wilkinson in The NRA is still winning on guns [at post-gazette.com]
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