Horrible
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BACKGROUND CHECKS, BACKGROUND CHECKS, BACKGROUND CHECKS!!
http://www.slate.com/articles/healt..._deaths_and_self_defense_findings_from_a.html
Most of the remaining nine are asinine as well. But what do you expect from a bunch of DC bureaucrats, anyway!?
Be sure to take your blood pressure meds before reading!
http://www.slate.com/articles/healt..._deaths_and_self_defense_findings_from_a.html
Rethinking Gun Control -
Surprising findings from a comprehensive report on gun violence.
Background checks are back. Last week, Vice President Joe Biden said that five U.S. senators—enough to change the outcome—have told him they’re looking for a way to switch their votes and pass legislation requiring a criminal background check for the purchase of a firearm. Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who led the fight for the bill, is firing back at the National Rifle Association with a new TV ad. The White House, emboldened by polls that indicate damage to senators who voted against the bill, is pushing Congress to reconsider it.
Here’s a list of the 10 most salient or surprising takeaways.
1. The United States has an indisputable gun violence problem. According to the report, “the U.S. rate of firearm-related homicide is higher than that of any other industrialized country: 19.5 times higher than the rates in other high-income countries.”
Most of the remaining nine are asinine as well. But what do you expect from a bunch of DC bureaucrats, anyway!?
Be sure to take your blood pressure meds before reading!