I've always been uncomfortable that the media treats the NRA as a relevant entity for policy. They shouldn't be relevant.
I agree, yet they are. NRA spokesman is speaking now. EDIT: They're rambling. Trying to scare people, saying there are demon-possessed people all around us. (literally talking about demons too, not exaggerating) Blaming video games, horror movies, music videos (though "kindergarten killers" should definitely be banned). Not really proposing any policy changes though. At least a protester made things interesting. EDIT 2: Ooh, protester #2. EDIT 3: Well, I do agree with putting a few police officers in schools. The federal government can't order that (I believe), but they can fund it (which would also work as a mini-stimulus). That is one proposal I support. And at least they're not pushing for arming teachers, like some Republicans. They're stressing it be qualified security personnel.
Maybe they're going to post an online quiz that uses a series of questions to let you know how many 6 - 7 year olds you could defend yourself against using a high-powered semi-automatic rifle.
Video games are NOT the issue. But the NRA has to deflect somewhere. Obviously, guns are never the cause of gun deaths.
Yeah - spiel at the 'bad guy/good guy' level. If that's the best spokesman/speech writer they can get then they didn't try very hard.
To be fair, they didn't give their speech writer a lot to work with in defending a fanatic, irrational pro-gun stance in the wake of a tragedy that was pretty clearly caused by the excesses of the American gun culture that they themselves are among the most directly responsible for fostering.
He sounded like he was talking to an audience of 5 year olds. I kept waiting for him to start on 'black hats' and 'white hats'.
Very sad it has come to this in America as a result of the latest school shooting http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...ckpacks-for-kids-soar-in-america-8428354.html Crazy times we live in.
They're a good idea, but having licensed properties like the Avengers and Disney Princesses on them is just asking for planned obsolesce IMO. They're just not something a first-grader can use from now til high school, if you get my meaning.
Isn't this just the modern version of 'Duck and cover'? I mean, any determined psychopath isn't going to go, 'Aww...the bullet didn't hit, guess I should move on.' no, they're going to keep pounding with their gun or get close enough to move the backpack and then fire. So I don't think it does anything other than giving an illusion of safety.
Aren't "bulletproof" things like this pretty ineffective against rifles like those used in these school shootings anyway? And I lol'd at that image of the girl ducking behind her backpack.
"Is that a Gonk droid? Nice. Ah well, must be some kids around here somewhere... Oh, who am I kidding?" *shoots the feet*
I did some quick math for ya. Chances of a kid getting killed in a primary school in the U.S.: 3,5 million = number of kids in primary schools 20 = number of kids dead in US primary school shootings in the past 6 years So, 0.00057% chance. For secondary schools, the chance is even smaller.
Merged threads. I. news headlines aren't Senate material II. There's no need for a separate JCC thread on the backpack issue since it fits into this one.
He's won Pulitzers? Jesus. Not that I have the hatred that you do, but what cartoons did he get them for?
for being despicable? it doesnt look like they do it for one cartoon, its his whole body of work. the more recent one (2008 and 1994 were the years he won) has a gallery online of work submitted for consideration on the pulitzer website btw here was his political response to the CT killings, published a few days later
