[Vision2020] How many more rounds are we going to let this go on for?

[Gary Crabtree]

The rally may have been billed as "anti-gun violence" but the rhetoric,
both spoken and printed, was with out question anti-gun and anti-second
amendment. It would not have required much intellectual firepower to have
been able to predict the direction the gathering would take and to
react accordingly.

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On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Saundra Lund <v2020 at ssl1.fastmail.fm>wrote:

> Uh, Paul – perhaps I’m missing your point, but I really don’t understand
> your post below.****
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> Did you miss the fact that the rally at Friendship Square was a public
> statement against *gun violence*?  Which, BTW, is why it was so stupid of
> those maroons to show up to protest.  Surely they don’t support gun
> violence, do they?  Or, maybe they do . . . maybe their intellect has been
> so poisoned by the NRA & 2A propaganda that they don’t realize that
> demonstrating against those who are against gun violence is ridiculous.***
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> Also, do you think strengthening background checks only applies to long
> guns?  That’s certainly *not* the message I got from reading the
> proposals, but if you understand something different, please do share.****
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> And, do you not think limiting the sizes of clips applies to handguns?****
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> What about closing the gun show loophole and putting in some specific and
> stronger penalties for straw purchasers – do you think neither of those
> apply to handguns?****
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> Finally, you wrote:****
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> “I guess nobody gets fired up about the 17 (on average) people of all
> ages that are killed by handguns every day in the U.S”****
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> That’s utter rot, but I suspect you know that.  Do you think those of us
> against gun violence just started our battle after the SHES shooting?  If
> so, I can only suggest that you stop keeping your head where the sun don’t
> shine and get out of your echo chamber because clearly neither are good for
> you! ****
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> Saundra****
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> Moscow, ID****
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> No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.****
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> ~ Aesop (The Lion and the Mouse)****
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> *From:* vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:
> vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] *On Behalf Of *Paul Rumelhart
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 10, 2013 9:48 PM
> *To:* Tom Hansen
> *Cc:* Moscow Vision 2020
> *Subject:* Re: [Vision2020] How many more rounds are we going to let this
> go on for?****
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> If people are so worried about guns, then why aren't we talking about
> handguns?  Handgun-related homicides are much more frequent than "long gun"
> related ones, by an order of magnitude (6501 vs. 774 in 2009), according to
> gunpolicy.org (http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/united-states).
> Not every rifle-related homicide is a spree shooting, either.
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> Not that I want the gun control advocates to go there, mind you, but that
> would at least make sense.  Otherwise, I have to conclude that it's the
> sensationalism of a spree shooting that has everybody incensed.  I guess
> nobody gets fired up about the 17 (on average) people of all ages that are
> killed by handguns every day in the U.S., probably because it doesn't
> dominate the media for months at a time every time it happens, like we see
> with spree shootings.
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> Paul
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