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Can somebody please explain me why republicans think that "video games are bad and we should protect our kids from violence"
But then say that everybody (including kids) should be completely free to go anywhere with a loaded gun.
Can somebody please explain me why republicans think that "video games are bad and we should protect our kids from violence"
But then say that everybody (including kids) should be completely free to go anywhere with a loaded gun.
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For the same reason that rap lyrics are considered bad and we shouldn't allow
our kids to hear them...ostensibly because these things can be construed as
leading to violence. Guns, on the other hand, are treated differently; we tend to ignore the fact that nearly 30,000 people die from gunshot wounds in the
U.S. every year. It doesn't make sense to me either, Dopo. I hope that a good dialogue starts from your post.
please show me a quote from a conservative saying that kids should be allowed to go anywhere with a loaded gun.
Seriously, I don't know any conservatives that advocate allowing kids to have concealed carry. Hunting is one thing, but right to bear arms as a protectionary measure is another. You've clearly forgotten to distinguish between social conservatives and constitutionalists. They're not lumped into one mumbo jumbo group that you call the right wing.
Can somebody please explain me why republicans think that "video games are bad and we should protect our kids from violence"
But then say that everybody (including kids) should be completely free to go anywhere with a loaded gun.
It was conservatives that said video games are bad? I thought it was the liberals agenda... are you sure you are getting your fiction straight? HR5990 was introduced with backing from Democrats... what are you smoking?
My grand nephew is graduating from kindergarten, and although his secular parents would have a fit, I'm considering getting him his first handgun. Five year old boys are prime targets for child predators and Catholic priests, and I want him to be able to defend himself. Is five too young for a first handgun? I don't want him to start first grade without some protection.
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For the same reason that rap lyrics are considered bad and we shouldn't allow
our kids to hear them...ostensibly because these things can be construed as
leading to violence. Guns, on the other hand, are treated differently; we tend to ignore the fact that nearly 30,000 people die from gunshot wounds in the
U.S. every year. It doesn't make sense to me either, Dopo. I hope that a good dialogue starts from your post.
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this chart shows the numbers of homicides with guns at 9659.00 including justifiable ones!
Expanded Homicide Data Table 7 - Crime in the United States 2007 (http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2007/offenses/expanded_information/data/shrtable_07.html - broken link)
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