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posted by Fnord666 on Thursday November 09 2017, @01:44AM   Printer-friendly
from the anthropogenic-population-change dept.

We have a recent report by the US government that climate change is almost certainly caused by humans. However, we don't have the same rigor in gun death statistics; instead policy debate can rely only on FBI crime statistics which aren't directly comparable year-over-year due to changing measurement methodology (see "Caution to users").

This is because the NRA put pressure on the CDC through a Republican Congress to halt this research, under the logic that it promotes the cause of gun control.

But how likely is it that this is intentional, to use the US Second Amendment as an ongoing lightning rod for public attention (in a "bread and circuses" sense) while political business continues as usual on the back end (e.g. Paradise Papers)? Obama and a Democratic congress had the opportunity to restart this, which would presumably be just as "common sense" as the actual reforms they have been promoting on this issue, since whoever was actually supported by the facts would presumably have a motivation to set the program back in motion to improve support for their proposals.


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  • (Score: 2) by jmorris on Thursday November 09 2017, @05:12AM (3 children)

    by jmorris (4844) on Thursday November 09 2017, @05:12AM (#594448)

    We are the children of Revolutionaries. The fire of Revolution lives on in us, we owe them the duty to uphold and defend what was given to us, that which was purchased so dearly in Patriot blood. Do not infringe our Rights. Do not confuse madmen and criminals with Patriots. If you were an American you would know these things.

    If you want our arms we shall give the same answer Texas gave, "Come and take it" and the same as Sparta when they answered "Molon labe" and the same as the British received in reply to the question. How many times will free men supply the same answer to your question before you tyrants and cowards understand that NO MEANS NO.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 09 2017, @07:51AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 09 2017, @07:51AM (#594496)

    Fortunately is late in the evening, so my keyboard is safe from coffee.
    But anyway, thanks for the laugh, has been a while since I had such a good one.

  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 09 2017, @08:47AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 09 2017, @08:47AM (#594531)

    We are the children of Revolutionaries

    You know how's jmorris like potatoes? The best part of his family is underground.

    The fire of Revolution lives on in us, we owe them the duty to uphold and defend what was given to us, that which was purchased so dearly in Patriot blood

    Ah, memories. Can't say good memories but anyway old memories, from childhood.
    That's exactly how the ruling communist party was teaching us why we should fight the enemy of the people. Revolutionaries and blood and our debt to their sacrifice, all the kit and caboodle. A pity you were born in US, you'd made a great politruk [wikipedia.org] with the fire in your belly and the spittle on the corner of your mouth.

    If you were an American you would know these things.

    If you weren't American, you'd realise how hollow this sounds.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 09 2017, @09:17PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 09 2017, @09:17PM (#594837)

    In Tejas, what they said was, "Moron Labia!" Being a gringo, you might have mis-heard.