— Political Blind Spot (@PoliBlindSpot) July 14, 2013
Gun Control
White Privilege and the 2nd Amendment
© Josh Sager – September 2013
“…white Americans have a level of privilege when carrying their weapons which is simply not given to people of other races.”
See on theprogressivecynic.com
Children and Guns: The Hidden Toll
Children shot accidentally — usually by other children — are collateral casualties of the accessibility of guns in America, their deaths at once heart-rending and eminently preventable.
Community Village‘s insight:
The murders are high at age 3 and 13.
Age 3 they are old enougth to manipulate the gun, yet young enough to not understand the difference between a toy gun and a real gun.
Age 13 they think that removing the cartridge makes it safe to point at people for fun and pull the trigger, not realizing there is a bullet in the chamber.
See on www.nytimes.com
“Yeah, I shot that kid” – An 8 Year Old ‘Trayvon Martin’ Was Just Shot
“CBS News 11 in Dallas, Texas is reporting that an 8 year old African American boy was shot in the face while playing a game of ‘tag.'”
Community Village‘s insight:
horrific
I was trying to find the name of the European-American who shot the African-American teen through the truck because his music was too loud; before I could find that I found that last month a 33-year-old Merritt Landry (European-American) shot a 14-year old unarmed Marshall Coulter (African-American) in the head. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/29/homeowner-charged-with-attempted-murder-in-new-orleans-after-shooting-teen-he-says-he-thought-was-breaking-into-his-home/
I follow @gundeaths on Twitter and most of the shootings don’t make the main stream news.
See on politicalblindspot.com
Two children, age 1, shot on same day
On Twitter I follow @gundeaths
You’re probably thinking, “What a depressing twitter account!”, and you’d be right.
However, before I started following this account I didn’t fully realize just how rampant U.S. gun violence is.
Today on CNN, I noticed another baby was shot. I went to @gundeaths to see if they had reported it; they had. Then I saw that they reported another 1 year old shot on the same day.
- Sarasota Mother Shot Her Daughter, 1, Then Turned Gun on Herself
- Baby Dies After Being Shot In Head In Brownsville, Brooklyn (supposed revenge intended for the victim’s uncle)
And for those who haven’t seen it before, here is the chart of all U.S. guns deaths since Sandy Hook.
It’s really sickening when you watch the animation with the red dots.
Gun deaths since Sandy Hook to Sept 2, 2013
Antoinette Tuff: The Woman Who Prevented a Mass School Shooting
Antoinette Tuff feared the worst when she encountered the gunman carrying an AK-47 assault rifle and other weapons in her school office. She told reporters, ‘I…
Community Village‘s insight:
How a loving and calm personality can calm a person down and prevent a mass shooting.
Even though he was wacked out (didn’t take his meds), she still calmed him down. She treated him with dignity and respect and difused the situation. An NRA person would say they only solution would have been for her to be armed and to shoot him.
We can reduce the amount of guns on the street and still be okay. The U.K. is an example we can follow.
We don’t have to fight oppression with oppression.