Friday, December 21, 2012

Massad Ayoob » Blog Archive » UNDERSTANDING BOTH SIDES

Massad Ayoob » Blog Archive » UNDERSTANDING BOTH SIDES: "he appointed to lead a supposedly impartial fact-finding commission none other than long-time gun ban advocate Joe Biden, which is rather like appointing the leader of the Westboro Baptist Church as chair of a committee to study gay rights."

"The general consensus of cops and criminologists is that a decade of the Clinton Assault Weapons Ban proved absolutely meaningless as a “crime-stopper.” That law was in full sway when the Columbine High School massacre was perpetrated."

"in 2010 more murders were documentably committed by bare hands and stompings (745) than with rifles (358) of all types"

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