Thursday, February 14, 2013

A Ticking Time Bomb

“The literature suggests that having a gun in your home to protect your family is like bringing a time bomb into your house,” said Dr. Mark Rosenberg, an epidemiologist who helped establish the C.D.C.’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. “Instead of protecting you, it’s more likely to blow up.” [More]

And who, by declaring his intent to see them "dirty, deadly and banned" succeeded in getting funding pulled.

S'OK-- The Gray Lady will be happy to give the antis all the forum they want, and present it as straight news. An no, don't expect them to bring up higher suicide rates among "Only Ones" or in "gun-free" Japan.  Or to compare the rates of criminals and substance abusers from, say, NRA members, just to see if it's really the gun that's to blame.

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