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		<title>By: patron</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe 60 years ago. Today I would say drugs fuel the majority of crime and mental illness. 
 
No one wants to address it because they are either on drugs themselves, dismiss the number of  Americans who are druggie scumbags and the problems they create, or find it&#039;s it&#039;s an insurmountable problem unworthy of the political risk. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe 60 years ago. Today I would say drugs fuel the majority of crime and mental illness. </p>
<p>No one wants to address it because they are either on drugs themselves, dismiss the number of  Americans who are druggie scumbags and the problems they create, or find it&#039;s it&#039;s an insurmountable problem unworthy of the political risk. </p>
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		<title>By: Western Canadian</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Western Canadian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hollywood cannot claim to &#039;raise awareness&#039; of much of anything, except for a hard left perspective on any subject.....  Awareness about aids??  No, the PC load of drivel about aids, not the truth.  Current movies dealing with race are more likely to lie, and drive black hatred of whites ever higher.  The current hollyweird take on race would echo the duke lacross team railroading.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hollywood cannot claim to &#8216;raise awareness&#8217; of much of anything, except for a hard left perspective on any subject&#8230;..  Awareness about aids??  No, the PC load of drivel about aids, not the truth.  Current movies dealing with race are more likely to lie, and drive black hatred of whites ever higher.  The current hollyweird take on race would echo the duke lacross team railroading.</p>
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		<title>By: EarlyBird</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[EarlyBird]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So well put.  It&#039;s just crazy to suggest that being awash in violent images has no affect.   ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So well put.  It&#039;s just crazy to suggest that being awash in violent images has no affect.   </p>
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		<title>By: EarlyBird</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How can Hollywood take credit for &quot;raising awareness&quot;  about things like racism (&quot;A Raisin in the Sun&quot; among many others) or AIDS (&quot;Philadelphia,&quot; among others) and then turn around and say that their relentless depictions of gratiutious and meaningless violence have no affect?  It&#039;s incredibly hypocritical and blind.   
 
There is a hyper-violent movie out right now with Sly Stallone called, of all things, &quot;A Bullet to the Head.&quot;  Oh, thanks for making beautiful things, Hollywood, you &quot;artists&quot;! ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How can Hollywood take credit for &quot;raising awareness&quot;  about things like racism (&quot;A Raisin in the Sun&quot; among many others) or AIDS (&quot;Philadelphia,&quot; among others) and then turn around and say that their relentless depictions of gratiutious and meaningless violence have no affect?  It&#039;s incredibly hypocritical and blind.   </p>
<p>There is a hyper-violent movie out right now with Sly Stallone called, of all things, &quot;A Bullet to the Head.&quot;  Oh, thanks for making beautiful things, Hollywood, you &quot;artists&quot;! </p>
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		<title>By: JCS</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Penn can&#039;t touch Spencer Tracy, Humphrey Bogart, Jimmy Cagney, Jimmy Stewart, Katherine Hepburn, Bette Davis and many others from the golden days of which you so obviously disapprove. 
Plus none of them were dictator cozying anti-American nuts like Penn is with his worship of Hugo Chavez. He can be Obama&#039;s official representative at Chavez&#039;s hopefully soon to happen funeral.  ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Penn can&#039;t touch Spencer Tracy, Humphrey Bogart, Jimmy Cagney, Jimmy Stewart, Katherine Hepburn, Bette Davis and many others from the golden days of which you so obviously disapprove.<br />
Plus none of them were dictator cozying anti-American nuts like Penn is with his worship of Hugo Chavez. He can be Obama&#039;s official representative at Chavez&#039;s hopefully soon to happen funeral.  </p>
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		<title>By: UCSPanther</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wouldn&#039;t blame video games.  Lots of people of my generation played stuff like Quake and Doom and we haven&#039;t slaughtered our families because of it.   
 
The kid in this case was showing signs of serious mental problems, probably was not adequately treated, and now we have another case that is eerily reminiscent of the Daniel Petric case.   ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wouldn&#039;t blame video games.  Lots of people of my generation played stuff like Quake and Doom and we haven&#039;t slaughtered our families because of it.   </p>
<p>The kid in this case was showing signs of serious mental problems, probably was not adequately treated, and now we have another case that is eerily reminiscent of the Daniel Petric case.   </p>
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		<title>By: popseal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Advertisers spend $$millions$$ using repeating adds to change the buying habits of the public.   To think or deny that showing constant violence through pop culture&#039;s various media doesn&#039;t affect the behavior of demented or disturbed minds is stupid at best and the result of industry bridery of politicians at worst. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Advertisers spend $$millions$$ using repeating adds to change the buying habits of the public.   To think or deny that showing constant violence through pop culture&#039;s various media doesn&#039;t affect the behavior of demented or disturbed minds is stupid at best and the result of industry bridery of politicians at worst. </p>
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		<title>By: Moishe Pupick</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Moishe Pupick]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[W., 01/24/13 
 
I remember that a few years ago, Sean Penn left 1 or 2 of his  handguns (loaded?) in plain view inside his car in Berkeley, California.  I don&#039;t recall that he was arrested for this irresponsible act.  It turned out that Penn had a concealed-carry handgun permit issued by some Marin County, California, law enforcement agency.  Penn could afford to pay a private investigator to do a &quot;threat assessment&quot; for him to present to the licensing authority.  Ordinary mortals cannot afford this required investigation, but the Hollywod elite can.  I wonder how many L.A. County gun-grabbing celebrities themselves have concealed-carry permits.  The files of the L.A. County Sheriff&#039;s Department could likely provide some interesting data on hypocrisy. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>W., 01/24/13 </p>
<p>I remember that a few years ago, Sean Penn left 1 or 2 of his  handguns (loaded?) in plain view inside his car in Berkeley, California.  I don&#039;t recall that he was arrested for this irresponsible act.  It turned out that Penn had a concealed-carry handgun permit issued by some Marin County, California, law enforcement agency.  Penn could afford to pay a private investigator to do a &quot;threat assessment&quot; for him to present to the licensing authority.  Ordinary mortals cannot afford this required investigation, but the Hollywod elite can.  I wonder how many L.A. County gun-grabbing celebrities themselves have concealed-carry permits.  The files of the L.A. County Sheriff&#039;s Department could likely provide some interesting data on hypocrisy. </p>
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		<title>By: RedWhiteAndJew</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[RedWhiteAndJew]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I believe I read he was an avid gamer, though I don&#039;t recall the nature the games he enjoyed. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I believe I read he was an avid gamer, though I don&#039;t recall the nature the games he enjoyed. </p>
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		<title>By: RedWhiteAndJew</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[RedWhiteAndJew]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a big difference between depicting violence, and making violence, nay the &lt;i&gt;glorification&lt;/i&gt; of violence, the subject of the movie. 
 
Tarantino does the latter, then doubles down.  ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is a big difference between depicting violence, and making violence, nay the <i>glorification</i> of violence, the subject of the movie. </p>
<p>Tarantino does the latter, then doubles down.  </p>
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		<title>By: Questions</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Questions]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe you can get a little more up to date.  In any event, violence is integral to plotting.  It&#039;s not &quot;hypocrisy&quot; to depict violence in a movie while (a few actors anyway) denouncing, off camera, gun rampages. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe you can get a little more up to date.  In any event, violence is integral to plotting.  It&#039;s not &quot;hypocrisy&quot; to depict violence in a movie while (a few actors anyway) denouncing, off camera, gun rampages. </p>
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		<title>By: Questions</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Questions]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What about &quot;Sweet and Lowdown,&quot; &quot;I Am Sam&quot; or (Clint Eastwood-directed) &quot;Mystic River?&quot;  Look, I don&#039;t agree with Penn on most things either, but he&#039;s a great actor, far more so than your average hack back in the &quot;golden&quot; days.     ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What about &quot;Sweet and Lowdown,&quot; &quot;I Am Sam&quot; or (Clint Eastwood-directed) &quot;Mystic River?&quot;  Look, I don&#039;t agree with Penn on most things either, but he&#039;s a great actor, far more so than your average hack back in the &quot;golden&quot; days.     </p>
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		<title>By: cathy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[cathy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Mexico teen accused of killing family &#8216;involved heavily&#8217; with violent video games, sheriff says 
Published January 22, 2013 
 
The New Mexico teenager accused of killing his parents and three younger siblings was &#8216;involved heavily&#8217; with violent video games prior the shooting, the Bernalillo County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said. &#8230;. 
 
The sheriff said Nehemiah Griego got excited when he had the chance to discuss his penchant for violent video games with investigators. One of the games he mentioned was &#8220;Modern Warfare,&#8221; Houston said. 
  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/01/22/new-mexico-teen-accused-in-killing-family-involved-heavily-with-violent-video/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/01/22/new-mexico-t...&lt;/a&gt; 
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>New Mexico teen accused of killing family &lsquo;involved heavily&rsquo; with violent video games, sheriff says<br />
Published January 22, 2013 </p>
<p>The New Mexico teenager accused of killing his parents and three younger siblings was &lsquo;involved heavily&rsquo; with violent video games prior the shooting, the Bernalillo County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office said. &hellip;. </p>
<p>The sheriff said Nehemiah Griego got excited when he had the chance to discuss his penchant for violent video games with investigators. One of the games he mentioned was &ldquo;Modern Warfare,&rdquo; Houston said.<br />
  <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/01/22/new-mexico-teen-accused-in-killing-family-involved-heavily-with-violent-video/" rel="nofollow"></a><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/01/22/new-mexico-t" rel="nofollow">http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/01/22/new-mexico-t</a>&#8230; </p>
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		<title>By: wsk</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Audacity of Hope&quot; ! Love it!!! ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&quot;Audacity of Hope&quot; ! Love it!!! </p>
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		<title>By: SCREW SOCIALISM</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s not just current movies, it&#039;s violent video games. 
 
Did the Lanza guy play FPS First Person Shooter video games??? ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#039;s not just current movies, it&#039;s violent video games. </p>
<p>Did the Lanza guy play FPS First Person Shooter video games??? </p>
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		<title>By: Asher</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hollywood makes money off of violent films and videos, and yet blames the weapons they advocate in their movies.   Movies like Assasins creed 3, American psycho, Natural Born Killers,( that show how to plan attacks and violence,)  just to name a few are not productive or a good influence on the minds of young teens...  Yet those who are law abiding citizens should have to give up their rights to defend themselves from intruders, or attackers....Totally backwards! ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hollywood makes money off of violent films and videos, and yet blames the weapons they advocate in their movies.   Movies like Assasins creed 3, American psycho, Natural Born Killers,( that show how to plan attacks and violence,)  just to name a few are not productive or a good influence on the minds of young teens&#8230;  Yet those who are law abiding citizens should have to give up their rights to defend themselves from intruders, or attackers&#8230;.Totally backwards! </p>
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		<title>By: RedWhiteAndJew</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[RedWhiteAndJew]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;i&gt;Assault and military-style firearms being legal to purchase &#8230; the availability of high capacity ammunition clips&#8221; clocked in at 59%.&lt;/i&gt;  
  
This alarmingly high number just goes to show how easily the media can manipulate the public. The MSM doesn&#039;t even need to lie overtly, as they do whenever they use the term &quot;assault rifle&quot; to refer to any weapon not capable of selective fire. (Note the use of the term &quot;military-style.&quot; Perhaps the MSM Mandarins have sensed that the public has grown numb to the fiction of &quot;assault weapons.&quot;)  
  
The MSM need only &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; disclose facts. Regardless whether you imagine the Second Amendment is about muskets or the National Guard, or you grasp its actual meaning, the fact remains that rifles account for far fewer deaths than those where blunt objects (hammers, skillets, copies of &lt;i&gt;Audacity of Hope&lt;/i&gt;, etc.), knives, or fists are used. As they say, you are entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts.  
  
For some odd reason, the focus has shifted away from handguns, which are far and away the murder&#039;s tool of choice, and to rifles. True, there have been a few recent horrific incidents where evil men targeted people in victim disarmament zones, and chose to include black rifles in their arsenal. However, the murderer of 32 at Virginia Tech used only handguns. Loughner used only a handgun. The Columbine killers were armed with firearms which used handgun ammunition (9mm) and shotguns (thankfully, they were lousy explosive-makers). There is now some question whether Lanza even used in his murder spree, the AR-15 he stole from his mother.  
  
The media focus on Loughner, besides the sideshow attempt to tie him to the Tea Party and Sarah Palin) seemed to be on the high capacity magazine he used in his Glock handgun. James Holmes was armed with many weapons, but most of the media focus dwelt upon his AR-15, Beta magazine, and sizable cache of ammunition at his apartment.  
  
The spin from the media and politicians, is that &quot;assault weapons&quot; (again, a fiction) are capable of dealing death to a great number in a short time, yet the greatest number die at the hands of handgun wielders. Now, don&#039;t get me wrong. I&#039;m the last to call for a ban on handguns, and I am an advocate for CCW (and I practice same), but if the body count is at least ten times greater for deaths involving handguns, why the sudden shift in focus from them (handguns were the firearms whipping boy for many decades, as the name of organizations like &lt;i&gt;Handgun Control, Inc.&lt;/i&gt; can attest), to black rifles and the normally-sized magazines for same?  
  
I say, look no farther then the mentality, rife in the current administration, which labels certain &quot;undesirables,&quot; such as devout Christians, &quot;militia members&quot; (&quot;the whole people,&quot; in George Mason&#039;s immortal words), and pro-life people, as major domestic terror threats. We have an administration where the people who are the problem, are those who &quot;bitterly cling to their guns and religion.&quot; We have a president who, in his earlier incarnation as a state senator, said that people should not be allowed to own guns, period.  
  
Modern rifles, such as the much maligned AR-15, are the only weapons which are this nation&#039;s credible &quot;liberty teeth,&quot; as George Washington put it. For an administration bent on re-making America, these teeth need to be extracted as soon as possible; and a fawning media are all too happy to stoke the narrative. If it bleeds, it leads...provided it bleeds the right way. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Assault and military-style firearms being legal to purchase &hellip; the availability of high capacity ammunition clips&rdquo; clocked in at 59%.</i>  </p>
<p>This alarmingly high number just goes to show how easily the media can manipulate the public. The MSM doesn&#039;t even need to lie overtly, as they do whenever they use the term &quot;assault rifle&quot; to refer to any weapon not capable of selective fire. (Note the use of the term &quot;military-style.&quot; Perhaps the MSM Mandarins have sensed that the public has grown numb to the fiction of &quot;assault weapons.&quot;)  </p>
<p>The MSM need only <i>not</i> disclose facts. Regardless whether you imagine the Second Amendment is about muskets or the National Guard, or you grasp its actual meaning, the fact remains that rifles account for far fewer deaths than those where blunt objects (hammers, skillets, copies of <i>Audacity of Hope</i>, etc.), knives, or fists are used. As they say, you are entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts.  </p>
<p>For some odd reason, the focus has shifted away from handguns, which are far and away the murder&#039;s tool of choice, and to rifles. True, there have been a few recent horrific incidents where evil men targeted people in victim disarmament zones, and chose to include black rifles in their arsenal. However, the murderer of 32 at Virginia Tech used only handguns. Loughner used only a handgun. The Columbine killers were armed with firearms which used handgun ammunition (9mm) and shotguns (thankfully, they were lousy explosive-makers). There is now some question whether Lanza even used in his murder spree, the AR-15 he stole from his mother.  </p>
<p>The media focus on Loughner, besides the sideshow attempt to tie him to the Tea Party and Sarah Palin) seemed to be on the high capacity magazine he used in his Glock handgun. James Holmes was armed with many weapons, but most of the media focus dwelt upon his AR-15, Beta magazine, and sizable cache of ammunition at his apartment.  </p>
<p>The spin from the media and politicians, is that &quot;assault weapons&quot; (again, a fiction) are capable of dealing death to a great number in a short time, yet the greatest number die at the hands of handgun wielders. Now, don&#039;t get me wrong. I&#039;m the last to call for a ban on handguns, and I am an advocate for CCW (and I practice same), but if the body count is at least ten times greater for deaths involving handguns, why the sudden shift in focus from them (handguns were the firearms whipping boy for many decades, as the name of organizations like <i>Handgun Control, Inc.</i> can attest), to black rifles and the normally-sized magazines for same?  </p>
<p>I say, look no farther then the mentality, rife in the current administration, which labels certain &quot;undesirables,&quot; such as devout Christians, &quot;militia members&quot; (&quot;the whole people,&quot; in George Mason&#039;s immortal words), and pro-life people, as major domestic terror threats. We have an administration where the people who are the problem, are those who &quot;bitterly cling to their guns and religion.&quot; We have a president who, in his earlier incarnation as a state senator, said that people should not be allowed to own guns, period.  </p>
<p>Modern rifles, such as the much maligned AR-15, are the only weapons which are this nation&#039;s credible &quot;liberty teeth,&quot; as George Washington put it. For an administration bent on re-making America, these teeth need to be extracted as soon as possible; and a fawning media are all too happy to stoke the narrative. If it bleeds, it leads&#8230;provided it bleeds the right way. </p>
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		<title>By: RedWhiteAndJew</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Too true.  Human life is becoming more and more devalued with each passing day.  Some see contradiction in the western left&#039;s surrender to dhimmitude, but not me.  It is a logical progression, tempered with the observation made by Churchill about hungry alligators.  ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Too true.  Human life is becoming more and more devalued with each passing day.  Some see contradiction in the western left&#039;s surrender to dhimmitude, but not me.  It is a logical progression, tempered with the observation made by Churchill about hungry alligators.  </p>
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		<title>By: SCREW SOCIALISM</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SCREW SOCIALISM]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[sean penn?   
 
I boycott any movie or project he is involved with - though I will endorse &quot;Fast Times at Ridgemont High&quot;.. 
 
The people can vote with their pocket books.  
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>sean penn?   </p>
<p>I boycott any movie or project he is involved with &#8211; though I will endorse &quot;Fast Times at Ridgemont High&quot;.. </p>
<p>The people can vote with their pocket books.  </p>
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		<title>By: AdinaK</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 07:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clear thinking Americans see things for what they are. As such, when leftists go postal they are exposed for who they are - &lt;a href=&quot;http://adinakutnicki.com/2013/01/03/leftists-go-postal-over-gun-control-threatening-to-kill-legal-gun-owners-commentary-by-adina-kutnicki/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://adinakutnicki.com/2013/01/03/leftists-go-p...&lt;/a&gt; 
 
Adina kutnicki, Israel - &lt;a href=&quot;http://adinakutnicki.com/about/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://adinakutnicki.com/about/&lt;/a&gt; ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Clear thinking Americans see things for what they are. As such, when leftists go postal they are exposed for who they are &#8211; <a href="http://adinakutnicki.com/2013/01/03/leftists-go-postal-over-gun-control-threatening-to-kill-legal-gun-owners-commentary-by-adina-kutnicki/" rel="nofollow"></a><a href="http://adinakutnicki.com/2013/01/03/leftists-go-p" rel="nofollow">http://adinakutnicki.com/2013/01/03/leftists-go-p</a>&#8230; </p>
<p>Adina kutnicki, Israel &#8211; <a href="http://adinakutnicki.com/about/" rel="nofollow">http://adinakutnicki.com/about/</a> </p>
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