Showing posts with label Tucson tragedy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tucson tragedy. Show all posts

Monday, January 17, 2011

Voice of Reason after the Tucson Tragedy

FSU Prof. Gary Kleck is the nation's foremost authority on gun control, gun crime, etc. Here's his reasoned approach to gun control and the Tucson tragedy.

Spinning a tragedy: Propaganda from the Left.

Ideologues and propagandists on both the Left and Right never miss a tragedy that they can't try to spin. The Tucson tragedy has spawned attacks on Sarah Palin, guns, gun ownership, Arizona's "lax" gun laws, First Amendment and Second Amendment freedoms, etc., etc., etc. Gun control authoritarians are having a field day. The headline is misleading, but here is an example. A good response to this kind of sloppy thinking is this one.