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The debate: #Guncontrol, #mentalillness and #SandyHook
Conservative thinker David Frum was one of the first to urge Americans to tackle the issue of what he calls a "permissive gun regime” behind recent mass shootings, with a bitter tweet. Will the debate continue and carry into the political sphere?
- And then it went viral
- Frum shot back and filed a column
I won't accept lectures about shooting "sensitivity" from those who enable the shootings in the first place thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/…- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who spoke out after the Aurora, Colo. shootings in July, renewed his campaign.
Join me in calling on Washington to take immediate action to end gun violence #DemandAPlan bit.ly/TkqWqa (Please RT)
What would "meaningful actions" on guns look like? @sarahkliff lists four evidence-based policies: m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog…- And the debate picked up steam, with all the Sunday morning political programs and news sites devoting time to the discussion.
@ariannahuff if we don't rethink gun control after NewTown..I shudder to think what next horror must occur to wake us up.- The National Rifle Association halted posting to its social media accounts Friday afternoon, but others chimed in, on both sides of the argument:
RT @JustenCharters: The 2nd Amendment did not cause the tragedy in Newtown, a heartless criminal did. #NRA
Liberals, following in the likes of Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin by calling for gun control. It will only lead to a tyrannical government enslaving the people even more. Gun regulation is NOT the answer. #guns #liberals #hitler #stalin #guncontrol #livefree #selfdefense #republican #democrat #libertarian #governmentlies #governmentsucks #2ndamendment #righttobeararms- On both sides of the debate on gun control, there are calls for more attention to mental illness
RT @ananavarro: We need multi-prong approach: gun control; mental illness; violence in entertainment; education; security; community. All r part of solution
RT @LostNCheeseland: The heartbreaking reality in America goes far beyond gun control - let's talk about mental illness. Compelling piece http://gawker.com/5968818?utm_campaign=socialflow_gawker_twitter&utm_source=gawker_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow- The twitterverse picked up on a surprise: a profound article on a website known mostly for celeb gossip and satire:
- And beyond opinions, there were facts.
Eleven facts about guns and mass shootings in the United StatesWhen we first collected much of this data, it was after the Aurora, Colo. shootings, and the air was thick with calls to avoid “politiciz...
