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, independents, call 202 7488002. Twitter,omment on or on facebook. Obama has frequently railed against congresss refusal to pass additional gun control curbres in an effort to Mass Shootings. Especially in the wake of the december 14 2012 massacre of 20 students, six teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in newtown, connecticut. On thursday, he delivered remarks in which she feared from anger to incredulity as he described his amazement at a slew of horrific attacks had failed to spur a response from washington political establishment. Country isg how the willing to devote a more enormous resources to address other threats to human life ranging from terrorist strikes to unsafe bridges, obama questioned why there is a different response when it comes to guns. Heres a little the more the president. [video clip] president obama this is a Political Choice that we make. To allow this to happen every few months in america. We, collectively, are answerable for those families who lose thei
And sentencing reform legislation. News makers sunday at 10 00 a. Mt and 6 00 p. M. Eastern on cspanm here on the washington journal we do a segment calledn america by the numbers where weo try to statistically look at certain aspects of american society. Wh and todayere it we are looking School Violence and where it stands today. Joining us is dr. Marisa randazzo. Shes with Sigma Threat Management Associates and the hi former chief Research Psychologist for the u. S. Secret service. Also with us is tom snyder who t is with the National Center for Education Statistics. H tom snyder, what is that on at organization . The centerl le collects data education at all levels starting from preprimary education through higher education. Today well be talking about kn some of thesa findings we have from our annual report on indicators of school crime and safety. So the news opens up with some positive things about a decline in school crime. Ol so overall if we look at a long period of time we ha
You can hear more about the economy from Federal Reserve chair janet yellen in testimonye week on tol hill this cspan. Org. And now joining us on the washington journal is a guest weve had on relatively frequently. This is Linda Robinson on the wy rand corporation. Shes also an author. I linda sirobinson, where were yo last . I think were going to this about isil today, so i have been out in the region this year. Ive been to iraq, jordan, and d kuwait. In iraq, ith visited all the various units that were doing k. The advisory and training work y out ou wthere. Now are you working with the pentagon in your current role . So rand is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution. It works for bulk anyone, but d say probably the bulk of its work is for the u. S. Governmente and of that the biggest part is u get dod research. So when youre out in the field, do you get a sense of whos fighting who . Whos winning . Its so complex, so i think thats very important to establish. It is in my view
How often do you think about Mass Shootings in your daily life . The question we are asking. Here is his article that was posted last night. Readersyork times asked a simple question in the wake of a mass shooting in San Bernardino, california. How often do you think about the possibility of a shooting in your daily life . The number of responses was overwhelming, more than 5000 readers here are the responses that he got to his to eat. Tweet. Professor at a Community College in massachusetts says under the response from rachel, philadelphia. She is worried about how people would treat her africanamerican son and thinks about the possibility of a shooting nearly daily tracy, 30 years old, florida writes to tell us about the frightening scenarios that run through her head when she drops her daughter offer kindergarten. Those are some of the responses. We will read more as we go. Here are the phone numbers. For those of you in the 1829yearold range, 2027488001 for those of you 3050. If yo