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Banning the G-Word in the Land of the Free
March 10, 2013
People might not know what I mean when I say the G-Word has been banned – it could mean “God” or “gun.” For the purposes of this post, I mean “gun.”
The mere mention of the word is now supposed to strike terror in the hearts of Americans.
Legislators are telling women to use pens or whistles to defend themselves – anything but a gun!
All the forces are at work in demonizing guns because people are afraid of them and because they often blame the weapon for the crime and the criminal.
Random Thoughts from An Elderly Mind
Just some random thoughts that have been floating around in my cranium for the past few weeks…..
More and more Americans are turning to the internet to get their dose of daily news. And with good reason. The Internet isn’t tied down by electrical cords and pictures are now being streamed live from all over the world. Combine those pictures with first-person reports and you beat television into the ground like a grounding rod. Even raw footage (unedited) is more popular than the “washed” version the big TV networks present – all to fit a time restriction between commercials.
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