pipeline how we process and get information, it s largely solely demonstrated as an act of violence or a very abrasive vice. rarely is it narrated in a way where people are constantly having to live in many of our communities in this country in war zones. that are actually assaulting the psychology, the emotion, and the spirit of young people and families far beyond just a physical toll. i think the daily impact, at least how we understand it, particularly here in the way area, is very much around trauma. we just really quickly, 600 shootings have happened in the bay area averaged over the last 20 years. city of oakland, i m talking about specifically the city of oakland, 120 killings or so average. you can just imagine the concentric circles of trauma, of families that have had to deal with gun-related hop sides, not even speaking about suicides. i think trauma is something we have to continue to imagine. it s not just literally the victims themselves or even their immed
do you believe that they re ignorant? are the efforts ignorant? they are ignorant. but they re not stupid. we can t confuse the two. they re ignorance is that they don t get it. but they re not stupid. the efforts to take away our rights and oppose our rights are meticulously effective. it s strategic. they know what they re doing. and the effort to try to minimize the voice of women will not work. but we have to help amplify the voice of women, because what s the tactic? the tactic is emotion. stories. guess who has lots of stories, guys, that this world is not hearing? women. stories of strength, courage, fierce protection of their family. there are some incredible stories that we need to be sharing and we need to have the communities hear these stories. our response typically is statistics. numbers. from my cold dead hands, that s what we hear. is that accurate? yes. is it effective? we need stories. we need to tap into the emotion of this topic. we need to be focusing on
people around him at all time. [ applause ] i don t think governor gilmore was worried about it, do you? no. you re not a threat. you re the good guys. that s right. so it s the safest room in the state as bob said. there s a lot of information out there and information is the power of politics. if you want to win elections, you have to have information. and part of the critical information that you need is information about the candidates, where they stand, what they stand for, do they really mean what they say, have they proven that they mean what they say, what did they say a couple of years ago, what are they saying now, how is it different. there is lots of sites out there. there s lots of research out there. the national shooting sports foundation has their gun vote project online. good information, good resources. the nra, gun owners of america, citizens committee for the right to keep and bear arms, the various state organizations, the arizona citizens defense l
do you feel like we re doing enough to get these 60 nations engaged in this battle of good versus evil that we re engaged in? i would like to see other nation s engaged. we need more. it s good to have political support, you re right. it s good to have widespread political support. just about nerve the world recognizes that isil is bad but they re not backing up words with deeds and we need more in there swinging with us and that applies particularly to those countries that reside in the region itself. and we re concerned and doing our part and they re not there. i know it s not totally your lane for that component but i think we need to put more pressure on state department or whatever to gain more support physically from our allies. a quick question if i can, general dunford, for congressional notifications of guantanamo detainee transfer decisions. have you or general dempsey before you nonconcurred with any of those? i have not. i ve only had two cases since i ve be
these essential tools, knives that millions of americans use every day at home, at work, at play, are also arms, protected by the second amendment. it is an essential right. for six years now, i have been coming to grpc to share this message, that the second amendment doesn t save firearms. knife rights is the second front in the defense of our second amendment. the good news is that people all over america are getting the message. our success is translating into both respect and new opportunity. we are being covered by major media, including in many instances left wing media such as new york s the village voice and mother jones. it s all positive. knife right success and our effort to roll back the absurd anti-knife laws and to pass preemption is also introducing the second amendment to an entire group of folks who have never considered the second amendment their own. and many of them have been anti-second amendment. as a result of the tragic incident with freddie gray, knif