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Saturday, December 22, 2012

"Mass shootings are a tiny, tiny problem. Which isn’t to say that they aren’t utterly horrifying in more than one way. People’s lives are destroyed, both literally and figuratively. What I mean to say is that if we were to prioritize our political attention to topics according to how many lives were at stake, mass shootings wouldn’t even be on the radar.

Factoring in the rate of death caused by mass shootings from Columbine to the present (about 210 people in 13 years), it will be more than 300 years until we reach the number of casualties that occur from accidental drownings every single year in this country. In a little more than 150 years from now, we’ll approach the number of people who are poisoned to death every single year in this country. Sometime in 2014 we might surpass the number of people struck by lightning every single year in this country."

Read on....

http://kontradictions.wordpress.com/2012/08/09/why-not-renew-the-assault-weapons-ban-well-ill-tell-you/

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Concord

Concord is a firm believer in the original intent of the constitution, the prophetic words of our founding fathers, and the power of self governance to maintain righteousness, justice, prosperity and liberty in America. Concord is not a believer in government control, however convenient it is, secular education, however liberating it may feel, or evolutionary constitutionalism, however politically correct it sounds. At 27, Concord spends much of her time writing, reading, running, and hanging with her main man, Charlie Brown. She is working her way through the 50 states.

Lexington

Lexington is not and has never been a syndicated columnist and only recently earned a college degree. He chooses to make his points with common sense instead of using lofty and unintelligible academic logic. Even more impressive is his ability to make his own terms up, like 'wordology'. He used to reside with his guns in a community trailer park overseas, but now he fights in the land of CONUS against the Imperial Walkers of Janet Napolitano, along with his furry friend, the pumpkin princess. As a humanitarian he would relentlessly waterboard any foreigner planning a devastating attack against America if it meant he could get the information to stop it, thus saving lives (that's the humanitarian part), but would never drill a hole in an unborn babies head (again, a humanitarian). He is 33 years old.