The mainstream media wants people to think that our “gun culture” of gun shows, NRA events, gun auctions, etc, is responsible for the murder rate, yet in a long article on America thinker, statistics proves what we already know. Criminals like to shoot other criminals, and vote for Obama.
Headlines that blame a “gun culture” for the high rate of firearm- related homicides in the United States are not too difficult to locate (e.g., here, here, and here). The need to eliminate this “gun culture” is then used as justification for restriction of 2nd Amendment rights. What goes unmentioned about the so-called “gun culture” is its pervasiveness, or lack thereof, throughout our society as a whole. Even a casual reader of local news headlines should not be shocked to learn that firearm-related homicides are more prevalent in some neighborhoods than others. However, what may be shocking is the near exclusivity of firearm-related homicides to a small subset of neighborhoods; neighborhoods that vote predominately for Democrat candidates.
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2014/01/guns_dont_kill_people_democrats_kill_people.html#ixzz2rgH0f4d5
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Gregory Smith