I voted for him in 2008 & 2012 but I think the whole "gun violence" problem is over-hyped when you actually look at the numbers and compare them to other threats facing Americans.
According to the CDC, more people in the US die every year from second hand smoke than from guns. So I find it hypocritical when our President, a smoker, talks about "saving even a few lives" while he himself contributes to the second hand smoke death toll by lighting up. The numbers he uses (30,000 gun deaths)is intentionally misleading. Consider that that number contains suicides, police shootings of criminals and citizens lawfully defending themselves. Plus consider (contrary to what the media would have you believe)the actual gun homicide rate in this country has been steadily decreasing over the past 2o+ years. It's down 49% since 1993. So much for the need for urgent action.
More people die in automobile accidents. Recently a woman intentionally drove on a sidewalk in Las Vegas running over 38 people. Before that another person intentionally drove into a homecoming parade running over 28 people. How long did the media spend on those stories? Now consider how much time the media would spend on them had the women used guns instead of cars.
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I voted for him in 2008 & 2012 but I think the whole "gun violence" problem is over-hyped when you actually look at the numbers and compare them to other threats facing Americans.
According to the CDC, more people in the US die every year from second hand smoke than from guns. So I find it hypocritical when our President, a smoker, talks about "saving even a few lives" while he himself contributes to the second hand smoke death toll by lighting up. The numbers he uses (30,000 gun deaths)is intentionally misleading. Consider that that number contains suicides, police shootings of criminals and citizens lawfully defending themselves. Plus consider (contrary to what the media would have you believe)the actual gun homicide rate in this country has been steadily decreasing over the past 2o+ years. It's down 49% since 1993. So much for the need for urgent action.
http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2013/05/07/gun-homicide-rate-down-49-since-1993-peak-public-unaware/
More people die in automobile accidents. Recently a woman intentionally drove on a sidewalk in Las Vegas running over 38 people. Before that another person intentionally drove into a homecoming parade running over 28 people. How long did the media spend on those stories? Now consider how much time the media would spend on them had the women used guns instead of cars.