>>Charles,
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>>>Statistically, since the tragedy Friday over 100 people - including probably some cute kids, will be killed by drunk drivers. 2011 was considered a good year when the total dipped under 10,000 for the first time.
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>>I find it a bad taste and a very poor excuse to say that it is ok that the US won't do anything one the conditions of gun related crimes because there is another even greater problem. Every death that can be avoided is one too many and there should be put the effort into doing so.
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>>Besides that, in the US are arround 28.000, twentyeightthousand !!! gun related deaths EVERY YEAR. I can't see how on earth you can ignore that.
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>Since I know your command of English is quite good I can only assume you are choosing to completely miss the point of what I wrote, which was to point out that media for selfish reasons chooses emotionally easy targets for massive coverage and manipulates a need for information on a particular subject. The death of Princess Diana was another example.
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>I don't like emotional manipulation to promote political agendas.
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> It is emotional pornography and emotional blackmail in that it labels those who do not grieve in the media approved fashion as being in favor of slaughtering children and is the same tactic used by our right wing nuts who would claim anyone who does not stand in the front yard waving a flag hates our country and is cheering for the terrorists.
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>I never said or implied that nothing should be done about gun related crimes because of all the deaths due to drunk drivers.
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>But it is also worth pointing out that psychotic episodes in which a gun is the tool of destruction is a different social problem for crime where criminals acting from motives entirely different from mental illness are using guns to commit those crimes.
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>Twisting my words to suit your own agenda or attempt at a moral high ground hardly adds gravitas to your arguments.

Just looking for a place to put this in. I think I am stepping out of the gun debate part of the discussion. Here is a piece today by Dan Barry, who I consider the best journalist in the country.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/18/nyregion/two-funerals-for-two-6-year-old-boys-in-newtown.html?hp&_r=0