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on Kitzhaber Wins
Red? Blue? Purple? What does it matter? Until we stop fueling the federal government's $600 billion annual thirst for military spending (by far the largest portion of any single person's tax burden) we're just choosing curtains for a house on fire.
Matt Lembo, Portland OR
posted 2 years, 6 months ago
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on Cracking Down on Gun Violence
Leaving aside the issue of providing better educational and cultrual infrastructure to reduce gang activity overall, it seems to me the formula for reducing urban gun violence is very simple: Fewer guns in the city = fewer shootings in the city. By making it more difficult to own a gun aren't we reducing the overall gun supply? Distinguishing between "legal" and "illegal" guns is irrelevant as a single gun can move from being legal to being illegal in an instant.
The old argument that "Guns don't kill, people do" may be true, but not having a gun sure makes it a lot harder. Not to mention you rarely hear of innocent people on the street being killed by "stray" stabbings ...
posted 2 years, 8 months ago
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