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Secular Motion, from the 'gungeon' at Democratic Underground:
SecularMotion (2,564 posts)
Media Ignores Call For Gun Violence Prevention In Loughner Sentencing Hearing
ABC, CBS, and USA Today ignored a call for strong gun violence
prevention laws included in statements by Mark Kelly on behalf of his
wife, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, at the sentencing hearing for
Arizona shooter Jared Lee Loughner.
While ABC, CBS, and USA Today reported on Kelly's statement to
Loughner that "you may have put a bullet through her head, but you
haven't put a dent in her spirit and her commitment to make the world a
better place," they ignored his comments about the role of high capacity
magazines in the shooting and concerns that he and Giffords have about
the enforcement of gun laws.
Giffords and Kelly took Arizona governor Jan Brewer to task for
downplaying the role of high-capacity gun magazines in the January 2011
shooting that killed six and seriously wounded Giffords and 13 others:
"In this state, we have elected officials so feckless in their
leadership that they would say, as in the case of Governor Jan Brewer,
'I don't think it has anything to do with the size of the magazine or
the caliber of the gun.' She went on and said, 'Even if the shooter's
weapon had held fewer bullets, he'd have another gun, maybe. He could
have three guns in his pocket' - she said this just one week after a
high-capacity magazine allowed you to kill six and wound 19 others
before being wrestled to the ground while attempting to reload."
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2012/11/09/media-ignores-call-for-gun-violence-prevention/191312
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