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? asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 8 years ago

Media bias against guns?

Why does the media only show active shooter scenarios on television which had a gun used but never show equally bad scenarios that use other forms of weaponry?

This happened just 2 weeks ago.

In Casper Wyoming a guy used a bow and arrow and received almost no media coverage.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/30/1557425...

Why isn't Bob Costas touting about how bad medieval type weaponry is?

Its obvious the media is controlling people's fears by pointing the finger at a tool. Why are the anti gun crowd not trying to control automobiles also? Afterall, they kill far more people in America hourly than guns do.

Update:

He killed 3 people with a bow and arrow and a knife. Says in the link.

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago
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    1165 people will die TODAY from cigarettes. The bottom line is that Americans are too stoopid to understand the statistics of risk. If you drove to work this morning... you totally swamped any odds of being hurt by a firearm relative to being injured in a crash. Also, if you take the time to examine both FBI and Interpol gun crime stats you will find that the popular alarmist mentality is completely without merit.

    "Does anyone actually believe these crappy arguments?"

    Perhaps when you actually advance an argument we'd be in better position to evaluate it. Right now all you're doing is whinging and insisting your correct. You should go into govt.

  • 8 years ago

    Most of this movement was started by the UN,which has a lot more influence than deserved and a long standing opposition to ALL civilian firearm ownership. We are after all talking about a group that does not consider self defense to be a basic human right.

    And the media has basically supported this agenda from day one. Hyping tragedy,ignoring the tens of thousands saved per year from victimization by guns,ignoring the ineffectiveness of gun restrictions and even outright lying or ignoring certain statistics that prove the policies as bunk

    Bet EVERYONE at some point heard from some Libtard how low "gun deaths" are in certain nations. Did they also tell you that after restrictions OVERALL MURDER RATES were mostly unaffected that changes were at best statistically insignificant,and that in most cases several other crimes seemed to increase against these disarmed societies?

    The desire for gun control has but one goal in mind,and here it is

    "Disarming the people,is the surest and most effective way to enslave them". George Mason

  • ?
    Lv 6
    8 years ago

    It is an attack on freedom of choice and not into reality. The UN has lied about our environment and another Liberal has exposed it, Jesse Ventura! Al Gore was to make about 9 billion, which would have to be sent to others. The UN lied to all of us and corrupted the data!

    It is the same with guns with non-felons! We should of never allowed NYC or Chicago to ban honest people their right to protect! Just who owns these cities, the gangs, the MOB which support theirs drug supply? We had a great leader in NY! Sad we had attacks by those who suggested the people are still corrupt in denying their own actions! Do we get what that means? It was a terrorist group, but the fact many deny being responsible for actions, worldwide, it was as it was.

  • 8 years ago

    The "lame stream media" has slid farther and farther to the left over the last 50 years or so, and have adopted socialist attitudes and values. Among these values is a strong anti-gun agenda. Unfortunately, many citizens are too ignorant, or lazy, to research facts for themselves, and accept liberal lies and half-truths as fact. The current occupant of the white house is ample proof. It is impossible to use facts and truth when dealing with socialist democrats, it only ends in name-calling or worse. Someone once said liberalism is a mental disorder. It certainly blinds them to reality.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    The Media for the most part is in bed with the liberals of this country. The liberals of this country do not like guns. They want to do away with the Second Amendment and take the guns from us. That is why they are going around the Second Amendment and trying to achieve this through the UN. Thanks Hillary. I own a gun and have never used it, but keep it handy just in case I need to protect myself from intruders or from Tyranny.

  • 8 years ago

    How many deaths per year are due to guns?

    How many deaths per year are due to bow & arrow?

    Oh,right. Little things like FACT wouldn't bother you, would they?

    How many times has someone used a bow and arrow to murder a dozen or more people in a few seconds? Oh, right. NEVER.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    I'm a gun owner, but people don't really care about a small story in WY. Heck in Chicago we had 14 people shot this weekend. The problem is the people, and we know what people they are. They aren't Irish if that is a clue.

  • bacher
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    at the same time as i agree that there is a elect for "policing " the police , the point one and all appears lacking is that it sells better newspapers , subsequently better income , the better outrageous the tale the better ideal it sells some weeks there replaced into outrage over M playstation prices , observe how quiet thats lengthy gone now the in effortless words target for some newshounds is to get their very personal by technique of-line , to work out their call below the object to hell with the truth that takes a lower back seat ,

  • 8 years ago

    Are you really this stupid, or just extremely dishonest?

    How often does someone use a bow and arrow to kill someone? Almost never. They're hard to use, slow to fire, and don't have much penetrating power.

    Guns are used all the time.

    The difference between cars and guns is quite simple. In those cases the car is involved in an accident. They aren't meant to kill people. In contrast, the gun is being used exactly as intended. It's a weapon.

    Does anyone actually believe these crappy arguments?

  • 8 years ago

    Main stream media promotes Government propaganda. Government doesn't like citizens having guns.

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