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LIBERZINE May 2, 2000
A million moms can be wrong
by Jaime Sneider
This upcoming mother's day
the Million Mom March will be
reeducating the populace
at-large of the need for
"sensible gun laws for safe
kids." The effort is
spearheaded by none other
than Donna Dees Thomases, from the same
family well known for its pro-Clinton spin
operatives.
In espousing their agenda, the Million Mom
March web site cites the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention and the National Center
for Health Statistics on gun deaths from
children 0-19. Although they correctly observe
that "4,223 young people ages 0-19 were killed
by gunfire" in 1997, they fail to also divulge
that 70% of these deaths occur among
"children" between the ages of 17-19, most of
who die as a result of gang violence. While
these deaths are certainly tragic nonetheless,
they will not be prevented by many of the
"common-sense" measures proposed by the
organizers of the Million Mom March, which
include mandatory trigger locks and other
safety regulations targeted at preventing
accidental deaths, their primary policy goal.
In fact, it seems rather counterintuitive to
focus one's efforts on raising awareness of the
danger posed by guns, given that they
constitute very little danger in comparison to
many other sources of lethal accidents. While
110 children ages 1-14 died from gun accidents
in 1998, 200 suffocated from ingested objects,
570 died from burns, 850 drowned, and 2,600
died in car accidents. In proportion to their
danger, guns already receive an enormous
amount of attention from the media.
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LIBERZINE May 2, 2000
A million moms can be wrong
by Jaime Sneider
This upcoming mother's day
the Million Mom March will be
reeducating the populace
at-large of the need for
"sensible gun laws for safe
kids." The effort is
spearheaded by none other
than Donna Dees Thomases, from the same
family well known for its pro-Clinton spin
operatives.
In espousing their agenda, the Million Mom
March web site cites the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention and the National Center
for Health Statistics on gun deaths from
children 0-19. Although they correctly observe
that "4,223 young people ages 0-19 were killed
by gunfire" in 1997, they fail to also divulge
that 70% of these deaths occur among
"children" between the ages of 17-19, most of
who die as a result of gang violence. While
these deaths are certainly tragic nonetheless,
they will not be prevented by many of the
"common-sense" measures proposed by the
organizers of the Million Mom March, which
include mandatory trigger locks and other
safety regulations targeted at preventing
accidental deaths, their primary policy goal.
In fact, it seems rather counterintuitive to
focus one's efforts on raising awareness of the
danger posed by guns, given that they
constitute very little danger in comparison to
many other sources of lethal accidents. While
110 children ages 1-14 died from gun accidents
in 1998, 200 suffocated from ingested objects,
570 died from burns, 850 drowned, and 2,600
died in car accidents. In proportion to their
danger, guns already receive an enormous
amount of attention from the media.
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