It's no longer "gun violence"-

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it's now called "gun trauma". www.bellcampaign.org
Gee, great. Now any outdoor's ad depicting hunting, or anything else gun related, can be claimed to induce "gun trauma" and bolster the bogus stats. :(

Hmm, what about the trauma I get seeing all those misguided folks with ban all guns signs. Can I get a grant or something I wonder?
 
Oh, I understand. You're standing in line for food and you see somebody get shot. Now you need counseling. Heckuva way to pump up the stats.
 
Even worse you drop a gun on your foot or a case of ammo (ouch).... You will be added to the stats!

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the gramma that pulled the .38 on the knife wielding robber at that Walmart this summer, caused gun trauma in at least 20 paniced sheeple
 
http://www.bellcampaign.org/media/mediacon.htm

For the Media
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Contact us at: (415) 821-8200.

Gun Trauma versus Gun Violence
We use the phrase "gun trauma" rather than "gun violence." Talking about gun
trauma encourages us to think about all gun deaths and injuries, not just
those associated with crime. While a gun suicide is clearly a violent event,
most people do not think of suicide when they hear the phrase "gun
violence." Yet suicide represents over half of all gun deaths. While we
support aggressive enforcement of gun laws, we also acknowledge that zero
tolerance for gun crime just isn't enough. We also need to address access to
guns to prevent gun suicides and unintentional shootings.

The word trauma reminds us that those threatened with a gun, even if they do
not sustain a physical injury, are also hurt by that experience. Even those
who have never encountered a gun are aware of the widespread presence of
guns in our communities, witness news reports of gun-related crime, domestic
murders, and high profile shootings at schools, churches and other public
places. The ever-present fear that someone we love might be killed or
injured is another form of gun trauma.

When we say that the The Bell Campaign means freedom from gun trauma, we
mean all of these.
 
"The word trauma reminds us that those threatened with a gun, even if they do
not sustain a physical injury, are also hurt by that experience. Even those
who have never encountered a gun are aware of the widespread presence of
guns in our communities, witness news reports of gun-related crime, domestic
murders, and high profile shootings at schools, churches and other public
places. The ever-present fear that someone we love might be killed or
injured is another form of gun trauma.

When we say that the The Bell Campaign means freedom from gun trauma, we
mean all of these."

They're following the same playbook as the anti-smoking Nazis. Move the discussion from one level to the next, utilizing changes in language. They've moved the discussion from crime to deaths involving guns to injuries involving guns to, now, the mere fear of guns as an issue.

"Officer, I'd like you to arrest my neighbor."

"Why?"

"Because I know he owns a gun and, if I happen to rape his wife or strangle his child, I'm afraid he might shoot me."

"No problem, Mr. Citizen. I'll get a warrant for your neighbor tonight."

Dick
Want to send a message to Bush? Sign the petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/monk/petition.html and forward the link to every gun owner you know.
 
And let's not forget, people, that the Bell Campaign is not the Million Mom March - same-same.

The Moms don't want your guns, but the Bell Campaign does ..... hmmm.
 
Yeah, something like this.
Party B should have to pay Party A because Party A is a weakling.

It isn't Party A's fault (s)he's a weakling, so it must be someone else's fault.
And someone else should have to pay them for being incapable of dealing with the harsh realities of life, and death.

And everyone else has to fork up their Rights because Party A wants to be a Party pooper. And make a stink out of the fact that they're inept cowards that can't handle the sight of blood, or a gun, or an animal being butchered.

They should be flown into a very remote section of the world. And if they're ever seen again, then that would mean that they've obviously resorted to violence as a means to survive.

Let the cast the first stone. I'll throw one right back at them.


Next, they'll be suing the doctors for slapping a newborn's bottom.
ou know, the trauma of being forced to take the first breath by the violent action of striking the infant.



[This message has been edited by Donny (edited September 23, 2000).]
 
Damn! I think I've got Liberal Trauma! Bastards make me sick. Can I sue?

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"Facts are meaningless. You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true."
Homer Simpson... but attributed to Algore.
 
A few words for those mental giants at the Bell Campaign:

"Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live in the real world." Mary Shafer, NASA Engineer

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If you're not a little upset with the way the world is going, you're not paying attention.
 
Hey, this is no joke. One way to control an agenda is to control the language. Example, everyone knows you can't kill a baby, but it is ok to "terminate a pregnancy" or "abort a fetus." If you are losing an argument based in conventional language, what you do is change the language to something of neutral content (for you side), then begin to pour content into that new terminology.

"Gun Trauma" is much more broad than gun deaths because the term "trauma" means much more than death. Use trauma and you can also include family, neighbors, personal psychological impact, etc. Seems to me the anti-2's know they lost the argument on the basis of fact and reality. No, there are not 13 children per day dying from guns. But I'll betcha you can get 13 gun traumas per day from the less than one true child that dies. Add up mom, dad, two sets of grandparents, cousins, friends, school buddies, and others and you get the magic 13.

I agree, the anti-2's are changing their language, but they do so because they prepare the ground for opening another front.

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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

Barry Goldwater--1964
 
Well now - I can see that I'm in deep doo-doo.

Scenario: Goodguy (GG) with gun and appropriate paper-work is in crowded store (etc) when BadGuy (BG) with gun (and no paperwork) does his thing, going overboard threatening and scaring the crowd. GG, after analyzing the situation, determines that he won't interfere. After some yelling and screaming, BG takes $$$ and leaves. People are shook up but not physically hurt. During the after-the-deed LEO process, GG's gun becomes the subject. Others hear the conversation and "Hey, he could have killed us - why didn't you shoot him?" is picked up by the crowd and made louder and more insistant. LEO says go home and GG leaves.

Morning paper has the story, mentioning that GG is facing "trauma" suits by a dozen people for NOT protecting them from a BG with a gun.

Helluvawaytodobusiness,huh?
-Andy
 
This actually came from OUR playbook. We keep talking about how guns are used 2.5 million times a year in self-defense and most of those time are just brandishing to scare a bad guy.

Now they're asking how many time a year a gun is used to rob a store, but never fired.
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Waitone:
Hey, this is no joke. One way to control an agenda is to control the language. Example, everyone knows you can't kill a baby, but it is ok to "terminate a pregnancy" or "abort a fetus." If you are losing an argument based in conventional language, what you do is change the language to something of neutral content (for you side), then begin to pour content into that new terminology.

"Gun Trauma" is much more broad than gun deaths because the term "trauma" means much more than death. Use trauma and you can also include family, neighbors, personal psychological impact, etc. Seems to me the anti-2's know they lost the argument on the basis of fact and reality. No, there are not 13 children per day dying from guns. But I'll betcha you can get 13 gun traumas per day from the less than one true child that dies. Add up mom, dad, two sets of grandparents, cousins, friends, school buddies, and others and you get the magic 13.

I agree, the anti-2's are changing their language, but they do so because they prepare the ground for opening another front.

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Ok well we can do the SAME then with "trauma that is prevented by the USE of a firearm to PREVENT trauma!!!

If ONE person uses a gun to prevent ONE crime.. Lets see we can use the SAME numbers you used to expand on the number of people "saved" from gun trauma by guns! This works both ways.



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