Tuesday, October 6, 2015

New York Magazine: Time to Turn America Into a Gun-Free Zone



New York Magazine: Time to Turn America Into a Gun-Free Zone
by AWR Hawkins 5 Oct 2015
On October 2–the day after the heinous attack on innocents in the gun free facilities of Umpqua Community College–New York magazine claimed that the difficulty of pinpointing future criminals should cause the US to rethink its gun policy and consider making the entire country a gun free zone.

They cited Australia as an example of this approach. Ironically, a shooting took place in Australia around 4:30 p.m. on the very day that NY MAG was using the country as an illustration of the benefits of gun confiscation and controls. Fox News reported that the shooting took place in Sydney, leaving “at least two dead.”

Nevertheless, New York pressed forward by claiming that the difficulty of pinpointing who might pick up a gun and start shooting is reason enough to implement draconian gun control.

They quoted Columbia University psychiatrist Dr. Paul Appelbaum saying that trying to ascertain types of individuals who may develop criminal intentions is just too “broad” an approach to be viable. He said that trying to pin the blame on American culture is not really effective either, as details about “peculiar violence-prone aspects of American culture” may be “interesting in a descriptive sense, but… they [don’t] tell us much about what we should be doing about the problem.”

In the end, New York throws up its hands and points to Australia.

They turn to Appelbaum again who is ready to endorse the Australian approach with one caveat–he wants to be sure everyone knows that we should still expect to see mass shootings. Appelbaum said, “I don’t think anyone could say honestly that if we tighten up on the availability of guns and the ease of purchasing them, and reduce the number of weapons that are largely produced to kill large numbers of people, that the problem will go away completely.” He added, “Some people who will be able to get their hands on guns and be able to do horrible things with them” no matter what actions are taken.

Yet even with these admissions, Appelbaum still described the Australian example as one that is worthy of emulation.

New York magazine 
Jerry Saltz is an art critic for the New York magazine, and Lena Dunham’s godfather.

Note: Lena Dunham is Jerry Saltz’s goddaughter, and an actor & creator in Girls.
Allison Williams is an actor in Girls, and Brian Williams’s daughter.
Brian Williams is Allison Williams’s father, and a director at the Robin Hood Foundation.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Robin Hood Foundation, the Harlem Children's Zone, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.
Emma Bloomberg was a senior planning officer for the Robin Hood Foundation, and is Michael R. Bloomberg’s daughter.
Michael R. Bloomberg was a donor for the Robin Hood Foundation, a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, the New York (NY) mayor, a contributor for the Americans for Responsible Solutions, is Emma Bloomberg’s father, a co-chair for Mayors Against Illegal Guns, and the founder of Everytown for Gun Safety.
Richard E. Witten is a trustee at the Harlem Children's Zone, a co-chairman for the New York City Center, and was a trustee at Columbia University.
Mark E. Kingdon is a trustee at the Harlem Children's Zone, and a trustee at Columbia University.
Americans for Responsible Solutions is a “gun safety” PAC for guns.
Mayors Against Illegal Guns is a “gun safety” group for guns.
Everytown for Gun Safety is a “gun safety” group for guns.
Warren E. Buffett is an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety, and an adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Margaret A. Hamburg is the VP for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and was a health commissioner for New York (NY).
Jessica Tuchman Mathews is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), was the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war)
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).     
Robert Legvold was a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and a professor emeritus for Columbia University.
New York Times Magazine is a Sunday magazine for the New York Times.
Michael Lewis is a contributor for the New York Times Magazine, a columnist for the Bloomberg News, and was a bond salesman for Salomon Brothers.
Bloomberg News is a division of Bloomberg LP.
Michael R. Bloomberg is the founder of Bloomberg LP, Emma Bloomberg’s father, a co-chair for Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the founder of Everytown for Gun Safety, a contributor for the Americans for Responsible Solutions, a general partner at Salomon Brothers, a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, a donor for the Robin Hood Foundation, and the New York (NY) mayor.
Mayors Against Illegal Guns is a “gun safety” group for guns.
Everytown for Gun Safety is a “gun safety” group for guns.
Americans for Responsible Solutions is a “gun safety” PAC for guns.

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