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Accuracy in Reporting

leo_keil — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:32:28 GMT

A reading of my post will show that I was not defending Glenn Beck or anyone else. I was condemning the inaccuracy of the ABC News report and The Philadelphia Jewish Voice's repeating that false report. Whether a reference to the Soviets is better or worse than a reference to the Nazi's is not a call I have any interest in making. For sure, I find the picture of Dianne Feinstein, Charles Schumer, Barbara Boxer and Frank Lautenberg highly inappropriate.

The question was never whether pictures of this type are appropriate. The question was whether the picture from Glenn Beck's speech was a reference to the Nazis. The fact is that it wasn't. Had ABC and The Philadelphia Jewish Voice condemned that picture as a Soviet reference, I would have had no problem. What matters here is accuracy.

An Interesting Pair of Comments

Publisher — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:44:36 GMT

Reader "leo_keil" defends Glenn Beck by claiming that his caricature of Mayor Michael Bloomberg is more a reference to Stalin than a reference to Hitler (as if either comparison was really apropos of mere gun show background checks).

I wonder whether he will make a similar defense of fellow right-wing reader "carlwk3c" who posts a link (http://jpfo.org/images02/handbillpoliticians-large.jpg) to an image with the heads of Jewish Democratic Senators Dianne Feinstein, Charles Schumer, Barbara Boxer and Frank Lautenberg superimposed on the bodies of Nazi officers featuring the caption "Stop their 'final solution' to your gun freedom".

Not only are these readers overreacting to an attempt to keep weapons out of the hands of felons and people with psychological problems, but by introducing the notion of the Holocaust into a political discussion, you cheapen the memory of those who perished.

If you call everything a Holocaust, then the Holocaust means nothing.

Lets look at the real facts rather than propaganda folks ...

carlwk3c — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:22:10 GMT

All of the liberal hysteria about "the epidemic of gun violence" is a crock of BS.
Violent crime has declined 52% since it's peak in 1991.' There IS NO "epidemic." It is a figment of the progressives' desire to disarm and control us all. Nothing more, nothing less.
The drop in crime coincides with and follows the enactment of "shall issue" concealed carry laws and an increase in private gun ownership. John Lott's book title "More Guns, Less Crime" (and it's message) are accurate and should be heeded. "Gun control" has EXACTLY the opposite effect it's proponents claim. Look at Chicago, Los Angeles, etc. for the proof. The most restrictive gun laws equal the highest violent crime and murder rates.

Also, the most comprehensive studies show that "safe storage" laws do virtually nothing to save lives and may, on fact, cost lives by preventing rapid access to a gun for self-defense.

I am SO tired of all of the misinformation spewed by the professional victim disarmament groups like Brady and others who constantly distort, misrepresent, and lie about the facts.