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Colorado Massacre: No Causes, No Cures

One for All Wrote: Jul 25, 2012 5:32 PM
Being FREE is no guaranty of being safe, but its better than being safe and not free.
Jay Wye Wrote: Jul 25, 2012 7:30 PM
it's ironic that people who want to "feel safe" actually make themselves LESS safe by creating "gun-free zones",and making laws against open and/or concealed carry by lawful citizens.

"progressives" never learn.
J. Galt Wrote: Jul 26, 2012 10:40 AM
Why not pass laws making various violent acts illegal? Would that not eliminate crime and violence?
Editors' note: this column originally appeared at the Daily Beast.

After the grisly massacre in Colorado no one will attend weekend showings of The Dark Knight Rises with expectations of a rollicking, uplifting, feel-good night at the movies. But even before its association with horrifying images of real-life mass murder, this final installment in the current Batman series suffered from serious deficiencies in terms of its fun factor. It’s wrong to suggest that the movie provoked the killings in its midnight Aurora premiere, but those crimes do, in a sense, expose the nihilistic darkness at the heart of the film...

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