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Obama Web Site Invokes Teen’s Tragic Loss to Urge Americans to Share Their Stories About Gun Violence

Feb. 21, 2013 11:37am Billy Hallowell

On Wednesday, Organizing for Action, the non-profit organization set up as the successor to President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign, sent an e-mail to supporters with a subject line that read, “I’m doing this for my dad.”

Inside, recipients found a note from a teenager named Sami Rahamim. The young man shared the details of his father’s tragic shooting death last year and encouraged those reading the letter to submit their own, personal stories to the organization recapping how gun violence has impacted their lives.

Sami’s father, Reuven Rahamim, was killed last September after a disgruntled ex-worker came into the business he founded and murdered six workers (including Rahamim). Since the incident, his son has become an advocate, speaking out fervently about gun violence. Sami’s work has captured the attention of the Obama camp, as he is being invoked to help in the president’s push for increased gun control.

Sami Rahamim Calls for Americans Stories About Gun Violence in New Obama Organization E mail

A screen shot from BarackObama.com

“I’m honoring his memory — and those of many others who have fallen — by doing something about gun violence,” the teen’s e-mail read. “When I think of the number of lives that could have been saved by universal background checks or better access to mental health services, I simply don’t understand why Congress doesn’t act right away.”

The note calls for “sensible solutions” and “common-sense legislation.” The end goal, according to Sami, is to get “dangerous weapons out of the wrong hands.”

Readers are then taken to a link that encourages them to tell their stories.

Photo Credit: BarackObama.com

Sami also recorded a video about his work to prevent gun violence:

A collection of submitted stories is presented on Obama’s web site, with the tragic details of lives lost to gun crime presented in full; Sami’s story is among the many shown.

From a woman describing the pain resulting from her son’s injuries at Virginia Tech to another story about a young boy who was killed during an armed robbery in Detroit, the stories certainly tug at Americans’ heart strings. Even those who have never personally experienced gun violence have shared their stories.

“I’m an Ohio high school student, and while I don’t believe gun control is the ultimate solution to stopping gun violence, it is certainly our best bet to begin stepping in the right direction,” wrote one individual.

Another added, “I have never directly experienced gun violence on a personal level but hear far too often of people who have been adversely affected by the proliferation of guns in our society.”

See all of the stories here.

(H/T: CNS News)

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GuruMeditation
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:31pm
Rather… Now is the time to reduce Fed Zilla.

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- Gold Coin & Economic News
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:48pm
  Have you seen the site? It is a Pinterest look alike, UGGHH! What an utter fraud this guy is . He is the ultimate opportunist propagandist and will stop at nothing to get his agenda in place, like have NBC hire David Axelrod as a “political analyst”. These people are disgusting:
  http://www.isthatbaloney.com/media-bias-alert-obama-campaign-strategist-david-axelrod-joins-white-house-nbc-wing/
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:49pm
  Goes to show you that our leaders have the mind of a teenager. They think alike. Guns aren’t the problem. People are. You can not treat lung cancer with antibiotics. It does not work, no matter how many times you try. Ignore the real cause and the cancer grows.
  
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- SendTheMeteors
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:46pm
  Good point Jerk. Saying “guns are the problem” is like saying “cigarettes cause lung cancer.” Hello America! Cigarettes by themselves do absolutely nothing to cause lung cancer. They just sit there in a box. It’s only when a person chooses to light one up and inhale that they are at risk. So why all the fuss about cigarettes? Cigarettes don’t cause lung cancer, people who smoke cigarettes cause lung cancer.
  
  Do you know how many deaths per year are caused by alcohol? Answer: zero. The deaths are caused by PEOPLE who drink alcohol. So why limit alcohol sales at all? Alcohol is harmless until somebody chooses to drink it and chooses to drive.
  
  Why limit gun sales? Guns don’t kill people. It’s not like they can pull their own trigger or nothin’.
  
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- EdtheK
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 2:26pm
  Oh my gosh Meateors,
  For once you speak the truth. You actually are speaking up for personal responsibility.
  
  It is so.
  
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- DLV
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 3:14pm
  Meteors- is that sarcasm that doesn’t sound like you…
  
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- 000degrees
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 4:40pm
  Someone hacked meteor’s account…….
  
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- 13th Imam
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 7:05pm
  Sometimes it’s hard to be a Progressive, Liberal, DEMOCRAT. You have to remember what you said yesterday. Good thing Jugears has peeps to remind him. Even at that Jugears can’t seem to get it correct. But for the followers( Meathead) , what difference does it make?
  
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- Thomas
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 9:06pm
  I will tell you why congress cannot act. They are not God that is why no matter how much to the contrary they may think in their conceit. If overstep their bounds then they are no more that tyrant criminals who deserve beheading rather than our respect and adherence. The moment they overstep their bounds then they have broken their oaths and cease to be in office. Its time for the American people to seek a divorce from this government.
  
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- Jim in Houston
  Posted on February 22, 2013 at 10:18am
  I think Meteor must have gotten tired of bumping into things with his head up his **** and decided to pull it out. Way to go Meteor.
  
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- Fecal_Matters
  Posted on February 22, 2013 at 2:56pm
  Will someone call EMS…@Sendinthemoron, must be sick.
  
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Apologist JD
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:21pm
I wonder if they’ll take my story:
My wife awoke to a man in our bedroom about 2 am. I’m skipping lots of details here, but the guy led us around our house as hostages seeking valuables for about 15 minutes. He then got the idea that we could take him to an ATM to get money from our accounts and while preparing to go, I finally made it to my closet where my gun was. I came out of the closet and attempted to detain the man, who came at me instead. I fired a single shot and hit him in the chest, killing him in less than 30 seconds. I believe in gun control – it only took me one round! Also worth mentioning are the following facts: my three children are completely unharmed and still have both parents thanks to my firearm, I did NOT use the child lock that came with my firearm because I figured in a jam, I couldn’t afford the delay (I was right, the intruder had my keys before I was awake), I purchased the gun from a private party without a background check, the gun I used had a high capacity magazine (12 round pistol), it was, wait for it, semi-automatic (I know, you’re all terrified now), and the intruder had a long history of violent crime.
So, you think they’ll appreciate my story?

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- NewMedia
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:27pm
  Mr. Obama has proven himself to be nothing more than a child himself, so running a children’s website is finally something I think he can handle. He’s been nothing more than an immature bully since taking office. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RExLzaQ3NMU
  
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- Gold Coin & Economic News
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:28pm
  Unfortunately, yours isn’t the kind of story the propagandists are looking for.
  
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- NHwinter
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:31pm
  Apologist JD – I say flood their website with stories like yours. We have got to start fighting back using their methods.
  
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- Apologist JD
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:34pm
  I forgot to add that my pistol had one of those terrifying pistol grips!
  
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- hatchetjob
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:37pm
  Right on with your story!!!
  
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- Apologist JD
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:38pm
  NHWinter
  I thought about it, actually. But I noticed their form requires that you give your name, and I’m not sure I want them to have that information. Frankly, the details of the story might be enough to figure it out, even if I made up a fake name.
  
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- Whatmeworry-never
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:02pm
  I suggest we all send in stories like that at least I know I’m planning on it, doing it right after I post this. Come on lets flood him with pro-gun violence stories of how they saved us.
  
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- GuruMeditation
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:06pm
  I do. Fine business my friend and thanks for sharing it.
  
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- sickofthelibs
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:31pm
  Flood them with TRUTH like this… they can’t hide forever from truth
  
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RightUnite
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:19pm
So??? Counter this with a web site that people add their stories about how guns saved their and their loved ones lives. How hard would that be?? Let it go viral, counter their efforts, don’t just lay down like a d*mn dog! Don’t cower to these idiots in the WH!!

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IAMMADDOG
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:19pm
Maybe we ought to start a web site that urges people to share how Obama’s policies have messed up their lives.

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- Gonzo
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 2:15pm
  The government uses guns to take 30% of my money away and then spends it on things I don’t want to pay for. If I refuse to pay, they will eventually send men with guns to take me to jail. How about that kind of gun violence?
  
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- objectivetruth
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 2:48pm
  He@@ it would be limitless.I’d be the first.You mean how obammacare has now put all american lives in the place where our members are.Where the sandnazis can run their scams of torture and murder for profit[life insurance fraud] all while commiting fiduary fraud marriage fraud and medical fraud.Creating non existant medical conditions in order to commit and cover up the crime of torture and crimes against humanity.Where modified nail guns are used glue is shot beside and into the targets ears.Where the inside of a dog whistle is placed on the cusp of the internal ear.Where the stinking piles of dung doing the same have been protected against all common sense.Where those who see it and know what is going on are threatened.Just like in nazi germany.
  OFF TRACK BUT NECESSARY
  Thank you to a certain someone.The information you provided gave me the answer.It actually does go back to the Eisenhower Administration.Proof Positive in all respects.By the way I know where the true monsters offspring descended.They are here.Was B________ a plant.I need to know.If so then what I’m thinking is totally right.He didn’t die naturally but was murdered.B ________ and that devil spawns offspring are to blame.Don’t tell me nazi germany and the Reich isn’t still killing.It didn’t end it just changed form.
  
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John.Galt
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:18pm
I have a gun violence story. An 80 year old woman was sitting in her rocking chair watching Oprah one sunny day, when all of a sudden a big man crash through her front door. The 80 year old, scared witless, picked up her 357 revolver and put two rounds in his chest. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. No charges were filed.

OBAMA WOULD RATHER HAVE THE 80 YEAR OLD WOMAN DEAD AND THE BURGLAR/RAPIST/MURDERER ON THE STREETS. YOU DUMB LIB-TARDS WILL SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR SAVIOUR, MANY OF YOU WITH YOUR LIVES. ENJOY YOUR STARVATION!

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- hatchetjob
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:35pm
  JOHN.GALT, I LOVE your comment!! Screw Oblamo!!!
  
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1FreeVoice
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:17pm
Pass a law against committing murder with a gun or any other weapon. The law abiding people will not be disturbed, and the lawbreakers will have extra jail time, mandatory.

Extend it to cover anyone found not guilty by reason of insanity, require them to be housed in a mental facility for a minimum period, and not to be released unless a panel of psychologists finds him/her responsible for his actions after that. If the person commits a second offense within ___ days of being released, the Dr.’s on the panel who voted for his release will face penalties.

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- naughtycal
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:51pm
  I thought the same thing about DUI’s. This law punishes citizens for crimes that have no victims. But it they made it added manditory time for causing while drunk driving that law would be fair. Pre-crime laws need to be abolished. For every 20 people who gets a DUI for ablown taillight,a couplke of miles over the speed limit,or failure to give aturn signal something simple like that there is only one who gets a DUI for driving all over the highway and threatening actual lives. So 20 people are made to suffer to stop 1 atual drunk.
  
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- MoseyAlong
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 2:42pm
  Uhm…they do have laws for all of that. You can’t commit murder with guns, knives, or any weapon.
  
  Also, it doesn’t matter whether you are drunk enough to drive all over the road or not. If your BAC is over the limit then it is over the limit. Don’t do the things you know you aren’t supposed to do. Also, please ensure you think for yourself every now and then.
  
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- objectivetruth
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 3:16pm
  @Moseyalong
  You are part of the problem.Its called common sense.Road conditions differ and so to do people.One size all approach simply doesn’t work and is counterproductive.Those who drink and drive in city heavy traffic or are way over the limit differ from someone who is slightly over the limit on a deserted rural road.There isn’t any difference in the charges or fines though.There is a problem with it.The first is an endangerment.The second one usually isn’t.The gravity of the charges are different and the fines and jail time should be too.
  
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- naughtycal
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 4:12pm
  mosey,
  Why do we have drunk driving laws? To supposely stop drunks from causing accidents..Right.
  But that would imply that if left on their own a person with the barely legal limit will kill someone.
  That’s not the case most DUI involve no accidents and sometime not even a simple traffic violation(burnt taillight,no signal..ect) So DUI are convicting on accidents that never happen. Like I said if manditory extra time was placed on drivers who caused accidents that mankes sense. What we have now is precrime laws.
  More over do you know how the .08 was determined to be the legally over limit? They didn’t take people from of different sizes and back grounds test their co-ordination at multiple levels to determines what at what point they were impaired. They used computer simulations allowing the computer to simulate what .08 drive was.
  They rig the system to get the maxium amount of revenue they could. Remember when .1 was the legal limit and they lost tons of drivers because they would pass the breath test. Well they figured out that three beers would put the average driver over by their standards thus more revenue for the government new police cars,larger salaries,bigger pention,better benefits all on the backs of the citizen
  WHO DIDN’T HURT ANYONE,DIDN’T ROB ANYONE AND DIDN’T KILL ANYONE
  
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coyote1hell
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:16pm
Buh’rack is the sorriest POS..to ever “occupy” the White House…..he is the POSOTUS…….

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barber2
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:12pm
The Obama people and their international allies are ” organized,” relentless, and dedicated to winning . Trained in Rules For Radicals / union boss tactics. They have mastered the art of using/ buying the media for propagandizing 24 / 7 . Since conservatives tend to be law abiding, hard working taxpayers, they are at a serious disadvantage. There is no conservative group with the money , the organization , the tactics and the single-focused agenda of the international Left.

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- objectivetruth
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 3:20pm
  Yes I have a term for it.Funded industrial browbeating.Its one of there most useful tactics.Now if the right can start employing it maybe we can win for a change.
  
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IndyGuy
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:08pm
“I’m honoring his memory — and those of many others who have fallen — by doing something about gun violence,”

No you’re not you idiot tool…Honoring his memory would be insisting that law abiding Citizens get Concealed Carry permits so they can defend themselves against the loons like the one that killed your Dad….
All you are doing is advocating that we have more sitting ducks like your Dad…SHEESH…

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DRT_7.62_BTHP
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:08pm
We should fill it with stories of people defending themselves with a gun.

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- Stevsea
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:10pm
  Yes!!
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:31pm
  They’ll yank them down and delete them. It would be fun to fill up their site with the truth.
  
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Cavallo
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:04pm
Campaigning 24-7/365.. this is something the freedom side is going to have to adopt. Freedom once lost is lost forever. They have already exposed themselves more than once showing that they really do want confiscation and have introduced laws to attempt to affect that outcome. They will use any lie, any person, any sob story they can devise to strip you of your rights and make you a slave. They’re vile and evil fascists. There is no reasonable gun control, they’re just taking baby steps towards complete and total annihilation of your natural rights as human beings.

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zoro51
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:04pm
more SOCIALIST propaganda… IMPEACH N THROW OUT OBAMA NOW TAKE BACK AMERICA FROM THE LEFT

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- JoanofAmerica
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:17pm
  Where is the Provost Marshall?
  
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IndyGuy
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:04pm
What’s with the “They Deserve A Vote” crap…What is the next shoe to drop???

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- sickofthelibs
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:32pm
  We deserve a vote too..and representation..we are not being represented at all
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 6:01pm
  I’ve figured it out…The “They Deserve A Vote” is setting up the discussion that the illegals deserve a vote….That will be next, Mark My Words…
  
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Xanderson
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:03pm
And on President Obama’s newest website, “Organizing for Confiscation”, readers are encouraged to share their gun-owning friends’, families’, and neighbors’ names and addresses.

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Vilgax
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:02pm
http://gunssavelives.net/

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- banjarmon
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:03pm
  Good site!!
  
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media-bias-steals-elections
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:00pm
I’m sorry, but asking Will Ferrel to appear on Saturday Night Live, wearing spandex knickers, and a political wig like they American Politicians wore in the past, and pretend to be Joe Biden, coming home, and then watch his wife pull out a musket, and level at Will Ferrel, and watch him run, then his wife falls on her rear end after shooting it, is not a reasonable solution to a problem that does not exist?

Firearms are not the problem, gun control belongs in the hands of citiizens, and citizens are sick and tired and fed up with political tyrants that manage to win elections with the help of a media that clearly is a domestic enemy of the US Constitution and the rights RESERVED – RESERVED – RESERVED (can you hear me now?) spending every waking moment of their lives thinking about new restrictions on our lives under their unproveable scientific hypothesis and a range of subjects, not just gun control?

Law abiding citizens are not dangerous weapons.

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DimmuBorgir
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 11:58am
Gabby Giffords is just a tool. So sad.

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Berbel73
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 11:57am
The great divider is at it again. Obama is bound and determined to destroy this country. I think that we have just witnessed the transition from nudge to shove.

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WillG
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 11:57am
Can anyone see the individual with evil intent purchasing a firearm through legitimate means? No they will buy one off the streets or steal one. Additionally “common sense legislation” from our current presiding government is the oxymoron of the day.

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- LordAzrael
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:52pm
  Actually, James Holmes purchased his guns legally. So did Seung-Hui Cho (the VA Tech shooter) although stricter background checks that would have uncovered the fact that he’d been involuntarily committed would have prevented him from buying the guns he used.
  
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cz_smitty
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 11:56am
I just went there and sent them the story on the girl that was raped and supports concealed carry. I sure hope they read it. Funny, though, they wouldnt take the site in their link box. lunatic leftist propaganda….

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biohazard23
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 11:56am
Yep, that oughta appeal to the Jerry Springer and the View audiences alright.

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Jon
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 11:53am
Ok Guys….time to tell our stories… seriously…. flood the thing with stories of how guns save lives and will end gun violence!!!!!

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naughtycal
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 11:48am
Please be sure to also indicate the race of each shooter.

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- Maji
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 11:56am
  I’m sure they’re going start a site for innocent people
  Killed by drones. Drone violence!
  
  So people innocent people shot by police
  Obama police violence!
  He’s paying them right?
  Says the sequester will cut their pay!
  
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- Keatonc333
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 11:58am
  why? are black murders worse than white ones?
  
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- Psychosis
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:08pm
  @ keaton
  
  all murders are bad ……………..guess your not concerned with who is the perp huh
  
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- cz_smitty
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:09pm
  no, Kunton, but they sure are more numerous. If you look at a map of the last election, and a map of areas with “gun problems” the boundaries are pretty much the same.
  
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- BryanB
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:11pm
  @Keatonc333
  
  Black on Black murders make-up 80% of all murders in the United States……..
  
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- spirited
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:28pm
  @KEAN (less)
  “why? are black murders worse than white ones?”
  
  >>>>>>(8^O There’s a perfect example of the twist.
  
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- naughtycal
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:42pm
  333,
  I never mentioned a color I merely want all the facts about GUN VIOLENCE include which groups are more likely to use guns to commit murders.
  
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IndyGuy
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 11:47am
Notice the Left and Obama’s newest tactic to call guns and anything relating to them VIOLENCE….They aren’t mentioning the VIOLENT PERPS!!!

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- IndyGuy
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 11:57am
  P.S….Someone needs to hack the site and ask kids to share their violent baseball bat or knife or fists stories too…
  
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- GuruMeditation
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:30pm
  Yeah… Where is Anonymous, Guy Faux dweebs when you really need them?
  
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BryanB
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 11:44am
The President and liberal progressives are working themselves up to justify their action……

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