Gun Control, Ad Infinitum

A. Barton Hinkle
reason.com
December 12, 2012

Gun control, according to a recent blog post by Timothy Egan of The New York Times, is “the issue that dare not speak its name.” Egan is upset that people who do not like gun control recently said mean things about sportscaster Bob Costas, who does. This proved to Egan that “you cannot talk” about guns in America.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg agrees. Thanking Costas for speaking up, he tweeted: “A frank discussion about gun laws and gun violence is a discussion we need to have.”

Bloomberg has an ally in NPR’s Neal Conan. In a “Talk of the Nation” segment back in March titled, “Trayvon Martin Story Sparks Difficult Conversations,” Conan lamented: “I feel we’re missing the opportunity to also have a discussion about guns.”

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This article was posted: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 11:43 am

Tags: constitution, domestic news, gun rights

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