Boy shots self (and dies) at gun range with AN UZI [ an evil black rifle] !!! http://www.startribune.com/nation/33349859.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aU7EaDiaMDCiUZ This occurred in Massachusetts. Why is it "news" in a Minnesota paper? Because it [b]supports[/b] the Strib's editorial policy that all guns are TOO dangerous for public possession. [b]The Strib constantly runs stories about gun misuse [u]somewhere[/u] in order to unconsciously condition its reader's knowledge base[/b]. To my knowledge they have been doing this since at least 1985. If a person is subjected to a constant and exclusively negative news stream about guns, they'll naturally conclude that the gun has no [i]positive[/i] social utility and lots of social [i]cost[/i]. And then they'll be supportive of eliminating that social cost. Manipulating "access" to information in order to further the newspapers POLITICAL policies favoring the severe restriction (or elimination) of guns from society is devious. No false stories. No outright lies. Merely the omission of good stories in order to create a MISLEADING ([i]false[/i]) picture of the "factual" situation. [u]If [/u]the facts are as misleadingly presented, the reader's rational conclusion is that guns are BAD. And the reader never realizes that he's been brainwashed. [b]If they were selling stock instead of policy, this would be a federal crime.[/b] (xx C.F.R. 10b-5) Tricky, those urinalists. Urr, ah, ... journalists. ************************************************** Professor Joseph Olson, J.D., LL.M. o- 651-523-2142 Hamline University School of Law (MS-D2037) f- 651-523-2236 St. Paul, MN 55113-1235 c- 612-865-7956 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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