SylvesterJohnson http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/16097/all en ABC Airs Two Segments Blaming Guns, Not Criminals http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/abc-airs-two-segments-blaming-guns-not-criminals <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/kristen-fyfe">Kristen Fyfe</a> </div> </div> </div> <p >ABC's World News keeps beating the “guns are bad” drum. </p> <br /> <p >On October 4, anchor Charles Gibson used a “brazen double murder” in <st1:city w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:city> as the pretext to push gun control, giving the <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:place></st1:city> police commissioner a platform to denounce the availability of guns.  The whole pitch to upend the 2<sup>nd</sup> Amendment took only 33 seconds of air time, but the message was clear.  It's the guns that cause the problems, not the people who misuse them.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/abc-airs-two-segments-blaming-guns-not-criminals" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Culture Education abc CharlesGibson Guns LeeBoydMalvo Murders Philadelphia SylvesterJohnson violence Fri, 05 Oct 2007 04:00:00 +0000 admin 27657 at http://archive2.mrc.org