Ravenwood - 05/10/04 06:15 AM
CNN reports that a whopping 100 mothers showed up for the "Million Mom March" in Washington D.C. this Mother's Day. The gun grabbing moms claim that the turnout was as expected, because they were concentrating their efforts on state-wide marches this year. That claim is made despite reports prior to the march that the MMM gun grabbers were hoping for a crowd of 5000.
CNN also helps spread their propaganda.
According to Million Mom March, 10 children die each day from gun violence in the United States. [...]The so-called journalists at the Clinton News Network didn't even bother fact checking the statistic, which seems to vary from 10 to 12 or higher depending on how much press the Million Mommies want. The real statistic of children 17 and under is less than half that. The gun grabbers expand "children" to include 19 to 24 year olds and capture the gang-banging stats to inflate their numbers. It's one of the oldest tricks in the book.The gun show loophole is current federal legislation that allows people to purchase guns at gun shows without a background check that is required for gun sales at stores.
The "gun show loophole" claim that CNN reports as fact (as opposed to attributing it to the gun ban group) is an outright fabrication. Gun sales at stores are sold by gun dealers. Those same dealers are required by federal law to do the very same instant background checks at gun shows, and failure to do so could result in a trip to federal "pound me in the ass" prison.
There were other moms marching on Sunday. The Second Amendment Sisters held a pro-freedom rally to counter the gun grabbers. I'm interested in finding out how many supporters turned out for their rally. The problem is, no one in the media seems to have covered it. (The last time CNN even mentioned the Second Amendment Sisters was 4 years ago.)
UPDATE: WaPo reports the MMM supporters at 3000 and call it the "largest gun-control demonstration in four years". They must be including the media and spectators. Still no mention of the SAS pro-freedom rally.
UPDATE: The International outlet, Voice of America, (not exactly major media) actually mentions the SAS rally.
Sorry, but I cannot help but notice something: (I know which team I'd rather be on.)
Anti-Gun
Pro-Gun
FYI, as usual, Stentorian maintains most of the dirt on the Million Mommies.
UPDATE: The Washington Times doesn't mention the SAS rally either. They also carry this little gem from MMM founder, Donna Dees-Thomases: "We have more people than the NRA. The majority of legitimate gun owners agree that we don't need AK-47s and Uzis on our streets."
I was at the SAS rally, and I walked over to watch the MMM. Some of them had signs reading things like "Second Amendment out the door - vote Kerry 2004." Does anyone have any pictures of these Kerry signs? The MMM non-profit status forbid them from advocating a particular candidate, and they could get in a ****load of trouble if we can get pictures to the right people.
Posted by: Janine at May 10, 2004 9:00 AMI actually forgot about the Million Mommies on Mother's Day.
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