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Old 12-17-2012, 07:53 PM
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Please reference your source for these statistics.... Thanks

Also, I don't remember hearing of any of these mass murder shooters being NRA members.....Were any???
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Here is where I read the statistic, from Gail Collins, NYT columnist:

"Recently the Michigan House of Representatives passed and sent to the governor a bill that, among other things, makes it easy for people to carry concealed weapons in schools. After the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School Friday, a spokesman for House Speaker Jase Bolger said that it might have meant “the difference between life and death for many innocent bystanders.” This is a popular theory of civic self-defense that discounts endless evidence that in a sudden crisis, civilians with guns either fail to respond or respond by firing at the wrong target. "

I will try to substantiate this evidence, but Collins is a very credible journalist.

BTW as a MI resident, I am ashamed of MI legislature and have notified Gov. Snyder I won't be voting for him if he signs this law into effect.