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To: rellimpank

This all presumes that the media DOESN’T want more mass murders they can use to sell soap, along with their anti-gun leftist agenda.

Honestly, I believe that a federal prohibition on revealing such information would NOT violate the first amendment (for public safety reasons.) I may be wrong, but some enterprising Congressman seeking to get some national attention could introduce such a bill, and start the dialogue (”voluntary” media standards might result.)


17 posted on 12/15/2007 9:08:35 AM PST by Atlas Sneezed ("We do have tough gun laws in Massachusetts; I support them, I won't chip away at them" -Mitt Romney)
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To: Beelzebubba; rellimpank

Without pictures how is the media expected to get gun control to beccome a primary MUST DO issue?


20 posted on 12/15/2007 9:54:07 AM PST by B4Ranch (( "Freedom is not free, but don't worry the U.S. Marine Corps will pay most of your share." ))
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To: Beelzebubba
Honestly, I believe that a federal prohibition on revealing such information would NOT violate the first amendment (for public safety reasons.)

If the prohibition was on publishing, they it would violate the first amendment. But in spite of what the press might say, there is no right to "know" such information, so if the police and others don't reveal it, it will be less likely to be blared out of every media orifice. The same is true of the tapes of the scum "in action", audio tapes of the event and so forth. Probably it will still get out, eventually. But by that time it won't be worth the wall to wall coverage that these things tend to get now.

26 posted on 12/15/2007 2:04:17 PM PST by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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