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The NRA’s “Look, But Don’t Touch” Approach Is a Real Killer
It’s time to save the children. Last week, a 3-year-old boy in Hopewell, Virginia accidentally shot his twin brother while playing on a playground, with a gun that had been left unattended in his home. The twin brother was taken to a local hospital for treatment, and is expected to survive, despite being listed in critical but stable condition. The 3-year-old shooter also sustained injuries to his hand, which police suspect are as result of the gun’s action catching the hand.
While the idea of one 3-year-old shooting another 3-year-old seems unbelievable, it’s part of a very disturbing trend in America today. The U.S. accounts for a staggering 75% of all children murdered in the developed world. And studies have shown that U.S. children between the ages of 5 and 14 are 17 times more likely to be murdered by guns than children in any other developed country in the world.
Similarly, U.S. children under the age of 15 are nine times more likely to die from a gun-related accident than those in the rest of the developed world. And in states where it’s easier to get a gun, the rates of accidental gun deaths among children are even higher. From the playground to the classroom, all across America, our children are dying from completely preventable gun violence. But don’t tell that to gun lobby groups like the NRA.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 10pm... Iraq...the Case for Doing Nothing (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT or Free Speech TV, and catch past shows on Youtube)
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Need to Know: Iraq...the Case for Doing Nothing
The Best of the Rest...
PLUS, Robert Bergdahl's Beard Is Not the Threat- Jasjit Singh, Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF) 
Daily Take: The NRA's "Look, But Don't Touch" is a Real Killer
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Tuesday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: Pediatricians are right...the NRA is wrong
Hour Three: Why Iraq is a mess and what we should do- John Guandolo, Understanding the Threat
Book: Raising a Jihadi Generation: Understanding the Muslim Brotherhood Movement in America by John Guandolo.
Plus, will a giant ice wall contain Fukushima's radiation?- Paul Gunter, Beyond Nuclear
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Full Show 6/16/14: Will U.S. and Iran Team Up on Iraq Crisis?
Thom discusses the ongoing crisis in Iraq with National Security Network's John Bradshaw, American University Professor Edmund Ghareeb and National Security Expert Dr. Harlan Ullman, and whether China will limit it's carbon emissions with Peggy Liu, Chairperson with the Joint US-China Collaboration on Clean Energy. In tonight's "Daily Take" Thom discusses how our health care industry needs to go back to being not-for-profit.
Caller: U.S. Soldiers Don't Want to go Back to Iraq!
Why Iraq is a Mess
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How the Koch Brothers Rose to Power
If Being Gay is a Choice, You May be Bi-Sexual
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