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SCAPEGOATING AND EXCUSES

“ ‘
America’s propaganda-savvy gun pimps
’ ” Stephen King,
Guns
(New York: Kindle Singles, 2013), Kindle edition. • “ ‘
In video gaming, shooters still top the lists
’ ” Stephen King,
Guns
(New York: Kindle Singles, 2013), Kindle edition. • “ ‘
it is likely to be one of the most viewed of all entertainment experiences in modern history
’ ” “Call of Duty
^®
Franchise Surpasses $3 Billion in Retail Sales Worldwide,”
prnewswire.com
, November 27, 2009,
http://prn.to/11h3eP5
. • “
It took just forty-two days for the title to gross $1 billion
” Manikandan Raman, “Call of Duty: Black Ops Sales Top $1 Bln,”
International Business Times
, December 22, 2010,
http://bit.ly/11h3vkX
. • “
more than 600 million hours had been logged playing the game in its first six weeks alone
” Manikandan Raman, “Call of Duty: Black Ops Sales Top $1 Bln,”
International Business Times
, December 22, 2010,
http://bit.ly/11h3vkX
. • “
Xbox users log on more than once a day and play for more than an hour each time
” Manikandan Raman, “Call of Duty: Black Ops Sales Top $1 Bln,”
International Business Times
, December 22, 2010,
http://bit.ly/11h3vkX
. • “
took just
sixteen days
to gross $1 billion
” Christopher Freeburn, “ ‘Call of Duty’ Sales Top Hollywood’s Highest Grossers,”
investorplace.com
, December 6, 2012,
http://bit.ly/11h4yRZ
. • “ ‘
exceeded worldwide ticket sales
’ ” Christopher Freeburn, “ ‘Call of Duty’ Sales Top Hollywood’s Highest Grossers,”
investorplace.com
, December 6, 2012,
http://bit.ly/11h4yRZ
. • “ ‘
guns are for bad guys too cowardly to fight like men
’ ” Stephen King,
Guns
(New York: Kindle Single, 2013), Kindle edition. • “
if you look at the top twenty instead, you find
Django Unchained
and
Taken 2
” “2012 Domestic Grosses,”
boxofficemojo.com
, accessed March 3, 2013,
http://bit.ly/IEETuB
. • “
The killer even dyed his hair to match The Joker’s
” Richard Esposito, Jack Date, and Pierre Thomas, “Aurora ‘Dark Knight’ Suspect James Holmes Said He ‘Was the Joker’: Cops,”
The Blotter
blog at
abcnews.go.com
, July 20, 2012,
http://abcn.ws/11h7bmR
. • “
The Hunger Games
(the third-highest-grossing film in the U.S. in 2012)
” “2012 Domestic Grosses,”
boxofficemojo.com
, accessed March 4, 2013,
http://bit.ly/IEETuB
. • “ ‘
directed at people who have already expired
’ ” Stephen King,
Guns
(New York: Kindle Singles, 2013), Kindle edition. • “ ‘
with a rifle slung across the shoulder
’ ” Helena Bachmann, “The Swiss Difference: A Gun Culture that Works,”
Time
, December 20, 2012,
http://ti.me/11h4LEN
. • “
Switzerland experiences about 0.5 gun homicides per 100,000 people annually
” Helena Bachmann, “The Swiss Difference: A Gun Culture that Works,”
Time
, December 20, 2012,
http://ti.me/11h4LEN
. • “
The rate in the United States is about six times higher
” William J. Krouse,
Gun Control Legislation
, report prepared for Members and Committees of Congress, 12 Cong., 2d sess., 2012, Committee Print, 9,
http://bit.ly/wvkslu
. • “
concluded that a ‘culture of support,’ rather than focus on individualism, can deter mass killings
” Helena Bachmann, “The Swiss Difference: A Gun Culture that Works,”
Time
, December 20, 2012,
http://ti.me/11h4LEN
. • “
It’s also an issue of the kinds of communities that we’re building
” Kathleen Hennessey, “In Chicago, Obama Talks of Community, Family in Curbing Violence,”
Los Angeles Times
, February 15, 2013,
http://lat.ms/11h56an
.

THE WAY FORWARD

“ ‘
Hell will be forever for rent
’ ” Philip P. Mason,
Rum Running and the Roaring Twenties
(Detroit: Wayne State University Press, August 1, 1995), 36. • “
30,000–100,000 such clubs opened in the first five years in New York City alone
” “Teaching with Documents: The Volstead Act and Related Prohibition Documents,”
archives.gov
, accessed March 15, 2013,
http://1.usa.gov/11h5buJ
. • “ ‘
They carried hip flasks, hollowed canes, false books, and the like
’ ” “Teaching with Documents: The Volstead Act and Related Prohibition Documents,”
archives.gov
, accessed March 15, 2013,
http://1.usa.gov/11h5buJ
. • “
a felony punishable by up to ten years in prison
” Caroline May, “Biden to NRA: We ‘Don’t Have Time’ to Prosecute Gun Buyers Who Lie on Background Checks,”
dailycaller.com
, January 18, 2013,
http://bit.ly/11h5m9k
. • “ ‘
prosecutors pursued just 44
’ ” Caroline May, “Biden to NRA: We ‘Don’t Have Time’ to Prosecute Gun Buyers Who Lie on Background Checks,”
dailycaller.com
, January 18, 2013,
http://bit.ly/11h5m9k
. • “ ‘
that answers a question inaccurately
’ ” Caroline May, “Biden to NRA: We ‘Don’t Have Time’ to Prosecute Gun Buyers Who Lie on Background
Checks,”
dailycaller.com
, January 18, 2013,
http://bit.ly/11h5m9k
. • “
have been judged mentally ill
” Joseph Tanfani, “Many Mentally Ill Missing from Gun Background Check System,”
Los Angeles Times,
January 12, 2013,
http://lat.ms/11h5wxv
. • “
yet to report much of anything
,” Joseph Tanfani, “Many Mentally Ill Missing from Gun Background Check System,”
Los Angeles Times
, January 12, 2013,
http://lat.ms/11h5wxv
. • “ ‘
fewer than 100 records of individuals disqualified on mental health grounds
’ ” Cory Booker, “It’s Time to Emphasize Pragmatic and Achievable Gun Law Reform,”
The Blog
blog at
huffingtonpost.com
, December 21, 2012,
http://huff.to/11h74rn
. • “ ‘
appropriated just 5.3 percent of the total authorized amount
’ ” Matt MacBradaigh, “6 Biggest Problems with Mandatory Gun Background Checks,”
policymic.com
, February 25, 2013,
http://bit.ly/11h5GFa
. • “ ‘
which carries the
same punishment as trafficking chicken or livestock
’ ”Mathew T. Ryan, “Pass Commonsense Laws to Stop Gun Violence Now,”
The Blog
blog at
huffingtonpost.com
, January 15, 2013,
http://huff.to/11h6ZUL
. • “
got their gun somewhere other than a retail store
” Matt MacBradaigh, “6 Biggest Problems with Mandatory Gun Background Checks,”
policymic.com
, February 25, 2013,
http://bit.ly/11h5GFa
. • “ ‘
than be needed and not be here
’ ” Scott Stump, “Town Puts Police Officers in Schools at No Cost to Taxpayers,”
The Today Show
, NBC, March 6, 2013,
http://on.today.com/11h5MwA
. • “
it’s still important for parents to understand how they work
” Andy Chalk, “Inappropriate Content: A Brief History of Videogame Ratings and the ESRB,”
escapist magazine.com
, July 20, 2007,
http://bit.ly/11h6mdJ
. • “ ‘
scenes of intense violence, graphic sexual content and/or gambling with real currency
’ ” “ESRB Ratings Guide,”
esrb.org
, accessed March 15, 2013,
http://bit.ly/11h6x8X
. • “
the manufacturer blurred some of the worst scenes
” Ben Kuchera, “Edited, Smeared Manhunt 2 Kills Show in Video Form,”
arstechnica.com
, October 26, 2007,
http://ars.to/11h6rhC
. • “
also has an M rating
” “Manhunt 2,” Rockstar Games, as found for sale at Amazon.com, accessed March 19, 2013,
http://amzn.to/YpNklW
. • “ ‘
sexual content and/or strong language
’ ” “ESRB Ratings Guide,”
esrb.org
, accessed March 15, 2013,
http://bit.ly/11h6x8X
. • “ ‘
minimal blood, simulated gambling and/or infrequent use of strong language
’ ” “ESRB Ratings Guide,”
esrb.org
, accessed March 15, 2013,
http://bit.ly/11h6x8X
. • “ ‘
mild violence and/or infrequent use of mild language
’ ” “ESRB Ratings Guide,”
esrb.org
, accessed March 15, 2013,
http://bit.ly/11h6x8X
. • “
TV ‘budget’ or ‘diet
’ ” Sonia Tinsley and Tara Gallien, “Student Media Awareness to Reduce Television (SMART),”
gethealthycenla.org
, accessed March 15, 2013,
http://bit.ly/11h6M3V
. • “ ‘
Only community and parents and teachers and clergy can fill that hole
’ ” President Barack Obama, “Remarks by the President on Strengthening the Economy for the Middle Class,” Office of the Press Secretary, The White House, February 15, 20013,
http://1.usa.gov/11h6FFn
.

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