Carole-K
15th April 2009, 10:33
An interesting article about Arney Duncan the new Secretary of Education in the U.S. from America's First Freedom magazine, published by the NRA.
Arne Duncan: Education at the Extremez (http://www.nrapublications.org/a1f/Duncan.html)
Duncan is the only Cabinet member who has actually won an award from the gun-ban lobby. The Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence (which, if it had to follow truth-in-labeling laws, would be called the Illinois Council Against Guns) presented Duncan with its "Man of the Year" award in October 2008.
At the awards ceremony, Duncan said that he could not yet accept the award because victory over guns had not yet been achieved. But he promised:
"We'll keep fighting the NRA, the gun makers, the gun dealers, the gangbangers and everyone else who refuses to accept the undeniable fact that guns and kids don't mix."
Quote cut for brevity
Duncan continued: "We'll fight them in Springfield, in the courts, in the community and even in the home."
It's hard to see how the data support a claim that banning the possession of handguns by law-abiding citizens has made Chicago safer. In the 2007-08 school year, 34 Chicago public school students were killed. (Not during school hours in school, but somewhere else.)
Duncan's solution? Ban all guns, everywhere. According to the Oct. 14, 2008, Chicago Tribune, Duncan said, "This is a public health epidemic. We are struggling to find the cure for aids, we are struggling to find the cure for cancer; we know the cure for this public health epidemic—getting rid of guns."
Duncan claims that in America, "We just value our right to bear arms more than we value our children, and our priorities are fundamentally backwards."
Emphasis added by me.
And people wonder why we choose the home education route? In another post I wrote about conditioning - our children are already being conditioned in school to believe that guns are evil. Somehow I doubt Arne Duncan, though much loved by the NEA, will improve that situation in the least.
Arne Duncan: Education at the Extremez (http://www.nrapublications.org/a1f/Duncan.html)
Duncan is the only Cabinet member who has actually won an award from the gun-ban lobby. The Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence (which, if it had to follow truth-in-labeling laws, would be called the Illinois Council Against Guns) presented Duncan with its "Man of the Year" award in October 2008.
At the awards ceremony, Duncan said that he could not yet accept the award because victory over guns had not yet been achieved. But he promised:
"We'll keep fighting the NRA, the gun makers, the gun dealers, the gangbangers and everyone else who refuses to accept the undeniable fact that guns and kids don't mix."
Quote cut for brevity
Duncan continued: "We'll fight them in Springfield, in the courts, in the community and even in the home."
It's hard to see how the data support a claim that banning the possession of handguns by law-abiding citizens has made Chicago safer. In the 2007-08 school year, 34 Chicago public school students were killed. (Not during school hours in school, but somewhere else.)
Duncan's solution? Ban all guns, everywhere. According to the Oct. 14, 2008, Chicago Tribune, Duncan said, "This is a public health epidemic. We are struggling to find the cure for aids, we are struggling to find the cure for cancer; we know the cure for this public health epidemic—getting rid of guns."
Duncan claims that in America, "We just value our right to bear arms more than we value our children, and our priorities are fundamentally backwards."
Emphasis added by me.
And people wonder why we choose the home education route? In another post I wrote about conditioning - our children are already being conditioned in school to believe that guns are evil. Somehow I doubt Arne Duncan, though much loved by the NEA, will improve that situation in the least.