states that regulate access to guns with licenses, background checks, and other restrictions, generally have fewer gun deaths. in fact, a study by harvard school of public health takes that logic one step further. it found states that have higher levels of gun ownership also have higher rates of gun deaths. states that allow people to carry concealed handguns have violent crime rates up to 15% higher than states that do not. that s according to new analysis from stanford law professor john donahue. because there is no one solution that will eradicate all gun violence, the nra and its partners in congress say gun laws won t make a difference. but they obviously do make a difference. so shouldn t we be taking every reasonable opportunity to save lives? okay. well, here s some new research. a study out of boston university that says for every 1% increase in gun ownership, states see a 1% increase in gun-related deaths. these are facts. they are studies, we ve gone
couple, stabbing the man and repeatedly raping his girlfriend. weekend prison passes, dukakis on crime. that ad aired on cable in two new england markets, but received massive national media coverage amplifying bush s message and elevating crime. context is important here. generation ago, in 1988, violent crime rates were soaring. there was an intense public clamoring for the death penalty, something dukakis had long opposed. all of this led to october 13th, 1988, 25 years ago tonight, dukakis and bush squared off for the final debate at ucla s pauley pavilion. the moderator, bernard shaw, introduced the panel, welcomed the candidates, explained the rules and then asked this as his opening question. governor, if kitty dukakis were raped and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable death penalty for the killer?
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with yemen, iraq and serbia? i ll explain. but first, here s my take. mitt romney has picked a bad time to launch an attack on barack obama s foreign policy. as he was speaking to the annual gathering of the veterans of foreign wars this week, charging obama with weakness, betrayal and mendacity, nbc news and the wall street journal released a new poll. it turns out on handling foreign policy, americans prefer obama to romney by a whopping 15 points. romney s principal charge against obama is that he has angered america s allies and emboldened its enemies. shabby treatment of one of our finest friends. well, it turns out again that there s some recently released data that contradicts the claim. . the pew foundation released one of its global surveys in june. soliciting opinions from several countries around the world. when asked if they have some or a lot of trust in president obama, the numbers are overwhelmingly positive across most of the world. in britain, for exa
also, why in the world does the united states find itself number one on a top-10 list with yemen, iraq, and serbia? i ll explain. but first, here s my take. mitt romney has picked a bad time to launch an attack on barack obama s foreign policy. as he was speaking to the annual gathering of the veterans of foreign wars this week, charging obama with weakness, betrayal, and man dacity. there s a new poll on. handling foreign policy, americans prefer obama to romney by a whopping 15 points. romney s principal charge against obama is that he has angered america s allies and emboldened its enemies. shabby treatment of one of our finest friends. well, it turn out again that there s some recently released data that contradicts the claim. the pew foundation released one of its global surveys in june, soliciting opinions from several countries around the world. when asked if they have some or a lot of trust in president obama, the numbers are overwhelmingly positive across most