“condoms are about as effective against AIDS as a twenty-four-chamber gun instead of a six-chamber gun when playing Russian roulette.” FourSixGunTwentiesAidsChamberCondomRouletteRussian Roulette Book:Ecumenical Jihad: Ecumenism and the Culture War Source: Ecumenical Jihad: Ecumenism and the Culture War
“The worst thing that can happen to you in travel is having a gun pointed at you by a very young person. That's happened to me maybe four times in my life. I didn't like it.” PersonsHappensYoungFourHappenedWorstGunWorst Things Author:Paul Theroux
“Moments ago, the U.S. Senate decided to do the unthinkable about gun violence - nothing at all. Over two years ago, when I was shot point-blank in the head, the U.S. Senate chose to do nothing. Four months ago, 20 first-graders lost their lives in a brutal attack on their school, and the U.S. Senate chose to do nothing. It's clear to me that if members of the U.S. Senate refuse to change the laws to reduce gun violence, then we need to change the members of the U.S. Senate.” IfsNeedsYearsFirstsTwoMomentsSchoolLawLostClearFourViolenceMonthsMembersGunShotsYears AgoDecidedRefuseTwo YearsSenateBrutalBlankNeed A ChangeUnthinkableGun ViolenceTwo Years Ago Author:Gabrielle Giffords
“Homicide, often involving guns, is a disease that is the leading cause of death for young black men, and the second-leading cause of death for all people aged fifteen to twenty-four. That makes it the leading health issue, particularly when guns are used in combination with drugs and alcohol. And the statistics show that is most often the case.” PeopleMenShowsYoungUsedCausesBlackCasesIssuesFourDrugDiseaseGunTwentiesAlcoholCombinationStatisticsFifteenInvolvingDrugs And AlcoholHomicideHealth IssuesLeading Causes Author:Joycelyn Elders
“I think there ought to be some serious discussion by smart people, really smart people, about whether or not proliferation of things like The Smoking Gun and TMZ and YouTube and the whole celebrity culture is healthy. We've switched from a culture that was interested in manufacturing, economics, politics - trying to play a serious part in the world - to a culture that's really entertainment-based. I mean, I know people who can tell you who won the last four seasons on American Idol and they don't know who their [bleeping] Representatives are.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldTryingMeanPlayWholeLastsCultureFourSeriousOughtHealthySmartGunEconomicsSeasonsEntertainmentDiscussionSmokingIdolsRepresentativesYoutubeManufacturingSmart PeopleProliferationReally SmartAmerican IdolFour SeasonsCelebrity Culture Author:Stephen King
“According to the CDC, more than one in three women and one in four men in the United States have been victims of domestic violence. It is a widespread public health problem, and every year 1,600 women and 700 men are killed by their intimate partners. One of the biggest risk factors that domestic violence will become fatal is the presence of a gun.” MenYearsHas BeensStatesProblemThreeUnitedUnited StatesFourViolenceRiskGunVictimPartnersFactorsIntimateDomestic ViolencePublic HealthHealth Problems Author:Melissa Harris-Perry