The Sandy Hook Blip Has Run Its Emotional Course

[eyer]

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Number of mentions of the term "gun control" in the news, according to Nexis...

...via Topsy analytics:

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/01/gun-control-doesnt-survive-christmas-153146.html?ml=bp

 

[LiFeNdEaTh]

interesting..

 

[Voodoo5150]

News only cares about a month before they move on. It's up to the citizens to keep the issues that we have a big problem with in the public mind.

 

[unregistered]

 

[Sean Renaud]

It lasted longer than I expected to in all honesty.

 

[Voodoo5150]

It lasted longer than I expected to in all honesty.

This is pretty standard for a one-time event.

Wars, obviously, have legs, but events like this they only care until the next big story to get viewers.

 

[RoryN]

 

[KingOrfeo]

And, you know what else? Those who can learn from the past are condemned to repeat it. Because the majority apparently never does.

 

[BotanyBoy]

Well...just going to have to get some real hardware in there and get after it right proper, 10 bucks says the next one is an unhinged vet and the body count is absurd.