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The Vast Majority Of The Guns In The U.s. Are Sold To White People Who Live In The Suburbs Or The Country. When We Fantasize About Being Mugged Or Home Invaded, What's The Image Of The Perpetrator In Our Heads? Is It The Freckled-face Kid From Down The Street - Or Is It Someone Who Is, If Not Black, At Least Poor?

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The Vast Majority Of The Guns In The U.s. Are Sold To White People Who Live In The Suburbs Or The Country. When We Fantasize About Being Mugged Or Home Invaded, What's The Image Of The Perpetrator In Our Heads? Is It The Freckled-face Kid From Down The Street - Or Is It Someone Who Is, If Not Black, At Least Poor?

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I'm A Highly Flawed Individual, As We All Are, And Because I Was Raised By Jesuits, I'm Constantly, 'what Is It About Me And What I Can Do To Be Better?'

I'd Feel Bad If I Had You Come Into A Theater And You Leave Feeling Ripped Off.

If The Founding Fathers Could Have Looked Into A Crystal Ball And Seen Ak-47s And Glock Semi-automatic Pistols, I Think They Would Say, You Know, 'that's Not Really What We Mean When We Say Bear Arms.'

My Employees, There's No Deductible In Your Health Care. No Deductible, Absolutely Not. You Get Paid Sick Days, As Many As You Need, Personal Days.

Capitalism Is Against The Things That We Say We Believe In - Democracy, Freedom Of Choice, Fairness. It's Not About Any Of Those Things Now. It's About Protecting The Wealthy And Legalizing Greed.

I Come From The State Of Michigan. We Were The First English-speaking Government In The World To Outlaw The Death Penalty, Back In The 1840s. We Have Never Had, As A State, The Death Penalty In Michigan. I Was Raised With That, And Even Republicans In Michigan, Nobody Would Even Think Of Putting A Measure On The Ballot To Have The Death Penalty.

I Made 'bowling For Columbine' In The Hope The School Shootings Would Stop And That We Would Address The Issue Of How Easy It Is To Get A Gun In The United States, And Tragically, Those School Shootings Continue.

If You're White, And You Really Want To Help Change Things, Why Not Start With Yourself?

Clinton Was A Pretty Good President For A Republican.

Under Reagan Came The Idea Of Putting Your Pension Plan In The Stock Market, Which Wasn't A Guaranteed Pension.

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