"Oh. Hey. An entertainer has an opinion about something! I loved their performance in that show so obviously this is the thing we must do."

meh

"America has strict gun laws in 18 states, but the remaining states are still to be awakened. "

immediately tells me all I need to about the bias of the article's author.

they are the ONE TRUE FAITH.

Gun control is no exception.

common ground can be found but (loud mouth) extremists at either end of the spectrum with their half truths, sometimes outright falsehoods and intransigent positions make that extremely difficult.

Comments like the one I highlighted above immediately cast dispersion upon anyone who does not agree with them. Not the way to frame a constructive debate or exchange or ideas.

There are plenty examples of the 1st paragraph scattered in just about every thread on DU, even more so in the "group" category.

or simply assertion fallacy?
Women are more prone to be murdered? Look up the FBI UCR, young black men are most likely to be murdered in places like Detroit and Chicago.

... and must be shared with the whole world, so they can all appreciate her brilliance.

And that's how publicists get paid.

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Chicago, D.C., Baltimore, all have "strict gun laws". Yet, those cities suffer from an abundance of violence. The neighboring communities with firearm regulations more in alignment with the spirit of the 2A remarkably just don't have the same levels of violence. Lawful gun ownership is not the statistical problem.

I realize controllers try to twist and pad the numbers with suicides and far fetched definitions of "mass shootings", but damn give it a rest.

Lawful: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/lawful?s=t
Gun: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/gun?s=t
Ownership: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/ownership?s=t

Very typical.