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Right-wing’s false claims that Obama will take away guns ‘has helped fuel the panic buying of firearms.’
Right-wing’s false claims that Obama will take away guns ‘has helped fuel the panic buying of firearms.’
In Pittsburgh today, a gunman wearing a bulletproof vest opened fire on police officers who were responding to a domestic disturbance call, killing three of them. Many bloggers have noted that the shooter, 23-year old Richard Poplawski, irrationally feared for “ the Obama gun ban ...
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Leftwing Bloggers Blame Glenn Beck for Pittsburgh Cop Killings
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... by the weird rantings that Glenn Beck has engaged in since getting his Fox News gig. And digby: If Neiwert is correct, this is probably only the beginning of some unpleasantness. The radio gasbags are getting more and more incoherent and wild and the population most subject to their violent rants are armed to the teeth. I think we can all see where this might be headed. FireDogLake chimed in as well, as did ThinkProgress. Of course, one could make the case that these folks got their marching orders ...

Think Progress Contradicts Itself On Obama's Gun Control Position
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... Right-wing’s false claims that Obama will take away guns ‘has helped fuel the panic buying of firearms.’ ...

O?Reilly: Fox News Doesn?t Report Stories That Will ?Hurt Anybody?
The Hollywood Liberal — ... ,” saying that he has ties to communists (or fascists ), or that he’s even a “ racist ” who hates “ white culture .” Beck regularly fears that the country is being “ stolen ” and has even said that the Obama administration had created concentration camps . Indeed, other major conservative media figures have noticed this constant incendiary rhetoric, and one CNN host noted that “Americans are scarfing up guns and ammunition at an alarming rate.” Rep. Ryan admits GOP was negligent on health care for 12 ...

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