‘ “Although in the 1990s the average number of attacks per year was 70.1, the average number of attacks per year in the first 11 years of the twenty-first century was 307.5, a rise of more than 400%,” writes Dr. Arie Perliger, Director of Terrorism Studies at the CTC.’

Hmmm. Maybe we shouldn’t give up our guns just yet.

via Conservatives Don’t Like This West Point Report on America’s Violent Far-Right – National – The Atlantic Wire.

Republican pollster Frank Luntz says “I don’t think the NRA is listening. I don’t think that they understand. Most Americans would protect the Second Amendment rights and yet agree with the idea that not every human being should own a gun, not every gun should be available at anytime, anywhere, for anyone. That at gun shows, you should not be able to buy something there and then without any kind of check whatsoever. What they’re looking for is a common-sense approach that says that those who are law-abiding should continue to have the right to own a weapon, but that you don’t believe the right should be extended to everyone at every time for every type of weapon.”

via Frank Luntz, GOP Pollster: The NRA Isn’t Listening With Proposal For Armed Guards At Schools.

This is the week that NRA head Wayne LaPierre said we need armed policemen in every school in the land. He also said “Israel had a whole lot of school shootings until they did one thing: They said ‘we’re going to stop it,’ and they put armed security in every school and they have not had a problem since then.”

That’s interesting. So I did a little digging and found that Israel has ‘way tougher gun laws than us, and is thinking of further toughening them. Wonder why LaPierre didn’t mention that.

WATCH: NRA claims public wants armed guards in every school – NYPOST.com.