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'60 Minutes' Airs 'ASK' and 'Speak Up' Propaganda
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60 Minutes Airs Two Segments Reinforcing ASK and Speak Up Campaigns
5/22/2002
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PAX
New York, NY
Phone: 212-983-8705
www.paxusa.org
New York, NY - On May 12, the CBS News Show 60 Minutes aired a segment addressing the increasing momentum in the medical community behind the idea of asking patients about guns as a potential health risk to the family. This segment demonstrates the success of the ASK (Asking Saves Kids) Campaign, created by PAX -- Real Solutions to Gun Violence. The ASK Campaign urges parents to ASK if there are guns in the homes where their children play.
The show featured PAX's official partner in the ASK Campaign, The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
"Since the launch of the campaign 18 months ago, PAX has been working with the American Academy of Pediatrics, to make asking about guns part of the dialogue between doctors and parents nationwide," says PAX Co-Founder Dan Gross. "60 Minutes showed that clearly that dialogue is taking place."
AAP Member Danielle Laraque, MD, FAAP, who was featured on the 60 Minutes segment, says, "It is important to discuss the risks of having guns where children live and play, and the ASK Campaign provides a powerful tool for pediatricians to spread that message to America's families."
Last Wednesday night, 60 Minutes II aired another segment directly reinforcing a PAX initiative, this time PAX's upcoming SPEAK UP Campaign. The SPEAK UP Campaign, launching in the fall, is a groundbreaking national initiative urging students to report threats of weapon-related violence in school. It will feature the first-ever, national toll-free hotline for students to report these threats (1-866-SPEAK-UP).
The SPEAK UP Campaign was developed based on the findings of a Secret Service Study which showed that in 75 percent of school shootings, the attackers told other students of their plans. PAX is also consulting with the Secret Service to develop the protocol for handling student tips.
Findings from the Secret Service Study were revealed on 60 Minutes II in a segment emphasizing the vital importance of students reporting threats as a solution to school violence.
"When a show like 60 Minutes airs two segments in one week directly tied in with PAX's Campaigns, it is dramatic proof that PAX's ideas are taking hold in culture and that they are the right ideas at the right time," says PAX Co-Founder Talmage Cooley.
http://www.jointogether.org/gv/news/alerts/reader/0,2061,551260,00.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
5/22/2002
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Press Release
PAX
New York, NY
Phone: 212-983-8705
www.paxusa.org
New York, NY - On May 12, the CBS News Show 60 Minutes aired a segment addressing the increasing momentum in the medical community behind the idea of asking patients about guns as a potential health risk to the family. This segment demonstrates the success of the ASK (Asking Saves Kids) Campaign, created by PAX -- Real Solutions to Gun Violence. The ASK Campaign urges parents to ASK if there are guns in the homes where their children play.
The show featured PAX's official partner in the ASK Campaign, The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
"Since the launch of the campaign 18 months ago, PAX has been working with the American Academy of Pediatrics, to make asking about guns part of the dialogue between doctors and parents nationwide," says PAX Co-Founder Dan Gross. "60 Minutes showed that clearly that dialogue is taking place."
AAP Member Danielle Laraque, MD, FAAP, who was featured on the 60 Minutes segment, says, "It is important to discuss the risks of having guns where children live and play, and the ASK Campaign provides a powerful tool for pediatricians to spread that message to America's families."
Last Wednesday night, 60 Minutes II aired another segment directly reinforcing a PAX initiative, this time PAX's upcoming SPEAK UP Campaign. The SPEAK UP Campaign, launching in the fall, is a groundbreaking national initiative urging students to report threats of weapon-related violence in school. It will feature the first-ever, national toll-free hotline for students to report these threats (1-866-SPEAK-UP).
The SPEAK UP Campaign was developed based on the findings of a Secret Service Study which showed that in 75 percent of school shootings, the attackers told other students of their plans. PAX is also consulting with the Secret Service to develop the protocol for handling student tips.
Findings from the Secret Service Study were revealed on 60 Minutes II in a segment emphasizing the vital importance of students reporting threats as a solution to school violence.
"When a show like 60 Minutes airs two segments in one week directly tied in with PAX's Campaigns, it is dramatic proof that PAX's ideas are taking hold in culture and that they are the right ideas at the right time," says PAX Co-Founder Talmage Cooley.
http://www.jointogether.org/gv/news/alerts/reader/0,2061,551260,00.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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Likewise, if my child was in a school and someone was aware of a security issue, I would want them to contact whoever could address the problem. Since schools are legislative "kill-zones", no self-defense weapons on school grounds, students and staff are particularly vulnerable.
PAX may have other agendas, but I don't see a problem with these two.
Like in the NFL, defense is the key.
~Secret Select Society Of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets~
I ask both my children to talk to someone (if not me - you know how kids are) if they know of a dangerous situation at school. On the other hand I have to counsel them not to talk about how well they shot at the range, or that cool rifle/scope their dad got.
My Daughter had a history extra credit thing, where she was supposed to bring in something that made a political statement. I have a bumpersticker that say's "Buy a Gun - Piss Off a Liberal", and I worried about her taking that. She said her teacher laughed all day when he saw that...
IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY RIGHTS - GET OUT OF MY COUNTRY (this includes politicians)
If I'm wrong please correct me, I won't be offended.
It's dramatic proof that the libral media is anti-gun!
Save, research, then buy the best.Join the NRA, NOW!Teach them young, teach them safe, teach them forever, but most of all, teach them to VOTE!
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