Juan Cole on America’s Terrorism Double Standard

To my mind, there’s simply no excuse for semiautomatic weapons, which are military weapons, being available to civilians in the United States. You don’t need such a weapon to hunt or for self-defense. These things can be done with an ordinary rifle or pistol.

Lauren Feeney, Bill Moyers & Company

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(August 16, 2012) On his oft-cited blog Informed Comment, author, scholar and historian Juan Cole writes about the Middle East and American politics. In the wake of the attack at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, Cole compared our nation’s response to what he calls “white terrorism” with its response to “other” (read: Islamic) terrorism. We reached him by phone to learn more.

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(07/20/2012) Police in Aurora, Colorado say that they do not think that James Holmes had an accomplice.
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