RE: Unregulated guns are a catastrophe!
May 12, 2013 at 10:10 pm
(This post was last modified: May 12, 2013 at 10:26 pm by A_Nony_Mouse.)
(May 12, 2013 at 8:09 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:Until then, disarming the victims is counter intuitive.
Yeah - right.
http://www.policymic.com/articles/41299/...ce-newtown
29 of 40 "accidental shootings" involved kids under 17 pulling the trigger.
Obviously, hardened criminals!
National Child Mortality Data 2007 ages 0-19
The non-disease numbers. The second number is per 100,000
category Unintentional Injury 11,560 14.0
Motor Vehicle 6,683 8.1
Drowning 1,056 1.3
Fire/Burn 544 0.7
Poisoning 972 1.2
Suffocation/Strangulation 1,263 1.5
Firearm 138 0.2
category Homicide 3,345 4.1
Firearm 2,186 2.7
category Suicide 1,665 2.0
Firearm 683 0.8
Suffocation/Strangulation 739 0.9
Poisoning 133 0.2
Given the age group one presumes this does not include military service.
For accidents 138 is well down in the noise compared to 11,560.
If the issue is homicide then what we read about most often in the papers is drug related. Now if they can get illegal drugs there is really no point in dealing with guns which it is probably already illegal for them to own. If drugs can be smuggled in by the tens of tons so can guns.
In fact the only issue appears around suicide. When it comes to suicide, guns are a guy thing but I have no idea how to prevent suicide.
(May 12, 2013 at 8:14 pm)Brakeman Wrote: I have a '45 thompson that might best be considered an "assault weapon." It is so danged dangerous I can't use it anymore and keep ammo far away from it. The stupid thing's trigger is so hair light that it has a mind of it's own to fire. And it doesn't have a safety.
I keep it in my closet so that a burgler will shoot himself with it.
Take it to a gunsmith. The trigger should not be that way.
(May 12, 2013 at 8:37 pm)Rhythm Wrote: You're more likely to wound yourself with it - then a burglar is to ever be wounded by it.
Is that not a risk an adult may willingly assume? For the record, one does not shoot to wound. One does not point a deadly weapon without the willingness to use it to kill. A disturbing number of gun owners do not understand the responsibility that comes with it.
Quote:Speaking of burglars...."home invader" seems to be a pretty damned ballsy career choice. You really have to want that TV bad if you're willing to walk into a darkened home knowing that the guy inside is probably better armed than yourself.
A few decades ago the NRA found NRA stickers in the window were quite effective on their own.
Concealed carry states have all seen a significant reduction in street crimes like muggings after adoption.
