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At least four people are reported dead after a shooter opened fire early Friday in Frankstown Township in Central Pennsylvania.
Originally posted by XxEnigmaticxX
... investigators believe the shooter may have opened fire on random people while riding in a vehicle.
Even with the gun ban in place, shootings in Chicago have been rampant. Last weekend, at least 52 were shot and ten killed in just three days, and this weekend the gunfire continued.
Chicago Police Department statistics, we are told, reveal that the City's handgun murder rate has actually increased since the ban was enacted and that Chicago residents now face one of the highest murder rates in the country and rates of other violent crimes that exceed the average in comparable cities.
Originally posted by DocHolidaze
reply to post by XxEnigmaticxX
what i dont understand is that kids kill each other everyday, over in africa kids are trained to fight in combat, and in our own innercitys of america kids, young men, and adults kill each other every single day, so why doesnt the national news ever report this stuff and only report the stuff that happens in smaller places that revolve around middleclass america````````````````````````````````````````````````````. i dont understand.
Originally posted by Jakes51
reply to post by gladtobehere
I have been thinking long and hard about the gun confiscation agenda. It has recently ratcheted up to something unlike anything I have seen, and even with the recent mass shootings and the usual run-of-the-mill inner city chaos. Then we have this fiscal cliff thing going on at the same time. I think the goverment is in far worst shape than what is being in said in the media, and that is with the fiscal cliff in mind. Perhaps, they are expecting unrest among the masses that are receiving entitlements, and the outrage that will occur when the government can no longer pay? Get as many guns as possible before that happens. It does not take a genious to see that the US government is facing a fiscal apocalypse, and a cliff is putting it mildy. That is my hyposis at the moment.
Originally posted by gladtobehere
reply to post by alfa1
No, we should ban guns because thats been proven to work so well.
Chicago Gun Ban Axed After Violent Weekend: At Least 29 Shot, 3 Dead In Weekend Shootings.
Even with the gun ban in place, shootings in Chicago have been rampant. Last weekend, at least 52 were shot and ten killed in just three days, and this weekend the gunfire continued.
Chicago Police Department statistics, we are told, reveal that the City's handgun murder rate has actually increased since the ban was enacted and that Chicago residents now face one of the highest murder rates in the country and rates of other violent crimes that exceed the average in comparable cities.
The leading cause of death in the US claimed 600,000 lives last year. Gun related deaths dont even come close at 8,500, not even in the top 10.
www.abovetopsecret.com...
The gun confiscation agenda has nothing to do with safety or "protecting" lives.
As Egan notes, the percentage of Americans who report owning a pistol or shotgun, the weapons most often used in crime, is now down to 1 in 5, about half what it was in the 1970s.
Overall, the rate of violent crime in the United States, much of it gun-related, peaked around 1990 after rising steadily through the 1960s, 70s and 80s. Crime and violence have now declined nationwide and in almost all the country’s largest cities for more than two decades.
los angeles times
Bullets are at the center of two-thirds of U.S. murders, making assault by firearm the ninth most common cause of death in America, accounting for 1 out of every 300 deaths. By comparison, drowning comes in twelfth
murder by numbers
And your numbers are wrong, 12,000 Americans are killed each year by guns.
You know how many Japan has, which has a very strict gun control policy?
11
And that was a bad year. The average is more like 2.
That is out of 128,000,000 people.
*laughs* so yes, gun bans work.
edit on 21-12-2012 by nixie_nox because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Maxmars
...we would be remiss if we didn't take into account that the media (worldwide at this point) is doing all they can to highlight gun violence.... it's good for business.